Allied Business Development
MEET OUR TEAM
Jeff Sutton
Co-Founder and Co- Managing Partner
Jeff has almost 25 years of experience as a successful investor and banking professional. He’s played a role in executing more than $2 billion of debt financing across restaurant and beverage, diversified industries and multinational platforms at JPMorgan Securities and Bank of America.
While a partner at Robinson Capital – a private investment firm focused on investing in emerging restaurants – Jeff led the firm’s business development efforts resulting in acquisitions of multiple, well-respected concepts.
Prior to joining Robinson Capital, Jeff was a Director at Bain Capital
Brian Stilley
Co-Founder and Co- Managing Partner
Brian has spent his career investing in and operating food and beverage companies. As a partner with private equity firm Platinum Capital, Brian led the group’s strategy of owning and operating companies in the food and beverage and consumer retail space.
Prior to Platinum Capital, Brian was with De Anza Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm. There he managed investments in companies totaling over $275M in enterprise value including Bojangles’, an operator and franchisor of quick service restaurants currently generating over $1 billion in annual system-wide sales.