Brian Bell

Vice President
Transaction Advisory & CFO Services

Education: B.B.A. in Accounting & Master in Professional Accounting, The University of Texas at Austin
Certifications: Certified Public Accountant
Prior firms: KPMG, Maxwell Locke & Ritter

Mr. Bell is a Vice President in HamptonRock’s Transaction Advisory Services practice, specializing in financial due diligence and M&A advisory. He has more than seven years of experience in M&A diligence, finance, and accounting, advising clients on acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, and other accounting-related initiatives.

Throughout his career, Mr. Bell has led and contributed to more than 75 buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory engagements. His experience includes quality of earnings analyses, net working capital assessments, purchase agreement support, as well as seller readiness and divestiture planning.\

Prior to joining HamptonRock, Mr. Bell was a Manager in the Transaction Advisory practice at Maxwell Locke & Ritter, where he focused on financial due diligence, primarily serving middle-market private equity firms and corporate clients. Earlier in his career, he worked in KPMG’s Audit practice, serving asset management and private equity clients.

Mr. Bell holds a B.B.A. in Accounting and a Master in Professional Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.