Tammy Richards is an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) as designated by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). In addition to the AVA credential, Tammy also holds a Chartered Merger and Acquisition Professional (CMAP) designation from the Middle Market Investment Banking Association (MMIBA).
After 5 years of performing business valuations of closely held businesses at Pieciak & Company, P.C., Tammy has recently accepted a position with Country Business, Inc. (CBI), a business brokerage firm assisting buyers and sellers throughout New England.
While at Pieciak & Company, Tammy focused primarily on providing business valuations of family-owned and closely held businesses for use in succession planning, estate and gift tax filing, purchase/sale transactions, divorce and shareholder disputes. Tammy completed business valuations in various industries including manufacturing, wholesale/retail distribution, retail, investment management and real estate holding vehicles.
Tammy is also an instructor for both the NACVA and MMIBA teaching courses in Business Valuation and Mergers and Acquisitions. She is very active within both organizations and has been elected to chair NACVA’s Valuation Credentialing Board. In June 2010 and June 2011, Tammy was the recipient of the NACVA’s Outstanding Member Award.
Prior to joining Pieciak & Company, Tammy spent eight years working at Citigroup in New York where she held various positions within the investment banking division. She spent five of those years in the Acquisition Finance Group working closely with private equity firms in valuing and financing their leveraged buyouts of middle market and large-cap companies via syndicated bank loan and high yield bond transactions. Tammy spent the following three years as Vice-President in the Global Loans Portfolio Management Group, where she managed a portfolio of highly leveraged corporate loans retained by Citigroup.
