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Managing Director

Ted joins Capstone as a Managing Director and Head of the Central Region, based out of Chicago.  Prior to Capstone, Ted ran the corporate finance practice in the Central region for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Capital Strategies Group and its predecessor, Citi Capital Strategies.  He has over 20 years of experience, having completed strategic sale and recapitalization transactions across a variety of industries.  Ted is a frequent public speaker on the topic of business exits and recapitalizations of privately owned businesses. 

In 2008, Ted was recognized by The M&A Advisor for the Cross-Border Middle-Market Deal of the Year.  In 2009, another of his transactions was recognized as the Middle-Market M&A Financing Deal of the Year.  Previously, Mr. Polk worked at Valuemetrics, Inc. and in the Corporate Banking Group at The Bank of New York.   Ted received his BSBA degree from Georgetown University and MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Series 7 and 63 Registered Securities Representative, and a Series 24 Registered Securities Principal.