Manchester Resident Earns M&AMI Designation

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Ken Schaefer receives Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary designation

PEMBROKE, NH, ISSUED MAY 5, 2015…Manchester, NH resident Ken Schaefer, a business broker and deputy director with Business Transition Strategies in Pembroke, has been awarded the designation of Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI) by the national association M&A Source.

The Atlanta-based M&A Source is the world’s largest international organization of experienced, dedicated merger and acquisition intermediaries representing the middle market. Since 1991, the M&A Source has addressed professional issues of merger and acquisition specialists. The organization has over 300 intermediaries active in middle-market transactions across the U.S., Mexico, Europe and other international locations. It provides education, networking, conferences, member tools, peer-to-peer roundtables, deal making expos and other support, all specific to M&A specialists.

The designation is awarded to those who have proven professional excellence through verified transaction experience, education, conference attendance, and peer review, the association said in making the announcement. Less than 100 professionals have achieved this designation, making it the “gold standard” of the industry.

Schaefer, who has worked in the business brokerage industry since 2006, works most frequently with businesses sellers and purchasers in the manufacturing and distribution industries. In addition to his M&AMI credential, he is also a Certified Business Intermediary.

Schaefer also serves on the Board of Directors of the New England Business Brokers Association, as well as Opera New Hampshire.

“The Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary designation is a mark of distinction that helps business owners in selecting advisors for their M&A transactions. I am pleased to have achieved this high standard in our industry,” said Schaefer.

“This achievement is particularly important since it shows real life experience in getting deals done,” said John Howe, director of Business Transition Strategies. “Education and association involvement help industry professionals be effective in their work. This designation is a mark of distinction that company owners can use in selecting advisors.”

About Business Transition Strategies

Business Transition Strategies (BTS), a division of N.H. Business Sales, Inc., has offices in Pembroke, N.H. and Andover, MA and has a team of associates who work on engagements.

The firm serves companies in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine when they are brought to market for sale and also assists in advisory engagements with a diversity of clients. To learn more about acquisitions, sales, and mergers of closely held businesses and the market that exists for them, please contact Ken Schaefer at Business Transition Strategies at (603) 715-5420, or reach Ken Schaefer directly by email, kschaefer@bts-m-a.com. Business Transition Strategies maintains offices at 5 Sheep Davis Road, Suite D, Pembroke, NH and also at 300 Brickstone Square, Suite 201, Andover, MA.