M. Curtis Petty, President & CEO
After holding senior financial positions in the valuation, health care, high technology oil services, commercial banking, oil and gas, and the agri-business industries, Curtis Petty helped form a business valuation practice in 1989 and serves as President and CEO. In this capacity he directs the Firm's transaction advisory and valuations of closely-held businesses, partnerships, financial institutions, and intangible assets/intellectual property for joint ventures/strategic alliances, mergers/acquisitions, purchase/sale price allocations, estate and gift tax assignments. Additionally, Mr. Petty is actively involved in consulting with MCP's distinguished clients in structuring complex merger/acquisition and Employee Stock Ownership Plan transactions, and provides expert witness testimony in conjunction with various commercial, ESOP/ESOT and estate litigation cases.
Mr. Petty received his MBA degree from Southern Methodist University in 1979, with a concentration in finance and accounting. In 1973 he received his BBA from the University of Oklahoma with a concentration in economics and marketing. He has also attended seminars covering such topics as: risk analysis in assessing frontier exploration areas, evaluation of M&A candidates, SEC Integrated Disclosure requirements, capital budgeting considerations for product (life) cycles, and contribution analysis for divestitures/spinoff transactions.