Our Team
Andrew Hinz
Andy Hinz, Managing Director, has more than 15 years of chemical investment banking experience and specializes in a variety of chemical sectors including adhesives and sealants, building products, coatings and resins, inks, petrochemicals, specialty ingredients and nutraceuticals, chemical distribution, and the plastics value chain. Andy is a regulator contributor to industry publications such as Coatings World, Plastics News, and Adhesives & Sealants Industry (ASI) Magazine, including his column “M&A Corner” in ASI, and has had numerous speaking engagements in the coatings and adhesives industry. Prior to joining Grace Matthews, Andy was an Equity Research Analyst with Robert W. Baird & Co.
Andy holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and received a B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire in Accounting and Finance. Andy received an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University as the first Grace Matthews Scholar.
Speaking Engagements
Leveraging Creative M&A Strategies
The American Coatings Association | Online
November 2022
Unlocking the True Value of Synergies in Chemicals M&A
The World Adhesive Conference
March 2022
M&A in the Coatings Value Chain
The American Coatings Association
February 2018
Creating Value With Chemical Carve-Outs
IHS Chemical Week | Online
August 2016
Mergers and Acquisitions Webinar
Adhesives & Sealants Council | Online
June 2014
M&A in Adhesives & Sealants: PE vs. Strategic Buyers
Adhesives & Sealants Spring Convention | Orlando, FL
April 2014
Features & Articles
M&A Corner: Staying the Course
Adhesives & Sealants Industry Magazine, April 2023
M&A Corner: Looking Ahead: M&A Primed for Liftoff?
Adhesives & Sealants Industry Magazine December 2020
M&A Corner: COVID-19 – The Black Swan
Adhesives & Sealants Industry Magazine October 2020
From the Editor: Putting Things Together During a Pandemic
Adhesives & Sealants Industry Magazine October 2020
INSIGHT: Private equity seeks chemicals deals amid tighter credit
ICIS July 2020
Plastics M&A Looking to Bounce Back After a Virus-battered First Half
Plastics News July 2020
INSIGHT: Chemicals M&A outlook tempered by coronavirus outbreak
ICIS March 2020
A look into the adhesives & sealants market
Polymers Paint Colour Journal March 2020
Searching for Adjacencies: Coatings consolidation enters a new phase amid demand declines
IHS Chemical Week August 2019
2018 Review and Outlook
ASI: Mergers and Acquisitions in Adhesives & Sealants November 2018
Adhesives and Sealants Market Update
Coatings World November 2018
M&A Keeping A Strong Pace
Rubber News: Adhesives & Sealants June 2018
Coatings Market: Primed for Growth
Coatings World; Written by Andy Hinz May 2018
Raw Materials and Chemicals Roundtable
ASI Adhesives & Sealants Industry February 2018
“Having worked as a public equities analyst at a major investment bank, I understand well that the values of publicly traded firms are set by impersonal market forces beyond any individual’s control. What I like about the environment at Grace Matthews is that the role of ‘the market’ is not so clear cut. A skilled advisor has the opportunity, as well as the challenge, to directly influence the value of a client’s business.”
– Andy Hinz