David Hedley

Mr. Hedley is a senior investment banker with 30 years of experience advising Technology companies on a wide range of strategic matters. Mr. Hedley was a Senior Managing Director and Principal of Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC from 2014 to 2020. In his role as Head of the U.S. Technology Investment Banking practice for Ernst & Young, Mr. Hedley provided M&A and corporate finance advice to private and public technology companies. Over his 30-year career as an investment banker, he has advised hundreds of entrepreneurs and C-suite executives of small/mid cap technology companies on strategic M&A and capital raising transactions. Mr. Hedley has an extensive track record in providing sound advice on a wide range of strategic corporate initiatives and is widely viewed as a trusted advisor to technology company executives and Board of Directors.

As Head of Ernst & Young’s U.S. Technology Investment Banking team, Mr. Hedley was responsible for providing senior strategic advice to technology companies on a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, acquisition financings and IPOs. He was responsible for leading dispersed global transaction teams and for deciding the most appropriate financial advice to provide his corporate technology clients. Mr. Hedley’s strategic financial advice encompassed all aspects of key strategic decisions including financial impact, potential shareholder reaction and employee implications.

Prior to Ernst & Young, Mr. Hedley held senior technology investment banking roles at Canaccord Genuity, UBS Investment Bank and Thomas Weisel Partners. At these firms, he led global transaction teams in delivering strategic financial advice to a wide range of enterprise technology companies including Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Flextronics and TTM Technologies. He began his investment banking career in 1991 at Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York City.

Mr. Hedley is a respected leader in the field of LGBT equality and awareness. In addition to serving on LGBT affinity groups at his employers, he has extensively volunteered on various LGBT organizations such as GLAAD and California’s No on Prop 8 initiative. His service to GLAAD culminated with a 6-year tenure on the organization’s National Board of Directors. Mr. Hedley held the role of GLAAD’s Board Treasurer for two years and served on the Board’s Executive Committee. As GLAAD’s Board Treasurer, he was responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the organization including leading the yearly budget process, overseeing the endowment and working with the auditors through the annual audit process.

Mr. Hedley has also held various leadership positions as an alumni volunteer for the Morristown-Beard School and Colgate University. He served seven years on the Morristown-Beard School Board of Trustees, where he also held various leadership positions. As Treasurer of the Board, he was responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the school including tuition and salary changes, endowment policy and investments, and yearly financial reporting to the school community. As Chairman of the Board, Mr. Hedley led all areas of the school community, including over 100 faculty members, 400 students and 10,000 alumni.

Mr. Hedley is a 1991 Bachelor of Arts graduate from Colgate University, where he was a member of the Konosioni Senior Honor Society and a former President of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.