Enrique Brito, a Senior Managing Director in The McLean Group’s headquarters office, advises middle market business owners on how to measure, enhance and harvest value in their businesses. His primary expertise is with healthcare sector information technology, medical devices and biotech firms.

Mr. Brito has more than 20 years’ corporate finance and investment banking experience involving transactions in the US, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina and Peru. On behalf of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, he lectures on M&A and business valuation to national audiences (and was named Instructor of Great and Exceptional Distinction from 2003 to 2009). He regularly writes for local business publications and speaks at national conferences on M&A topics.

Mr. Brito previously was a principal and founder at Kaizen Consulting Group, a McLean, VA-based M&A advisory firm. He also was director of corporate finance with COMSAT International (subsequently merged with Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications) where he participated in all aspects of M&A, business valuations, due diligence and negotiations. As executive director at EuroCapital Corporation, he specialized in corporate finance projects involving multilateral financial institutions in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Mr. Brito holds an MBA, with honors, from The American University and a BS in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida.

Professional Credentials

• FINRA Registered Representative, Investment Banking Representative and General Securities Principal (Series 7, 24, 63, 79)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) through the CFA Institute
• Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) through NACVA
• Certified M&A Advisor (CM&AA) through the Alliance of M&A Advisors
• Chartered M&A Professional (CMAP) through NACVA

Professional Memberships

• CFA Institute
• Washington Society of Investment Analysts
• National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)
• Middle Market Investment Banking Association (MMIBA)