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
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: 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