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.
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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.
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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.
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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.