Phil Ivey

Since founding Crofton Capital, Phil Ivey has led each of the firm's acquisitions in a role that has included substantial time working directly with management teams to help support company growth.
As a mergers and acquisitions advisor for 15 years prior to establishing Crofton Capital – most recently as Managing Director with Harris Williams & Co. (see note below) – Phil advised middle market clients in a range of sectors including industrial manufacturing, business services, distribution, technology, consumer products, and financial services.
As an M&A practitioner, he worked extensively alongside owner-operators of closely-held businesses, as well as private equity groups and executive teams of large corporations that were selling divisions.
In all these assignments, Phil enjoyed valuable insights into the philosophy and expertise of senior management teams across the gamut of business environments.
Prior to joining Harris Williams & Co. and helping to establish its Boston office, Phil was a Principal in the investment banking group of Tucker Anthony Sutro (now RBC Capital Markets).
His further experience includes KPMG Consulting (now BearingPoint, Inc.), where he was a consultant working with companies on operational and financial management improvements, and the institutional equities group of UBS Securities in London, England.
Phil earned an M.B.A.
with highest honors from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
More recently, he was also selected as one of Boston Business Journal's annual “40 Under 40” award winners.
After growing up in England, where he earned a B.S.
from the University of Bristol, Phil has lived in the U.S.
since 1989, all but two of those years in the Boston area where he now lives with his wife and three children.