Barry L. Johnson

Barry, a co-founder of Windward, has 26 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and corporate growth in a broad array of industries. Prior to Windward, Barry spent 7 years as a Managing Director with Legg, Mason Merchant Banking “LMMB” (now known as Calvert Street Capital Partners), that managed over $360 million in private equity and mezzanine capital. LMMB acquired controlling interest in U.S. based lower middle market manufacturing and business services companies and provided mezzanine financing to similar types of companies in which another private equity sponsors were generally the lead investor. Prior to LMMB, Barry spent 10 years as a Senior Vice President and Senior Marketing Officer with Fleet Capital Corporation (formerly Barclays Business Credit and Shawmut Business Credit: all of which are now part of Bank of America) as a corporate lender providing leveraged, and merger and acquisition financing for lower middle market companies in the U. S., Canada and Europe. In 1986 he co-founded Chesapeake Financial Corporation, a boutique commercial lender, and earlier held corporate lending positions with NCNB (now Bank of America).

Education:
B.A. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte Mergers & Acquisitions: Strategy and Implementation Executive Program from the Darden Graduate School at the University of Virginia

Affiliations:
Association for Corporate Growth-co-founded Richmond Chapter and past President
Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors
International Business Brokers Association
Commercial Finance Association
Virginia Bankers Association

Mr. Johnson is a Registered Representative of and Securities Products are offered through BA Securities, LLC
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Windward Advisors, LLC is a separate entity from BA Securities, LLC
Windward Advisors, LLC and BA Securities, LLC are not affiliated entities