Markham Capital Partners builds enduring businesses in lower middle market companies.

As Founder, Managing Partner and CFO of Markham Capital Partners, Andrew is responsible for corporate strategic direction, portfolio management, fundraising and deal management.

Prior to forming Markham Capital Partners, Andrew was President of INNOVA Equity, Inc. a California based private equity firm focused on real estate development and growth capital investments, which has become a portfolio company of Markham. Andrew also served as CFO and Managing Partner of a family office with more than half a billion dollars in assets under management. He served in various capacities on the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Angels, the sole angel investing group in the Sacramento area, ending as Board Chairman.

Andrew graduated from University of California, Davis with a B.S. in Genetics and a minor in Religious Studies. While there he worked under Dr. Ken Burtis conducting research into oncogenes in drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) and founded a chapter of the American Medical Students Association.

Andrew married his high school sweetheart and they currently live in Franklin, TN with three of their six children. They serve on the Parent’s Council at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA and are passionate about helping kids become all they can be. Andrew enjoys flying airplanes, backpacking, SCUBA diving, snow skiing, fly fishing and recently took up triathlons.

Mark is Founder and Managing Partner of Markham Capital Partners, LLC. For more than 25 years, Mark has held numerous Chief Executive roles in public and private sectors, successfully leading companies through various liquidity events and complicated management transitions.

For the last 10 years, Mr. Graham was Founder and Managing Partner of Wheelhouse, LLC, a successful management company, Wheelhouse Capital Partners and Wheelhouse Investments. Prior to founding Wheelhouse, LLC, Graham served as President, CEO and Chairman of ReMedPar, Inc., the leading provider of aftermarket healthcare imaging products, services and equipment, eventually selling the company in one of the most profitable transactions ever for the lead sponsor.

From 1991 to 1999, while serving as President of Mergers and Acquisitions and two operating divisions for Pameco Corporation, a $700 million public company, he acquired and upgraded 15 companies effectively doubling the parent company leading to a successful IPO.

Throughout his career Mark developed and applied numerous management disciplines centered on servant leadership and operational excellence.

Mark has been consistently active in numerous community and leadership organizations and continues mission work in South Africa and the Middle East. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tennessee and an EDC from Goizueta Business School, Emory University.

Mr Balkcom has spent most of his business career serving as Chairman, President or CEO of numerous private and public companies. He started his career as CEO of a small outdoor technology company and grew it to a multi hundred-million-dollar leader and recognized brand (Humminbird) in marine electronics. Then, in 1996 Jim led the turnaround refinance/re-capitalization and IPO of Pameco Corp, a $650 million distributor with over 300 locations.

Throughout his operating career he served as director and Chairman of over 15 Boards including Commerce South Bank, a $350 million holding company, Bank Trust Financial Group, a $1.6 billion multi-bank holding company and Century South Bank, a $1.6 billion holding company which sold to BB&T. Many of these companies experienced high growth and expansive value creation while Jim was involved.

Jim has spent much of his time in the private equity markets as Chairman, CEO and Director leading Pameco Corp which was backed by NY PE firm Three Cities Research and serving as Founding/Operating Partner, CEO Council and Investment committee for Council Ventures, LP who recently closed their fourth fund of $200 million. His involvement with portfolio companies as director and operating partner often produced high growth and value creation.

Jim is a servant leader and has spent his entire life serving others while teaching, mentoring and leading. After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Jim served in several active military theatres receiving Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and Distinguished Service Medal, Ranger Airborne. After his service in the US Army Jim attended Harvard Business School receiving his Master’s in Finance and received the Hay Associates Management Fellowship. He has served the international board of YPO, Civilian Aide Emeritus to Secretary of Army, Executive Committee USO council of Atlanta, is a Paul Harris Fellow, Elder Peachtree Presbyterian, and participates in other various state and local service organizations. He resides in Atlanta with his wife Linda and spends as much time as possible with his two daughters and their families including five beautiful grandchildren.

Mark is focused on the global growth and health of NorthWind Partners, a highly active executive advisory at the intersection of mid-market Private Equity, Technology, and Tech-Enabled Industrials, Business Services, and Healthcare. As an experienced investor across multiple sectors and an active limited partner, Mark is also responsible for oversight of capital deployment for NorthWind Investments, an entity created to invest/co-invest with the financial sponsor clients of NorthWind Partners for optimal long-term alignment.

Mark advises select clients on critical board and leadership issues and frequently partners with investors, ranging from growth-stage VC to large buyout, to drive value creation through the assessment and subsequent development or enhancement of boards and C-Suite leadership within platforms. Having developed the effective evaluative frameworks embedded in NorthWind’s Absolute Alignment™ Process, Mark is deeply committed to ensuring that the firm focuses on producing lasting, positive outcomes for clients that far outpace the top percentile of global competitors. He has successfully led and completed over 600 engagements during his career and provides counsel on a range of topics including pre-acquisition evaluation, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational assessment/ integration/ restructuring. His passion over the past decade has been to mentor and develop search advisors who repeatedly earn the trust of clients and build successful, sustainable relationships and practices.

Prior to founding NorthWind, Mark helped establish a top-ten healthcare executive advisory as well as the technology and industrial practices of a global executive search firm. Mark previously held management roles in corporate strategy with a publicly traded media company and corporate development with a VC-backed software company.

Mark has been named one of the top GovCon recruiters by ExecutiveBiz and most influential executives in Tennessee by Business TN. He is a member of ACG and has published articles related to board diversity, the Csuite, succession planning, productivity/retention, and more. He holds a degree in business & economics from Wheaton College and serves on the advisory board for a globally-focused industrials management consulting firm, a digital media company, and a non-profit organization supporting children & orphans in Central Asia.

As Principal of Markham Capital Partners, Beau helps originate new investments, source portfolio capital, and manage the transaction process.

Prior to joining MCP, he served at Citadel, a global multistrategy hedge fund managing ~$50 billion. Beau earlier began his career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns. He also founded The Cordbrier Group, a boutique management consultancy focused on the lower-middle market.

Beau earned a Master of Business Administration with honors from The University of Texas and a Bachelor of Business Administration with honors from Southern Methodist University.

Beau is married to a Vanderbilt University resident surgeon and comes to Nashville by way of Dallas. He serves on the diaconate of the Presbyterian Church in America, personal investment boards, and various nonprofits. Beau enjoys tennis, classical piano, and hardcover books.

Over the past 20+ years Mr. Weiss has spent his career representing and consulting public and private companies, along with judicial and governmental agencies. After finishing Order of the Coif in law school, Jason started his career in the Appellate Court via clerkships with two different courts of appeals. This platform landed him in the United States Attorney’s office, during the Janet Reno administration.

Subsequently, he moved to the private sector as in-house counsel with a Silicon Valley technology company. In this capacity, he took the company public, positioning it for a leveraged buyout to a top-5 technology firm.

After representing several other public companies, he then moved to ownership of a large commodities distribution company, where he brought his political, governmental and Valley network. This company witnessed 5000-percent growth over a 5-year period.

At the core of his talents and training is the ability to ask questions, spot opportunities and encourage people. He currently advises and mentors executives nationwide. His passion is to support and equip leaders to be groundbreakers.

The Co-Managing Partner of FCA Venture Partners, a venture capital investment partnership started in 1997, and Managing Partner of FCA Health Innovations (formerly Dioko Health Ventures), a venture capital partnership started in 2016. He is also the Managing Partner of Triple Play Ventures, LLC, an investment partnership started in 1999. Matt joined FCA in 2001 and serves on the boards of directors of VeriCred, Inc., Remedly, Inc., Enable Dental, Inc., nVolve, Inc., ClubUp, LLC each of which is an FCA Venture Partners, FCA Health Innovations, or Triple Play Ventures portfolio company.

Prior to joining FCA, Matt co-founded MyOfficeProducts, Inc., and served as Chairman, President, and CEO until its acquisition. Previously, he served as the Chairman, President, and CEO of Radar Business Systems, Inc. and a Regional Vice President of Radar’s successor company, U.S. Office Products, Inc. Prior, he was a Vice President of Third National Bank and its successor, SunTrust Bank.

Matt currently serves as Chair of the board of trustees for Wake Forest University, on the board of directors of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, and as Lead Director for the Board of Truxton Trust. He is also an Elder of Christ Presbyterian Church. Previously, he has served on and chaired the board of trustees of Christ Presbyterian Academy and the board of directors for StudioTenn, Inc., Salama Urban Ministries, Inc. and Landmark Journey Ministries, Inc.

Matt graduated from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Arts in History.