John Howe, M&AMI, director of Business Transition Strategies (BTS) in Pembroke, has been named Chairman of The M&A Source, an association of professional M&A intermediaries from across the country. He was named to the position at the fall conference last month in Phoenix. His term starts in January.
He has been a member of The M&A Source since 2009, is accredited as an M&AMI (Mergers & Acquisitions Master Intermediary), and is recognized by the Exit Planning Institute as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA). He is a registered representative of StillPoint Capital LLC., an SEC registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SiPC through which he holds the Series 82 and Series 63 registrations.
BTS is an M&A sales and advisory firm working with privately held companies in New England with offices in Pembroke, N.H. and Andover, Mass. It is a division of N.H. Business Sales, Inc. and he is a co-owner of the company, which has been selling businesses since 1975.
Howe’s focus is on selling and advising small and midsize companies with revenues between $2 million and $20 million. He works in a variety of sectors from precision machining and manufacturing to distribution and home care services.
Prior to this career, Howe spent 30-plus years in the newspaper industry with Citizen Publishing Company in Laconia and Geo. J. Foster Publishing in Dover. He is a resident of Center Sandwich.,
With M&A Source, Howe has served as a member of the Board of Directors, and as a member of the Executive, Finance & Governance committees. He has also Chaired the conference planning committee and the webinar committee. In recognition of his contributions, he received the 2016 M&A Source Chairman’s Award and the 2015 M&A Source Champion’s Award.
He is also active in a variety of professional organizations including the IBBA (International Business Brokers Association), the Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA) and the New England Business Brokers Association (NEBBA).