Michael Paparella

Mike Paparella has over twenty-five years of experience in investment banking and strategy development, including financial advisory, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and growth strategy development and implementation for middle-market and large-cap organizations around the world.  At Signet Capital Advisors, Mr. Paparella specializes in providing financial advisory, merger and acquisition, capital raising, and debt placement services to performing companies.  

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Prior to joining Signet Capital Advisors, Mr. Paparella was a Managing Director at other middle-market-focused firms where he provided advisory services to performing companies in a variety of industries including industrial, consumer, technology, and health care.  He also held a senior position at Accenture where he led large, global organizations through development and implementation of growth strategies, M&A planning, and post-merger integration.  Over the course of his career, Mr. Paparella has a cumulative transaction value of more than $20 billion.

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Mr. Paparella received his Master in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio.  He is also a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, the Commercial Finance Association, and the Turnaround Management Association. Mr. Paparella maintains qualifications for FINRA  licensure for the Series 7 (General Securities Representative), Series 24 (General Securities Principal), Series 63 (Uniform Securities  Agent State Law) and Series 79 (Limited Representative – Investment Banking).

 

Mr. Paparella currently holds Board seats on several for-profit organizations and has held Director seats for not-for-profit organizations such as the University of Akron, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and more.