Strategic Exit Advisors Hires New Analyst

Strategic Exit Advisors (SEA) is pleased to announce that Erum Hamid, through Drexel University’s C0-OP program, has joined the firm as an Investment Banking Analyst.


Curt Cyliax, Managing Director of SEA, says, “Erum brings a unique perspective to the M&A landscape by leveraging her ground-level knowledge of business development and operations to help entrepreneurs navigate the exit process and prepare them for the next chapter of their lives.”


Hamid is currently studying economics and finance at Drexel University. In addition to economics and finance, she is passionate about learning world history, architecture, and aviation. Prior to joining SEA, she worked at Vanguard as a financial operations intern. She has also worked at the Yunus Center as a social business intern to alleviate poverty levels in Bangladesh.


About Strategic Exit Advisors: SEA is an investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions in the Life Sciences, B2B Services, and other industries, helping CEOs with revenues of $5 to $100 million. SEA delivers the same rigorous M&A process to firms that the Fortune 500 companies enjoy by matching sellers with strategic buyers from around the globe. Since 2007, SEA has advised owners of privately held businesses in the middle market to execute the successful sale of their businesses. SEA offers complimentary consultations to business owners regarding the M&A process and the value of their businesses.Strategic Exit Advisors (SEA) is pleased to announce that Erum Hamid, through Drexel University’s C0-OP program, has joined the firm as an Investment Banking Analyst.


Curt Cyliax, Managing Director of SEA, says, “Erum brings a unique perspective to the M&A landscape by leveraging her ground-level knowledge of business development and operations to help entrepreneurs navigate the exit process and prepare them for the next chapter of their lives.”


Hamid is currently studying economics and finance at Drexel University. In addition to economics and finance, she is passionate about learning world history, architecture, and aviation. Prior to joining SEA, she worked at Vanguard as a financial operations intern. She has also worked at the Yunus Center as a social business intern to alleviate poverty levels in Bangladesh.


About Strategic Exit Advisors: SEA is an investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions in the Life Sciences, B2B Services, and other industries, helping CEOs with revenues of $5 to $100 million. SEA delivers the same rigorous M&A process to firms that the Fortune 500 companies enjoy by matching sellers with strategic buyers from around the globe. Since 2007, SEA has advised owners of privately held businesses in the middle market to execute the successful sale of their businesses. SEA offers complimentary consultations to business owners regarding the M&A process and the value of their businesses.

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