Investment Team
Piper Sandler Merchant Banking
PSMB is a cohesive team of professionals with extensive financial and operating experience that spans multiple decades and market cycles.
Thomas P. SchnettlerVice Chairman, Piper Sandler Companies
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Robert P. RinekManaging Director, Merchant Banking
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Theodore J. ChristiansonManaging Director, Merchant BankingEmail | Tel: +1 612 303-6282 ![]() Ted Christianson is a managing director in the merchant banking group, as well as a member of the general partner. Christianson has worked in the financial services and investment banking sectors for more than 30 years. Prior to Christianson's current role, he served as global group head of Piper Sandler's capital advisory group which includes the firm's private equity placement, financial restructuring and debt capital markets product businesses. Christianson joined Piper Sandler in 1998 as a member of the newly established private equity placement group where he was instrumental in building the group into one of the leading private equity placement practices in the industry. Christianson assumed management responsibilities of the firm's private equity placement practice in 2001 and later established and assumed management responsibility for the capital advisory group in 2008. Christianson also served in various senior leadership positions as a member of the firm’s Investment Banking Commitment Committee and Global Group Head Council. Prior to joining Piper Sandler, Christianson held various positions during his nine year tenure with Norwest Bank (now merged with Wells Fargo). His last position was senior banker in Norwest's private placement group where he specialized in raising taxable and tax-exempt debt on behalf of corporate clients. Christianson serves on the board of the following companies: Foodsby, Mike’s Hot Honey and Advanced BioEnergy. In addition, Christianson currently serves on the non-profit board of the Dunwoody College of Technology and also served on the board of the Minnesota Zoo Foundation for eight years where he served as treasurer and chaired both the governance and finance committees. Christianson graduated from Colorado College and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. |
David P. CrosbySenior Adviser, Merchant BankingEmail | Tel: +1 612 303-6300 ![]() David Crosby is a managing director in the merchant banking group at Piper Sandler. Crosby serves in the capacity as a senior adviser for PSMB Fund II. Crosby has extensive transaction experience and has been an investment banker at Piper Sandler since 1971. He directed the activities of the investment banking group for 19 years, and he has previously served on the management committee and board of directors for Piper Sandler Companies. Crosby’s principal avocation since college has been investing in marketable equity securities. For the last 20 years, he has guided investments for his extended family. This role has been a natural extension of the experience he has gained as an investment banker. Crosby has also been involved in many not-for-profit organizations where he has and continues to be involved on many investment and finance committees. These organizations have included: the Piper Sandler Retirement Committee, The McKnight Foundation, The Bush Foundation, University of Minnesota Investment Advisory Committee, Carolyn Foundation, Dunwoody College of Technology, Lakewood Cemetery, The Stevens Square Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, The Blake School and Grinnell College. Crosby graduated from Yale University and received a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. |
Johnathan K. GastVice President, Merchant BankingEmail | Tel: +1 612 303-6450 ![]() John Gast is a vice president in the merchant banking group at Piper Sandler. He is responsible for evaluating investment opportunities, managing due diligence processes, supporting portfolio companies and managing the funds’ investor relations and other administrative activities. He joined the merchant banking group in 2014 as an analyst. Gast graduated summa cum laude from American University in Washington, D.C. with a bachelor’s degree in finance and a minor in economics. |