NEW HAVEN, CT — (Marketwired) — 06/12/13 — Woodbridge International, a leading middle-market M&A advisory firm, is pleased to welcome Bruce Skaistis and Chris White as heads of the firm-s new Tulsa, Oklahoma office. The office expands Woodbridge-s presence in the Southwest, currently based in Texas. Woodbridge welcomes Brue and Chris to its team of Senior M&A Advisors.
With more than 35 years of management, consulting and M&A experience, Bruce Skaistis has provided buy-side, sell-side and recapitalization support for clients in the manufacturing, technology, chemical, oil and gas, distribution and packaging industries. Bruce began his career as a consultant with Arthur Andersen & Co. and was Senior Vice President of IT and Retail Banking with Bank of Oklahoma. After leaving the bank, he formed, managed and sold a software company before returning to M&A and management consulting. Bruce has degrees in Finance and Economics from the University of Tulsa and an MBA from Oklahoma State University.
Chris White was a partner in the consulting division of Arthur Young & Company, where he served as the National Director of Petroleum Industry Consulting and the Regional Director of Health Care Services. He has been advising privately-owned businesses in the energy, manufacturing, chemicals, health care and professional services industries on both buy-side and sell-side transactions ever since. Chris holds an MBA from the University of Indiana and a degree in Accounting from the University of Tulsa. He is a Certified Public Accountant with memberships in the American Institute and Oklahoma Society of CPAs.
Woodbridge International, founded in 1993, is an innovative, marketing-driven M&A firm headquartered in New Haven, CT. The firm serves clients from its 11 North American offices and locations in the Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, China, India and Honduras.
Contact:
Don Krier
Managing Director
203-389-8400 ext. 201