Leadership Team
LAUREN KRAMER
Ms. Kramer is a Director of LSM and responsible for project management and developing new and existing relationships with pension consultants, secondaries, soverign funds and corporate North America.
Prior to joining LSM, Ms. Kramer was an Investment Director in the Investment Bank at Compass Holdings (London, UK) where she led investment due diligence and monitoring for primary M&A across the organisation. Prior to joining Compass, she was a Financial Research Analyst with Mercer, a private research and investment consultancy firm also headquartered in London. At Mercer, she conducted financial and geopolitical research in support of multiple classes in the MENA region.
Ms. Kramer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Mcgill University as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania.
DENNIS PARKER
Mr. Parker is an Senior Director with LSM Advisors. Mr. Parker has extensive experience in all aspects of financial oversight including dynamic transformation initiatives, due diligence, M&A integration planning and execution, insurance and risk management strategies, supply chain tactics, contract negotiations, interim executive-level finance support, oversight of portfolio-wide financial reporting and financial planning & analysis.
Prior to joining LSM, Mr. Parker was a senior manager with Barber Hauler Capital Advisors, at Barber Haueler, Mr. Parker was a member of the M&A transaction services practice, advising private equity and strategic buyers on buy-side M&A transactions, and providing sell-side consulting services to private equity-backed businesses and other privately held companies. His advisory services included financial/accounting due diligence, quality of earnings reviews, working capital analysis, pro-forma financial statement preparation, profitability analysis, carve-out analysis, forecasting and financial reporting infrastructure evaluations.
Mr. Parker received his Bachelor of Arts with a dual major in accounting and finance from Wake Forest. Mr. Parker obtained his CPA in 1990.