Ben Scharff

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Ben Scharff, Managing Director

Ben Scharff, Managing Director, has over 20 years of chemical investment banking experience and has advised chemical clients globally on mergers, acquisitions, business sales, complex business swaps, and technology acquisitions. Ben spends a great deal of time with private equity clients on strategic sales as well as with large corporate clients on carve-outs, divestitures, and acquisition searches.

Ben, originally from the Minneapolis area, graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a B.S. degree in Economics. Ben is a member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and previously served in the United States Marine Corps. He is an avid tri-athlete and distance runner.

E: bscharff@gracematthews.com
P: 414.278.1120

Recent Features & Articles	Speaking Engagements
Searching for Opportunities Coatings World August 2018	IHS Chemical Week Webcast Portfolio Strategy: Making the right moves at the right times May 2018
M&A Markets Cut Through the Noise Compoundings Magazine (ILMA) June 2018	CTT Keynote Speaker Coatings Trends & Technologies September 2017
Coatings:...disappearing midsize firms the real story IHS Chemical Week June 2018	US, DK, and EU M&A: Time to be a buyer or a seller? Danish-American Business Forum \| Denmark January 2015
What's Driving Mergers & Acquisitions in Lubricants? Compoundings Magazine (ILMA) September 2017
Construction Chemicals: Demand Continues to Rise CoatingsTech September 2016

“Digging into the details of a company in order to identify and extract value is a real differentiator for us."
- Ben Scharff

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