Dennis Roberts is Chairman of The McLean Group, LLC. Mr. Roberts has more than 35 years' accounting and investment-banking experience involving a multitude of transactions across a wide variety of industries and markets.

Mr. Roberts was the founder, chairman and CEO of a publicly-held National Bank holding company from 1984 to 1992. Prior to that, he was founder and senior partner of a large Washington, DC area accounting firm that he sold to his partners in 1987. While a practicing CPA, Mr. Roberts focused on M&A, commercial finance and similar transactions.

A graduate of Benjamin Franklin University (which subsequently merged with George Washington University), Mr. Roberts teaches, lectures and writes on M&A, business valuation and corporate finance to national audiences. He is the author of Mergers & Acquisitions: An Insider's Guide to the Purchase and Sale of Middle Market Business Interests, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2009.

Professional Credentials

• FINRA Registered Representative and Firm Principal (Series 7, 24, 28, 63)
• CPA (Virginia)
• Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) through NACVA
• Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) through AICPA
• Enrolled Federal Tax Accountant

Professional Memberships

• Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
• National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)
• The Virginia Society of CPAs
• American Institute of CPAs (AICPA)