Team
Jeffrey C. Sands, Principal
jsands@structuragroup.com
248.792.2601
Mr. Sands is the founder and a Senior Principal of Structura Group, an investment banking boutique uniquely focused on the automotive, transportation and manufacturing industries. From 2000 through 2002, Mr. Sands was a Managing Director of Investment Banking and Head of the Automotive Group for Raymond James & Associates. Mr. Sands entire career has been focused in the automotive and manufacturing industry including over 20 years providing a full range of investment banking services, from public equities and debt, mergers & acquisitions, buyouts and restructuring advice to clients across North America, Europe and Asia.
During his tenure with PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities (formerly Coopers & Lybrand), Mr. Sands spent several years working in London, England establishing a successful European automotive investment banking practice. During this time he completed numerous cross-border transactions for both strategic and financial institutions focused on the transportation sector. Mr. Sands supplements his investment banking experience with over 9 years of direct hands-on automotive experience with Chrysler and General Motor design groups as well as investing/owning/operating engineering, design and manufacturing businesses serving the automotive, commercial, recreational vehicle sectors.
Mr. Sands received his Finance degree from University of Detroit and an M.B.A. degree from The University of Michigan. He holds FINRA Series 24, 79, 82 and 63 exam qualifications. He is also a Board Member and Shareholder of Medallion Instrumentation Systems, a Michigan-based vehicle electronics manufacturing and assembly business.
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Chris Price, Principal
cprice@structuragroup.com
248.792.2602
Mr. Price co-founded Structura Group in 2002 an investment banking boutique uniquely focused on the automotive, transportation and manufacturing industries. Previously he was a Vice President with Raymond James & Associates automotive investment banking team (2000-2002). Prior roles included Vice President with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Investment Banking Group (Detroit, USA - 1998 to 2000) and Manager with Coopers & Lybrand Investment Banking (London, England - 1994 to 1998) and Coopers & Lybrand Insolvency (London, England – 1993).
Mr. Price has acted on behalf of a variety of clients, both domestic and foreign including many cross-border transactions. Clients and transactions have included public and private markets as well as government owned entities. Mr. Price has completed acquisition and divestiture transactions with businesses involved in a variety of industries including facilities management, paper and fabric manufacture, waste management, public utilities, electronics and logistics but for over a decade Mr. Price has focused on transactions within the automotive and transportation industry.
Mr. Price qualified in the UK as a Chartered Accountant. He has a BA and MA in Natural Sciences (Physics) from Oxford University, England. He holds FINRA Series 24, 28, 79, 82 and 63 exam qualifications. Mr. Price is also a Board Member and Shareholder of Medallion Instrumentation Systems, a Michigan-based vehicle electronics manufacturing and assembly business.
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