Bakley Smith is a vice president leading the VMS/nutraceuticals vertical at Green Circle Capital, a leading boutique investment bank focused on health and wellness companies. Green Circle provides advisory services for raising capital and mergers and acquisitions to lower middle market beverage, food and VMS/nutraceutical businesses and is headquartered in New York City.
Bakley is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) with over 17 years of experience in covering consumer-facing businesses. He served as an equity research analyst with Bank of America and then Jefferies and Co., focused on the healthy lifestyle, food and drug retailing, packaged food and beverage sectors. After leaving Wall Street, Bakley worked in various capacities at smaller scale, growing businesses.
He is originally from Atlanta, Georgia, and is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Bakley lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. Bakley is a registered rep with Stillpoint Capital (member FINRA & SIPC).
