Our experience provides the difference. Our senior professionals have more than 60 years of collective transaction experience in the beverage industry. In addition to our extensive merger and acquisition experience, we also have significant experience on the capital side of transactions. This allows us to bring unique insight and perspective to our clients.
SEAN McLAREN
Managing Partner
Mr. McLaren has over 21 years of beverage industry experience focused primarily on capital structure advisory and executing business acquisitions and divestitures. Prior to forming OMAC Beverage Advisors, Sean served as Managing Director at First Beverage Group, where he co-led the mergers and acquisitions group with John O’Connor. Prior to First Beverage, Sean was a corporate and investment banker in the beverage groups of GE Capital, Bank of America and SunTrust. During his banking career, Sean underwrote over $2 billion of loans. His capital structuring experience coupled with his banking relationships ensures that OMAC Beverage Advisors’ clients maximize value and mitigate financing risks when executing a transaction.
p: 404.442.8760 | sean@omacbeverage.com | c: 404.536.8385 | vcard |
JOHN O’CONNOR
Managing Partner
Mr. O’Connor has over 23 years of beverage industry experience with the majority focused specifically on acquisitions, divestitures and the capital structuring of beverage distribution businesses. Prior to forming OMAC Beverage Advisors, John served as Managing Director at First Beverage Group, where he co-led the mergers and acquisitions group with Sean McLaren. John also served as Vice President of Wholesaler System Development at Anheuser-Busch, Inc., a group focused on distributor strategy, mergers and acquisitions. He has executed dozens of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures involving beverage distributors, suppliers, brands and importers. Additionally, he managed equity investments in several distributors that collectively generated over $750 million in revenue. John brings vast transaction knowledge and experience to our team, providing a unique perspective to our clients.
p: 636.733.7537 | john@omacbeverage.com | c: 314.578.8042 | vcard |
BRIAN BLACK, CPA, CVA
Managing Director
Mr. Black is a former Anheuser-Busch InBev executive holding several positions with a focus on wholesaler mergers and acquisitions, route-to-market strategy, internal audit and budgeting performance. Brian has managed valuations and due diligence in numerous large wholesaler acquisitions and divestitures. As a Certified Public Accountant with over 17 years of accounting/finance experience, primarily in the beer industry, his background and insights provide OMAC Beverage Advisors’ clients the knowledge and capability necessary to ensure a well-executed transaction.
p: 636.733.7542 | brian@omacbeverage.com | c: 314.498.6167 | vcard |
ALEC BOENTE, CPA
Vice President
Mr. Boente joined OMAC in the Fall of 2018 and has participated in numerous acquisitions, divestitures, and valuations since that time. As a Certified Public Accountant with over 3 years of beverage industry experience, Alec’s research and analysis skills are extremely valuable throughout the deal origination and execution phase of the transaction. Prior to his time at OMAC, Alec worked at The Boeing Company as a Financial Analyst and at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Financial Management Consultant.
p: 636.733.7539 | alec@omacbeverage.com | c: 217.851.3130 | vcard |
