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Senior Advisor
Mr. Hennenfent has over 27 years of experience in the investment community with a specific emphasis towards the food sector.
Mr. Hennenfent brings a significant breath of knowledge and experience in the food sector from both a financial, operational and investment perspective.
Mr. Hennenfent has long term relationships with such food giants that in would include large fortune 500 food to small middle market companies.
Mr. Hennenfent has provided strategy, business development, financial, and investment advisory and execution services to companies throughout the Food Value Chain.
Mr. Hennenfent is currently President of Hennenfent Advisory LLC where he provides operational, strategic and financial advisory services to all sectors of the food and agricultural sectors.
Prior to Hennenfent Advisory Mr. Hennenfent held a senior role at Starr Holdings where he led the initiative into Starr expanding its investment strategy into the agriculture and food sector.
Mr. Hennenfent experience includes Managing Director at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the Poultry and Meat Division.
Mr. Hennenfent led the group’s effort into various investment opportunities in these sectors of the market.
Mr. Hennenfent experience also includes Managing Director/North American Food & Agribusiness at Credit Agricole CIB, where Mr. Hennenfent started up and expanded Credit Agricole food investments targeting the Fortune 500 food companies.
As Vice President of Harris Bank’s Food & Agribusiness Group Mr. Hennenfent was instrumental in growing Harris’s presence in the Midwest food sector.
While at American National Bank Mr. Hennenfent was a senior banker responsible for the middle market lending within the Chicago land markets.
Mr. Hennenfent has a Master’s of Business Administration from DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Industries from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Greg Hennenfent active positions
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MERK Capital Corp.
MERK Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance MERK Capital invests in middle markets companies located in the United States with a revenues of USD 15 - 500 million and an EBITDA of USD 2 - 50 million. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in ownership transition, recapitalization, restructurings or turnarounds, add-on acquisitions, corporate divestiture and growth transactions with the transaction values of USD 10 - 400 million. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
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University of Illinois
University of Illinois Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Kellstadt Graduate School of Business
Kellstadt Graduate School of Business Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
MERK Capital Corp.
MERK Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance MERK Capital invests in middle markets companies located in the United States with a revenues of USD 15 - 500 million and an EBITDA of USD 2 - 50 million. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in ownership transition, recapitalization, restructurings or turnarounds, add-on acquisitions, corporate divestiture and growth transactions with the transaction values of USD 10 - 400 million. | Finance |
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