Welcome to AGI Corporate Finance Limited
AGI Corporate Finance Limited (AGI) offers its clients the time, dedication and focus that every business needs to reach its full potential.
AGI is a leading, independent, corporate advisory firm that focuses on transactions across a diverse range of industries on both sides of the Atlantic primarily including healthcare, car wash, and technology. AGI finds creative solutions for the most complex problems facing clients, whether it involves selling a non-core subsidiary, geographical diversification by acquisition, raising finance or other value-enhancing transactions. AGI’s history of successful transactions has been varied in terms of size, location and industry ranging from: the restructuring and recapitalization of a US healthcare service provider, to the sale of a UK aerospace business, to the raising of start up finance for a new oil exploration device and a new healthcare service provider.
AGI ensures each deal receives focused attention from its core of professionals who have decades of experience in leading investment houses including Goldman Sachs, Chase Manhattan, Smith Barney and S G Warburg & Co. This core is strengthened by a number of strong relationships with groups and individuals in Europe and North America. In addition, AGI has a dedicated pool of consultants on both sides of the Atlantic who are specialists in particular fields and are brought on board for relevant deals. The company is headquartered in London, with offices in Chicago and Orlando.
Company Focus
AGI Corporate Finance Limited ("AGI" or "the company") was founded in 1997 by Robert Hamburger and Jane Foster as a corporate finance advisory firm that specializes in Mergers and Acquisitions as well as the raising of Venture and Development Capital. AGI undertakes financial advisory assignments on an exclusive basis that are designed to meet the clients' specific requirements. AGI is headquartered in London and works throughout Europe and North America.
In today's competitive, global business environment, companies and investors often need an advisor with an international presence.
AGI's business is focused on car washes, healthcare, technology-driven businesses, and real estate. However, AGI continues to develop its Corporate Finance and Venture and Development Capital divisions in a range of different industries on both sides of the Atlantic .
AGI offers its wide reaching, senior level client base a personal yet extremely professional service which is a direct result of the company's decade of activity and experience in high profile transactions.
Key Team Leaders
Our team has a wide variety of backgrounds and expertise so that we can build value for our clients in a multitude of market segments and functions.
Robert Hamburger
Chairman & Chief Executive
Bob has many years of experience in important M&A transactions in Europe and in the United States. Bob worked with Chase principally in Continental Europe and in the UK between 1970 and 1978, and then Goldman Sachs in London and New York between 1979 and 1988. During that time he was involved in many M&A deals including several transactions with a value in excess of £500 million. Bob then became Head of Corporate Finance for Smith Barney in Europe and and an Executive Vice President of Smith Barney through which he had approximately 50 professionals working for him in the M&A and Corporate Finance Advisory areas.
Bob also served on the boards of several corporations including the Virginia Bio Technology Research Institute. Bob is Chairman and CEO of H&M Partners Limited, an international investment company and corporate finance house , which he founded in 1991 and in 1997 transferred the corporate finance business to the newly founded AGI Corporate Finance Limited and has been instrumental in its development into a transatlantic corporate finance house. He has led and overseen over 75 transactions since the foundation of H&M and AGI.
Prior to embarking on his business career,
Bob achieved an AB in Political Science from Notre Dame in 1965 and was awarded an MA in Soviet Studies in 1967. Bob then received a Fellowship from ND to pursue his PhD which he achieved in 1971 after doing research at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
Bob has three boys, two Identical twins, Peter & John and Edward as well as two grand daughters, Sofia and Layla.
John Wellhausen
Managing Director
John Wellhausen is self-employed as a financial consultant and manager. He has been
president of Memphis Gamma Knife, Inc., since 2003. In addition, since 2003 he has
been active as a Managing Director of AGI Corporate Finance, Ltd. He served as CEO
of United Medical Imaging, LLC, a privately held multi-state outpatient imaging
company, from 2003 until 2007. From 1983 to 2003, John served in a variety of financial
capacities with The Marmon Group of Companies, spending his last eight years as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MarCap Corporation, a
specialized lender and Investment Company. From 2006 to 2012, John
was a member of the board of directors with RELM Wireless Corporation (publicly
traded) where he served as Audit Committee Chairman.
John has completed over one billion dollars in new financing transactions and led several
leveraged buy outs.
John holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Valparaiso University,
and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. He is a
Registered CPA in the state of Illinois.
Jane Foster
Director
Co-director and founding partner Jane heads up all research and administrative activity for AGI.
Consultant Resources
We collaborate with many Skilled Consultants who are specialized in the following industries:
*Luxury Hotels
*High Technology
*Electronic Security
*Artificial Intelligence
*Real Estate