Kenneth Berliner is the President of Peter J. Solomon Company and heads its Mergers and Acquisitions Group. In addition to his management responsibilities he spends the majority of his time sourcing and executing engagements and transactions for clients. Mr. Berliner joined the firm in 1992 and has over 25 years of experience advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and leveraged investments. He also has extensive experience in and dedicates much of his time to strategic advisory and principal assignments as well as public and private financings. Mr. Berliner has executed numerous transactions across a wide range of industries and is best known for his knowledge of the retail and distribution, consumer products and healthcare sectors. He also covers and represents a number of financial sponsors. Prior to joining PJSC, Mr. Berliner was a Vice President at Salomon Brothers, Inc., in its Mergers and Acquisitions Department. He has also worked as an Associate in Bank of America’s Leveraged Buyout and Acquisitions Group and as an accounting and tax specialist at Deloitte Haskins & Sells. Mr. Berliner received an M.B.A. from Harvard University and an A.B. from Duke University graduating magna cum laude with distinction.