Mr. McDonald is a Managing Director and Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Training & Education practice. During his more than two-decade career in investment banking, he has provided M&A advice to publicly traded and privately held companies in almost all major sectors of the economy. Mr. McDonald is based in the firm’s New York office.
Mr. McDonald’s selected recent transaction experience includes advising Richardson Sales Performance on its sale to Truelink Capital; Colibri in its acquisition of TRC Healthcare; Atairos on its acquisition of LifeLabs Learning; Educate 360 on its acquisition of United Training; Vestar Capital Partners on its investment in 360training; Sandler on its strategic investment from Blue Marlin; Colibri on its acquisition of Becker Professional Education and OnCourse Learning; Ridgemont Equity on its investment in Teachers of Tomorrow; EducationDynamics on its sale to Renovus Capital Partners; Corporate Visions on its sale to The Riverside Company; Skillsoft on its merger with Churchill Capital II; Tailwind Capital on its acquisition of the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA); and Alchemy Systems on its sale to Intertek Group.
Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. McDonald was a Vice President in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Goldman Sachs & Co.
Mr. McDonald received an A.B. magna cum laude from Georgetown University, an M.A. with distinction from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA from INSEAD.