Dennis J. Roberts

Dennis Roberts, is the author of "An Insiders Guide to The Purchase and Sale of Middle Market Business Interests" and co-author of "The Art of Bank M&A.." He is also the founding Chairman Emeritus and a Senior Managing Director of The McLean Group, LLC., a Middle Market Investment Bank specializing in Merger and Acquisition transactions and capital formation with offices in various cities in the US, while headquartered in the Washington, DC area.

Mr. Roberts has more than four decades of financial transaction advisory services experience in a multitude of transactions across a wide variety of industries and markets. He has been featured in numerous media and financial publications including the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Business Journal and numerous others.

Mr. Roberts was the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of a publicly-held national bank holding company with multiple branches from 1984 to 1992. Prior to that, he was Founder and Senior Partner of a large Washington, DC area CPA practice. While a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Mr. Roberts also focused on financial transaction advisory services. He retired from the CPA profession in 1998.

A graduate of Benjamin Franklin University, Washington DC, (which subsequently merged with George Washington University), Mr. Roberts formerly practiced as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA). He was Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and practiced as an enrolled Federal Tax Accountant. He is a 2014 recipient of the Thomas M Porter Life Time Achievement Award from the national Association of Certified Valuation Analyst for his services to the profession.

He teaches and lectures extensively in many forums including graduate school MBA programs, M&A training workshops and seminars and for various professional organizations across the United States. He has been named "Lecturer of Great and Exceptional Distinction", "M&A Deal Maker of The Year (first awardee Association for Corporate Growth, National Capital Chapter " and has received similar recognition on numerous occasions for his teaching style and professional achievements. He writes on M&A, business valuation, and corporate finance to national audiences. He is frequently interviewed by the business media in regard to his subject matter.

He is a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) registered representative and firm principal (Series 7, 24, 28, 63). He has served as an expert and consulting witness in numerous financial cases and courts including being the lead expert on the Nixon Watergate Tapes and other cases on a national level.

He resides at his residences in Washington DC and San Jose del Cabo Mexico. He has three children and seven grandchildren.