Steve Guy, Managing Director

Role at Baird

Steve Guy is a Managing Director in Baird’s Global Industrial Investment Banking Group. Based in Milwaukee, Steve leads Baird’s Water & Filtration practice. View our recent Water & Filtration transactions.

Professional Experience & Education

Prior to joining Baird in 2000, Steve was a Vice President at Tucker Anthony (now CIBC Cleary Gull) and a Senior Consultant at Price Waterhouse (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers), where he provided corporate tax and other advisory services. Steve has over 30 years of transaction experience, advising on mergers and acquisitions and financings, for public, private equity and family-owned businesses serving most sectors of the global economy. In particular, Steve has completed more than 50 transactions totaling more than $20.0 billion in the filtration industry.

Steve earned an MBA with distinction from the University of Michigan Business School and also received a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Virginia.

Outside the Office

Steve currently serves on the Board of Directors of Deltrol Corporation (since 2016) and The Water Council (since 2023) and the endowment board of University School of Milwaukee (since 2024), after having served previously on the school’s board of trustees (from 2013 – 2023), including as Board Chair (from 2019 – 2022).