Angle Advisors announces Chris Gessner has joined as a Managing Director

Birmingham, MI, Oct. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Angle Advisors announced today that Chris Gessner has joined the firm as a Managing Director.

Chris Gessner, Managing Director at Angle Advisors

Chris Gessner joins Angle Advisors with over 20 years of corporate finance experience focused on lending, private equity investing and M&A advisory.  During his career, he has been involved in a variety of transaction types, including cash flow and asset-based lending, M&A advisory, capital raising and leveraged buyouts, primarily involving businesses in the consumer, industrial services and manufacturing industries.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Chris to Angle Advisors. His 20-plus years across lending, investment banking and private equity give him a rare, 360-degree view of how deals get done. Our clients will benefit right away from his perspective on both sides of the table.” commented Kevin Marsh, a Partner at Angle Advisors.

Cliff Roesler, a Partner at Angle Advisors, added, “Chris has spent his career helping lower middle-market businesses access capital and complete transformative transactions. His deep expertise in the consumer, industrial services and manufacturing sectors fits naturally with the clients we serve, and we’re excited to have him on our team.” 

Mr. Gessner’s previous corporate finance roles include BMO and J.P. Morgan.  Immediately prior to joining Angle Advisors, he was a Partner at Peninsula Capital Partners.  He began his career as an analyst at Bank One in Detroit.

Mr. Gessner holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Michigan State University and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.

About Angle Advisors LLC

Angle Advisors, with offices in the United States, Germany, and China, specializes in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory and capital raising services with a particular emphasis on the industrials and services sectors. The firm’s professionals have completed over 325 transactions since 2009 for multinational corporations, privately held companies, private equity funds, and public sector clients.

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