Industrials & Infrastructure

Ben has spent his career advising closely held businesses, private equity firms and corporations on complex sell-side M&A transactions.

Prior to co-founding Northborne, Ben was a Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets, where he played a key role in building and leading the firm’s highly successful short line railroad advisory practice. In addition, he focused on specialty industrial sectors including transportation, chemicals, packaging and short line railroads.

Ben joined BMO through its acquisition of Greene Holcomb Fisher.

Ben earned a BS from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.

Eric has over 30 years of experience advising private and public companies, private equity investors and entrepreneurs on M&A transactions.

Prior to co-founding Northborne, Eric was a senior investment banker at Piper Jaffray and a partner at Greene Holcomb Fisher. Following BMO’s acquisition of GHF, he became Head of BMO Middle Market M&A. He began his career as a corporate attorney at Dorsey & Whitney.

Eric earned a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School and a BA from Carleton College. Eric has served on the adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota Law School, the board of directors of the Wilder Foundation, and as a discussion leader for the Anderson Center for Management and Leadership Development.

Fun fact: Eric hails from Northfield, Minnesota, famous for Defeat of Jesse James Days, Malt O Meal cereal, St. Olaf College, Eric’s alma mater Carleton College, and the proudly quirky slogan “Cows, Colleges, and Contentment.” After living in St. Paul for more than 25 years, he’s discovered the State’s Capital City offers plenty of colleges and contentment of its own. The cows, however, are still in Northfield.

Mat brings more than a decade of experience executing M&A transactions across industrials, infrastructure and various other sectors.

Prior to Northborne, Mat held roles at BMO Capital Markets and BMO Harris Bank and began his career at Chartwell, specializing in ESOP-related transactions.

Mat earned a BS in Finance from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.

Fun fact: Mat grew up in a very small town in Northern Minnesota, where he was the quarterback of his 9-man football team. Unfortunately, as one of eight children across blended families, they were one shy of a full roster.

Chris has nearly a decade of experience in M&A and corporate finance, with experience executing M&A transactions across the industrials, infrastructure and services sectors.

Prior to joining Northborne, he worked on middle-market M&A transactions at Cowen & Company and held finance roles at General Electric.

Chris earned a BS in Finance and Marketing from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Fun fact: Chris is a proud Eagle Scout and enjoys passing on his love of the outdoors to his two young children.

Paul has 30 years of deal-making experience as both an M&A attorney and investment banker. He has completed transactions for more than 100 privately held clients, with deep expertise in the consumer and industrial sectors.

Prior to co-founding Northborne, Paul led the Middle Market Consumer M&A team at BMO Capital Markets and was a partner at Greene Holcomb Fisher. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles at Piper Jaffray Companies and practiced M&A and securities law at Morrison & Foerster and Faegre & Benson.

Paul earned a JD from Cornell Law School and a BS from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Fun fact: Paul is a massive English football fan and proudly supports Tottenham Hotspur.  He has attended more than 75 matches across England, Wales and Scotland, making a pilgrimage to the UK every fall for the last 16 years.  COYS!

Cam has more than 10 years of transactional advisory experience, with a primary focus on M&A. He joined Northborne after a successful legal career as a partner in the M&A group at Dorsey & Whitney. His significant deal experience (75+ transactions) includes both buy-side and sell-side representations across a broad array of industries.

Cam began his career at Cleary Gottlieb in New York.

He earned a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School and a BA from Wheaton College.

Fun fact: Cam has been known to dabble in the performing arts: including performances as Will Parker in the high school production of Oklahoma and Puck in the Law School musical production “A Mid-Semester Night’s Dream”. More recently, North Shore residents might recognize him as the Singing Santa Claus from the 2025 Grand Marais Holiday Parade.