Management Team

Jeff Michel - CEO
Jeffrey W. Michel is married with two young children and has been a resident of Florida for seventeen years. Mr. Michel was Honorably discharged from the U.S. Coast Guard after a successful tour of duty in the field of Drug Interdiction and Border Control. Mr. Michel was then recruited into the Retail Investment Banking field to apply his expertise and determination to a new regional firm that specialized in small caps, new market entrants, and start-ups. He has over twenty years of corporate experience including more than a decade working for various small cap retail broker / dealer firms, at the senior corporate level, specializing in business development, compliance, and cost containment. His underwriting experience ranges in complexity from straight equity financings, IPO’s, PIPEs, debt, RTO’s, and convertible debt to M&A arrangements.

Mr. Michel currently is the Managing Director of Southwood Partners Ltd. where he consults to public and private companies on debt restructuring, public market management, investor relations, DTC analysis, strategic partnerships, and corporate governance.

Mr. Michel has obtained Professional Licenses- FINRA Registered Representative Series 7, 24, 4 and 63.