Kevin Mayer is a Managing Director and the Head of Industrials in the Investment Banking group. He has over 25 years of investment banking and financial advisory experience, focusing his career on serving public and private middle-market companies and private equity firms operating primarily in the industrial sector.

Prior to Stout, Kevin was a Managing Director at Citizens M&A Advisory, in its industrials practice, where he was responsible for origination and execution of middle-market advisory services for financial sponsors and public and private companies. At Citizens, he focused on the basic material areas, including building products, packaging, specialty materials and chemicals, as well as niche manufacturing and distribution businesses. Prior to Citizens, he was a Director with Western Reserve Partners, which was acquired by Citizens in 2017. Before that, Kevin was a Vice President in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at KeyBanc Capital Markets and McDonald Investments. Kevin started his career at Robertson, Stephens and Co.