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Tiff Armstrong is a managing director at Harris Williams. Having joined the firm in 1993, Tiff is a champion for the firm’s collegial and collaborative culture, commitment to excellence, and “one firm” mentality that have been quintessential to our success for more than 30 years.  He works across Industry Groups to ensure these core values are central to every interaction internally and externally. He advises the firm on deal selection and ensuring we engage on compelling opportunities. Tiff provides insight and guidance to the leaders at Harris Williams to ensure our people are well-positioned to provide the highest-quality service to our clients. 

Tiff has over 30 years of experience advising clients on mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments, including divestitures, financings, and capital raising. Tiff is based in our Richmond office.

__Education:__ B.S. with concentration in Finance from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce,  Chartered Finance Analyst designation

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Bob Baltimore is a managing director and co-chief executive officer at Harris Williams. During his 20-year history with our firm, Bob has advised hundreds of clients, helped build a successful industry practice, and served in a variety of leadership roles.

As co-chief executive officer, Bob is accountable for the strategic direction, life, and performance of the firm. Working in collaboration with all Harris Williams leaders, he helps ensure we deliver an exceptional experience for our people as well as unmatched expertise and execution capabilities for our clients.

Bob has extensive experience advising clients on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments, including divestures, capital raisings, and financings. He based in our Richmond office.

__Education:__ M.B.A. from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina and B.A. in English from Boston College

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Co-Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director

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Hiter Harris is the founder of Harris Williams. Since founding the firm in 1991, he has worked with his partners to build the firm into a leading global investment bank.

With more than 35 years of transactional experience, Hiter continues to provide strong leadership across the firm, exemplifying and upholding the guiding principles on which the firm was founded. Hiter is based in our Richmond office.

__Education__: M.B.A. from Harvard Business School; B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from Hampden-Sydney College, cum laude

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Lane is a managing director and the chief talent officer of Harris Williams. She leads the firm in talent management, long term business planning, executive coaching, organization growth and development, change management, diversity and inclusion, risk management and recruiting.

Before joining Harris Williams in 2016, Lane spent nearly 20 years at Capital One, which included serving as the chief diversity and inclusion officer and senior vice president of Enterprise Human Resources, among other positions. Lane is based in our Richmond office.

__Education:__ M.A. in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University; B.A. in International Studies and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Chief Talent Officer, Managing Director

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Frank Mountcastle is a managing director at Harris Williams and has served in a variety of leadership positions during his tenure with the firm.

As head of M&A, Frank works across our eight Industry Groups to strengthen ongoing engagement and collaboration and help ensure we deliver exceptional outcomes for Harris Williams clients.

Additionally, Frank co-leads our Transportation & Logistics Group where he has extensive expertise working with clients across the automotive and heavy-duty aftermarket, third-party logistics, and transportation infrastructure sectors. 

Frank, who joined the firm in 2012, has over 30 years of experience advising clients on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments, including divestures, capital raisings, and financings. He based in our Richmond office.

__Education:__ M.B.A. from The Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia and B.A. in History from the University of Virginia

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Head of M&A, Group Head, Managing Director

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John Neuner is a managing director at Harris Williams and has served in a variety of leadership positions during his 20-year tenure with the firm.

As co-chief executive officer, John is accountable for the strategic direction, life, and performance of the firm. Working in collaboration with all Harris Williams leaders, he helps ensure we deliver an exceptional experience for our people as well as unmatched expertise and execution capabilities for our clients.

Additionally, John co-leads our Consumer Group where he has extensive experience working with clients across the consumer services, consumer products, consumer multi-site, and food and beverage sectors. He is based in our Richmond office.

__Education:__ B.A. in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College


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Co-Chief Executive Officer, Group Head, Managing Director

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Paul Poggi is the chief operating officer of Harris Williams. For over 25 years, he has led operational and legal teams across multiple industries and business sizes, with significant experience at financial institutions.

He has over 15 years of experience at Harris Williams, where he oversees the strategic initiatives of our business operations, finance, information technology, compliance, and marketing teams. He is focused on bringing these teams together to create strategic edges and  operational efficiencies that continue to drive Harris Williams forward as a world-class M&A advisory firm. Paul is based in our Richmond office.

__Education__: J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School; B.A. in English from Cornell University


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Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director

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Ned Valentine is a managing director and chairman at Harris Williams. Working in collaboration with all Harris Williams leaders, Ned steers the firm’s strategic priorities and exemplifies our commitment to excellence and partnership, internally and externally. 

Ned, who joined the firm in 1996, leverages his longstanding tenure with the firm to develop the next generation of leaders and cultivate an organic talent model that fosters the distinct, unified culture for which Harris Williams is known.

Ned has over 35 years of experience advising clients on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments, including divestures, capital raisings, and financings. He is based in our Richmond office. 

__Education__: M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia; B.A. in History from the University of Virginia


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Chairman, Managing Director

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Eric Zoller is a managing director at Harris Williams, serving as the firm’s Head of Private Capital Advisory. In this role, Eric works across the firm to seamlessly incorporate __[private capital solutions](https://www.harriswilliams.com/our-capabilities/private-capital-solutions)__ and __[primary fund placement](https://www.harriswilliams.com/our-capabilities/primary-fund-placement)__ service offerings and to help ensure we deliver exceptional outcomes for Harris Williams clients.

Throughout his career, Eric has represented clients in a variety of geographies and sectors, including technology, industrial, distribution, healthcare, business services, consumer, aerospace and defense, tech-enabled services, and mineral rights, among others.

Eric founded Sixpoint Partners, which merged with Harris Williams in 2023, and  has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including private capital solutions, M&A, public finance, and infrastructure finance. He is based in New York.

__Education:__ B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania; JD from the University of Pennsylvania law school

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