Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Tammy Richards Joins CBI!

Tammy A. Richards, AVA, CMAP has become an associate of CBI (Country Business, Inc.). 

Mrs. Richards has spent the past 15 years in investment banking and business valuation. She worked for Citigroup in New York where she spent 5 years in the Acquisition Finance Group working closely with private equity firms in valuing and financing buyouts of middle market and large-cap companies. She then became Vice-President in the Global Loans Portfolio Management Group where she managed a portfolio of leveraged corporate loans.   After moving to Vermont with her family, Tammy worked for a leading regional accounting firm providing business valuations of family-owned and closely held businesses for sales and acquisitions, estates, gifting, and other tax related purposes.
Tammy is an Accredited Valuation Analyst, and is a NACVA Instructor where she conducts webinars for CPAs and other Business Advisors. She also earned the designation of Certified Merger and Acquisition Professional awarded by the Middle Market Investment Banking Association.
Philip Steckler, a principal of CBI states: “Tammy’s talents and experience enables us to expand our services.  As a certified business appraiser, she is able to accept valuation assignments where these credentials are required.   She is also a part of our business brokerage/mergers and acquisitions team.”  She will be working in Vermont, New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts.   
Tammy graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Hamilton College and currently resides in Williamsville, VT with her husband Drew and daughter Hailey.  Tammy can be reached at (802) 254-4504 or trichards@countrybusiness.net.

Founded in 1976, CBI is dedicated to excellence in the management of ownership transitions of privately held companies. With offices in strategic locations throughout Northern New England, Eastern Canada, and the Capital District of New York, CBI is the regions only privately held regional business brokerage and acquisition company. For more information about CBI, please visit our website at www.countrybusiness.net.