Founder & Team
David Deutsch
David Deutsch is Founder and President of David N. Deutsch & Company, “The Strategic Financial Advisor of Leading Closely-Held Companies™”. Established in 1993, DNDCo is a New York-based investment banking firm providing corporate sale, acquisition, financing, and strategic advisory services to leading closely-held companies, their owners and Boards. DNDCo specializes in corporate sales and Board advisory services and has completed more than 130 assignments. Mr. Deutsch is also Managing Partner of The Presidents Council, a consortium of Chief Executive Officers and Wall Street executives and founder/host of The Saratoga Weekend. Now in its 20th year, “Camp David,” as it has become known, is a biennial weekend of business-and-broader discussion among leading executives, capital providers, educators, authors, journalists, scientists, artists, government officials and others. Prior to establishing his firm, Mr. Deutsch was Managing Director, Investment Banking at Congress Financial Corporation (now Wells Fargo) a leading corporate lender. Before joining Congress, he was Vice President of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., then one of FORTUNE’s “Most Admired Financial Service Firms,” where he directed a wide variety of corporate finance and merger & acquisition transactions. Mr. Deutsch began his career at Lehman Brothers, then one of Wall Street’s leading private partnerships.
Mr. Deutsch is the author of numerous articles related to, and a frequent speaker on, the subject of mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. He is a contributing author of The Mergers & Acquisitions Handbook (McGraw-Hill) and The Family Business Shareholders Handbook and has been described as one of the “leading buyout professionals” by Securities Data Publishing. He has been profiled in Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, The Deal, Crain’s New York Business, Corporate Financing Week, Mergers and Corporate Policy and Buyouts, and his comments have appeared in numerous national business publications and news services including CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, Investor’s Business Daily, Corporate Finance, The Secured Lender, The Associated Press and on the Discovery Channel.
Mr. Deutsch is member of the Board and Treasurer of BRANY (the for-profit consortium of leading NYC academic medical centers), fmr. member of the Board of Earth Day Network (the Washington DC-based nexus of all global Earth Day activities), and a Founding Trustee, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Treasurer and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Museum of American Finance in affil. with the Smithsonian. Mr. Deutsch is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and a Board “Financial Expert.” He was founder and Chairman of the Wall Street Council of the Consolidated Corporate Fund of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and member of the Financial Leadership Forum of the Science, Industry and Business Library (NYPL). He is a member of The Economic Club of New York and The Family Firm Institute. Additionally, he is a founding member of the Economic Index Advisory Council of the Saratoga Prosperity Partnership, the region’s preeminent public/private economic development organization.
Mr. Deutsch holds a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, where he delivered the valedictory address on behalf of his class. He is an active alumnus of Middlebury, where he serves on the Middlebury College Alumni Admissions Committee, and Columbia, where he was a founding member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing and serves as a Columbia Admissions Ambassador.
David Deutsch
David Deutsch is Founder and President of David N. Deutsch & Company, “The Strategic Financial Advisor of Leading Closely-Held Companies™”. Established in 1993, DNDCo is a New York-based investment banking firm providing corporate sale, acquisition, financing, and strategic advisory services to leading closely-held companies, their owners and Boards. DNDCo specializes in corporate sales and Board advisory services and has completed more than 130 assignments. Mr. Deutsch is also Managing Partner of The Presidents Council, a consortium of Chief Executive Officers and Wall Street executives and founder/host of The Saratoga Weekend. Now in its 20th year, “Camp David,” as it has become known, is a biennial weekend of business-and-broader discussion among leading executives, capital providers, educators, authors, journalists, scientists, artists, government officials and others. Prior to establishing his firm, Mr. Deutsch was Managing Director, Investment Banking at Congress Financial Corporation (now Wells Fargo) a leading corporate lender. Before joining Congress, he was Vice President of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., then one of FORTUNE’s “Most Admired Financial Service Firms,” where he directed a wide variety of corporate finance and merger & acquisition transactions. Mr. Deutsch began his career at Lehman Brothers, then one of Wall Street’s leading private partnerships.
Mr. Deutsch is the author of numerous articles related to, and a frequent speaker on, the subject of mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. He is a contributing author of The Mergers & Acquisitions Handbook (McGraw-Hill) and The Family Business Shareholders Handbook and has been described as one of the “leading buyout professionals” by Securities Data Publishing. He has been profiled in Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, The Deal, Crain’s New York Business, Corporate Financing Week, Mergers and Corporate Policy and Buyouts, and his comments have appeared in numerous national business publications and news services including CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, Investor’s Business Daily, Corporate Finance, The Secured Lender, The Associated Press and on the Discovery Channel.
Mr. Deutsch is member of the Board and Treasurer of BRANY (the for-profit consortium of leading NYC academic medical centers), fmr. member of the Board of Earth Day Network (the Washington DC-based nexus of all global Earth Day activities), and a Founding Trustee, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Treasurer and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Museum of American Finance in affil. with the Smithsonian. Mr. Deutsch is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and a Board “Financial Expert.” He was founder and Chairman of the Wall Street Council of the Consolidated Corporate Fund of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and member of the Financial Leadership Forum of the Science, Industry and Business Library (NYPL). He is a member of The Economic Club of New York and The Family Firm Institute. Additionally, he is a founding member of the Economic Index Advisory Council of the Saratoga Prosperity Partnership, the region’s preeminent public/private economic development organization.
Mr. Deutsch holds a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, where he delivered the valedictory address on behalf of his class. He is an active alumnus of Middlebury, where he serves on the Middlebury College Alumni Admissions Committee, and Columbia, where he was a founding member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing and serves as a Columbia Admissions Ambassador.
Professional Team
David N. Deutsch & Company works on a limited number of assignments at a time, each managed by a two- or three-person deal team, led by David Deutsch. At other firms, senior bankers originate transactions, and then hand them off to juniors to “process.” We don’t process—we think and manage transactions to successful completion.
We’re a small, smart, hardworking team. More like a Park Avenue medical practice, with one primary doctor, than a clinic with countless physician’s assistants.
We recruit professionals for brains, finance and accounting skills, communications and organizational skills, work ethic, attention to detail and teamwork. We take pride in our work.
Professional Team
David N. Deutsch & Company works on a limited number of assignments at a time, each managed by a two- or three-person deal team, led by David Deutsch. At other firms, senior bankers originate transactions, and then hand them off to juniors to “process.” We don’t process—we think and manage transactions to successful completion.
We’re a small, smart, hardworking team. More like a Park Avenue medical practice, with one primary doctor, than a clinic with countless physician’s assistants.
We recruit professionals for brains, finance and accounting skills, communications and organizational skills, work ethic, attention to detail and teamwork. We take pride in our work.
Administrative Team
Suzi is David’s “right hand,” and leader of Your Admin BFF, the team of dedicated assistants that Suzi manages for DNDCo. She’s also a homeschool Mom to two teens.
Hannah is our ace design and web professional. Ain’t nothin’ she can’t present (or photograph) better. Hannah likes strong coffee and as much time outdoors as humanly possible.
Jess assists us in bookkeeping. But, she’s more “artsy” and “foodie” than you’d think.
Christi helps with event planning, social media and other administrative needs. Christi’s favorite food group is coffee.
Interns
We welcome academic interns and include them on the front-line of our work. Why? Because we believe an internship culture is a learning culture. Interns expose us to some of the most current computing and communications technologies (like Slack) and promote a dynamic work environment. And, smart interns question what we and our clients do and how we do it. We learn from that. Perhaps as much as interns learn from us. Ultimately, benefitting us, our interns and our clients.