Capital Markets: Lessons Learned From The Trenches With Doug Tatum, Former ACG Global Chair And Best-Selling Author

TYSONS CORNER, VA.—Former ACG Global Chair and best-selling author Doug Tatum shared his "Lessons Learned from the Trenches" at a Sept. 12 Womble Carlyle event.

In the dinner program, Tatum discussed what it takes to create a "capital markets-ready" business. He shared colorful examples and stories to bring the topic to life. In addition, top mergers & acquisitions advisors weighed in with their perspective, including Womble Carlyle attorney Dean Rutley, Pete Russo of Morgan Stanley and Pete Ragone of SC&H. Chef Geoff's Tysons, a contemporary restaurant serving upscale American cuisine, provided the perfect backdrop for the event.

The lively panel discussion was followed by a signing of Doug's book, "No Man's Land: Where Growing Companies Fail."

Tatum is Chairman of Newport Board Group, a national partnership of CEOs and senior executives who advise emerging middle market companies and assist private equity firms to invest in and grow portfolio companies. He is the Former Chairman of the Board for the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and in 2017 he was given ACG's Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization's Intergrowth 2017 conference. Doug...