CHICAGO - (Business Wire) The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the premier professional organization focused on corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions, today announced the formation of ACG Kentucky.
ACG Kentucky will be headquartered in Louisville, KY. The chapter will hold statewide meetings and events with the goal of facilitating networking, deal flow and the sharing of best practices among local corporate growth and merger professionals.
ACG Kentucky’s inaugural breakfast event will be held October 8, 2008, at the Louisville Marriott. Several ACG global leaders will join Louisville-area dealmakers and corporate growth professionals to listen to keynote speaker Ron Geary, Chairman of ResCare, Inc., and to network.
“We are thrilled to launch an ACG Chapter in Kentucky,” said Kenneth S. Berryman, CFA, Director - Louisville Office, CapitalSouth Partners Funds. “ACG offers the kind of networking platform and dealmaking community that will be tremendously successful in this vibrant and growing market.”
“The formation of ACG Kentucky marks the beginning of another exciting era of expansion for ACG,” said ACG President and CEO Gary LaBranche. “ACG Kentucky members will now receive the same educational and business networking benefits as their colleagues around the world. By meeting locally, they will now be able to access potential business partners globally and accelerate their business growth. Ultimately, this will add to the vitality of the Kentucky business community.”
For more information on ACG Kentucky and the kick-off event October 8, please visit www.acgkentucky.org.
About ACG
Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is a global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Today ACG stands at more than 12,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 53 chapters in North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.ACG.org.
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