Cascadia Capital has appointed Burke Smith as Managing Director to lead its Transportation & Logistics practice, strengthening the independent <a href="https://bitcomme.com/healthedge-<a href="https://bitcomme.com/healthedge-investment-partners-names-todd-cooper-as-operating-partner-2/” title=”HealthEdge Investment Partners Names Todd Cooper As Operating Partner”>investment-partners-names-todd-cooper-as-operating-partner-3/” title=”HealthEdge Investment Partners Names Todd Cooper As Operating Partner”>investment bank’s senior team as it expands coverage of the middle-market sector.
Based in Austin, Smith brings more than two decades of investment banking and operating experience across transportation and logistics. He has advised public and private companies on transactions totaling more than $40 billion, including more than $3 billion in transportation and logistics M&A.
His sector experience spans freight brokerage, freight forwarding, last-mile delivery, warehousing and contract logistics, passenger transportation, marine services, and specialty trucking.
Before joining Cascadia, Smith led Houlihan Lokey’s Transportation & Logistics practice. He previously founded and built the Transportation & Logistics practice at Capstone Partners.
Smith also has eight years of operating experience across last-mile delivery, warehousing, and trucking businesses. He previously served as interim chief financial officer of a sponsor-owned less-than-truckload consolidation and freight brokerage company.
Earlier in his career, Smith held investment banking roles at UBS, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Wasserstein Perella.
Cascadia said the hire reflects its broader strategy of expanding its senior banking team in sectors that are becoming increasingly active and important to middle-market business owners and investors.
Smith holds a B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served on the Harvard Law Review.
“Transportation and logistics is a large, dynamic sector where we see significant opportunity to build a differentiated advisory practice. Burke is a top-tier banker with deep sector relationships and the kind of operating experience that gives him a particularly valuable perspective with business owners and management teams. His addition reflects our continued strategy of expanding our senior banking team and deepens the firm’s coverage of the transportation and logistics sector.”
Michael Butler, Chairman And CEO Of Cascadia Capital
“I’ve spent much of my career working with middle-market transportation and logistics companies, and Cascadia’s sector-focused, entrepreneurial approach was a natural fit for how I like to advise clients. There is tremendous opportunity across the sector as owners and investors navigate changing freight markets, consolidation, and the continued evolution of the supply chain. I’m excited to build the Transportation & Logistics practice at Cascadia and bring the full capabilities of the firm to clients across the industry.”
Burke Smith, Managing Director And Head Of Transportation & Logistics At Cascadia Capital
