Ed McGuire

As Watco’s Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Ed McGuire secures capital and assists in capital spending to help customers transform and grow their business. Ed joined the leadership team in July 2015 as Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning. He worked for 30 years in investment and corporate banking, most recently with BMO Capital Markets, working with transportation-based companies on mergers and acquisitions, debt financing, and raising equity capital. Ed also worked for three years in BMO’s Real Estate Capital Markets group, covering various real estate opportunity funds and real estate investment trusts. Prior to BMO Capital Markets, Ed was Chief Financial Officer at a privately held Chicago-based equipment leasing company and worked at Banque Nationale de Paris and Continental Illinois. Ed earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from the University of Iowa and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).