Managing Director
Patrick rejoined Chestnut Partners in 2022. Mr. Ford has spent over a decade in the financial services industry working with Boards and senior executives. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of NextGen Acquisition Corporation, which took Xos, Inc. (NASDAQ: XOS), a manufacturer of commercial battery electric vehicles, public, and NextGen Acquisition Corp. II, which took Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: VORB), an air-based satellite launch company, public. Mr. Ford also served Director of Investments of Glen Capital Partners, LLC, an investment manager with a private equity approach to public equities across the healthcare, industrials, technology, financial, and business services sectors. Mr. Ford began his career with Chestnut Partners in 2010, where he advised healthcare, technology and industrial clients on equity and debt placements, M&A advisory, financial planning & analysis, valuation and tender defense. Mr. Ford is a CFA® charterholder. Mr. Ford holds a B.A. in Russian with honors from Middlebury College.www.chestnutp.comRegistrations: FINRA Series 7, 79 and 63