Baird Appoints Dan Bruton as Technology & Services Director to Expand Reach in Europe
LONDON (5 Feb. 2025) – Baird, an employee-owned, international financial services firm, announced today that Dan Bruton has joined the firm’s European Investment Banking business as a Director its Global Technology & Services Group.
Dan joins from RBC Capital Markets, where he was part of their Global Technology Investment Banking Group out of Sydney and focused on cross-border B2B software transactions. Prior to RBC, he was a Vice President at Barclays in the EMEA TMT team in London, supporting software coverage efforts for Europe. Before launching his investment banking career, Dan spent six years in the British Army.
We are thrilled that Dan has joined Baird. With his expertise and capabilities, Dan will play an important role in continuing to expand our strategic global footprint in Europe and especially within the software and tech-enabled services sectors.
Peter Kies, Head of Global Technology & Services Investment Banking
Baird continues to make significant investments in and realise success through its European investment banking platform as the business expands its reach across the Healthcare, Consumer, Industrial and Technology & Services sectors. Baird’s Global Technology & Services platform alone includes over 130 investment bankers who have completed over 380 M&A and financing transactions since 2020.
Baird’s European Private Company Technology & Services Conference showcases leading technology, technology-enabled and business services companies across a variety of sectors. This in-person event gives attendees direct access to company executives and private market investors for idea sharing, presentations and networking. Click here for more information on this year’s conference.
About Baird Global Investment Banking
Baird is a leading global investment bank with more than 545 banking associates, offering corporations, entrepreneurs, private equity and other financial sponsors a broad range of advisory and financing solutions. Since 2020, Baird has completed nearly 760 advisory transactions, representing $353 billion in transaction value, and 391 financings, raising over $163 billion.
About Baird
Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, asset management, investment banking/capital markets and private equity firm with more than 200 offices worldwide. Established in 1919, Baird has approximately 5,200 associates serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. Baird has more than $455 billion in client assets as of June 30, 2024. Committed to being a great place to work, Baird ranked No. 34 on the 2024 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list – its 21st consecutive year on the list. Baird is the marketing name of Baird Financial Group. Baird’s principal operating subsidiaries are Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and Baird Trust Company in the United States and Robert W. Baird Group Ltd. in Europe. Robert W. Baird Limited and Baird Capital Partners Europe Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. For more information, please visit Baird’s website at www.rwbaird.com.
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