Mark Brown joins Denver-based Platte River Ventures (PRV) as a vice president, and Michelle Eidson as vice president of business development and marketing. PRV is a private equity investment firm for middle market operating companies in the aerospace, industrial services, energy services, agriculture, chemicals, metals, industrial minerals and transportation sectors.
Previously, Brown was a vice president at CHS Capital where he pursued management buyout transactions in the industrial and business service sectors, and served as an investment banking analyst with Citigroup Global markets. Brown holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA in finance from the University of Notre Dame. He is also a CFA charter holder.
Eidson's position was created to maintain PRV's access to quality, proprietary investment opportunities, with responsibility for establishing relationships with intermediaries, business owners and industry experts, as well as overseeing the marketing initiatives for the firm. She was previously director of corporate development at EchoStar Corporation and served as a venture capital associate at Holden Capital and as an investment banking associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co. She holds a joint MBA/MA in international relations from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in international studies with a minor in economics from Colby College.
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