McGavock Dickinson Bransford, CBI, CFA CandidateDick Bransford

Dick brings diversified, senior level operational experience to his business broker-mergers & acquisitions practice. He has worked in consulting, consumer packaged goods, financial services, healthcare, information technology, advertising agency account management, and has personally acquired a small company.
 
He has over 20 years of experience in product management, strategy and operations, both inside organizations and as an outside advisor. He has been both a Vice President of Corporate Strategy and a Vice President of Marketing with a $2 billion insurance company, and a Product Manager with P&L accountability for consumer products businesses generating $65 million in annual revenue.
 
As a consultant, he helped an acquirer evaluate businesses, prepared a company for sale, launched a start up, and developed turnaround plans for unprofitable businesses.
 
  • MBA (with Honors), Transnational Executive Program taught in U.S., Asia & Europe, with long-term consulting project for Vietnam's largest brewery; College of Business and Economics, California State University
  • Executive education program in corporate strategy, Harvard Business School
  • Post-graduate studies, University of California, Berkeley
  • B.S., University of Texas, Austin
 

Professional Associations

  • Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
  • Association of Professional Merger & Acquisition Advisors (APMAA)
  • California Association of Business Brokers (CABB)
  • International Business Brokers Association (IBBA)
  • M&A Source
  • National Association for Business Economics (NABE)

Professional Certifications

Certified Business Intermediary (CBI)

Earned through the IBBA, one of only 650 in the world, requires experience, over 100 hours of courses and workshops, attendance at professional conferences, and successful completion of a comprehensive exam. 

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Candidate

A credential bestowed by the CFA Institute, a global membership organization that leads the investment industry by setting the highest standards of ethics and professional excellence. The CFA program is a three year, graduate-level program for investment professionals that requires passing three levels of exams; upon doing so a Candidate is eligible to be awarded the Charter. The Economist magazine ranked the CFA Program as the gold standard among investment analysis designations.