Alexander Koles

Alexander Koles is CEO, Founder and Managing Director of Evolve Capital Partners, where he has supervised dozens of highly successful M&A and financing transactions since the firm’s inception in 2012. Mr. Koles has over 17 years of investment banking advisory experience and works with numerous regional and multinational companies in the financial services and technology space. He is also a sought-after speaker at conferences where he educates investors and large companies on the FinTech sector. Mr. Koles has been involved in over 40 successful transactions and advisory engagements.

Prior to founding Evolve Capital Partners, Mr. Koles worked at several leading investment banks and advisory firms, including BDO, Houlihan Lokey and Merrill Lynch. His restructuring career began at BDO where he provided restructuring advisory and transaction services for distressed companies and their stakeholders, often operating under compressed timelines and with complex capital structures. At Merrill Lynch, Mr. Koles advised on many large cap transactions in a variety of sectors in his role as an investment banker.

Mr. Koles received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.