Stout Expands Business & Professional Services Coverage

Stout announced a strategic expansion of its Business & Professional Services practice within the Investment Banking group with the addition of Managing Director Connor Mitchell and Director Chris Vincent.

With extensive experience advising founder-owned, corporate, and private equity-backed companies across key services end markets, Connor and Chris bring complementary skill sets that deepen Stout’s capabilities and enhance its growing platform. Their additions reflect the firm’s continued momentum and commitment to expanding its presence across the broader services landscape.

Connor Mitchell joins Stout as a Managing Director with deep experience in M&A and capital-raising advisory. With more than 45 completed transactions totaling over $4 billion, he has executed engagements across consulting and risk services and human capital management, with deep expertise in office-of-the-CFO services, private equity-as-a-market services, specialty consulting, professional staffing, and healthcare staffing. Prior to Stout, Connor served in senior roles within the Business Services groups at Cascadia Capital and Solomon Partners, and he previously co-founded the Chicago office of FocalPoint Partners (acquired in 2022).

Chris Vincent joins as a Director in Stout’s Investment Banking group, where he focuses on commercial and residential services and specialty distribution within the infrastructure and industrial sectors. Before joining Stout, Chris was a Director in D.A. Davidson’s Diversified Industrials group and held investment banking roles at BlackArch Partners.

“This expansion reflects Stout’s ongoing investment in top-tier talent and our commitment to providing exceptional outcomes for clients across the services landscape,” said Mark Abbott, Head of Business & Professional Services in the Investment Banking group. “Connor and Chris bring outstanding experience and insight, and their addition further strengthens our ability to support clients through complex and highly strategic decisions.”