VR Mergers & Acquisitions received the award for the 2020 M&A Source Top Firm of the Year among 2-5 person firms. Jeff Swiggett, CBI, M&AMI also was awarded the Executive Club designation, based upon combine deal value for the prior calendar year. M&A Source is the premier community for lower middle market M&A advisors and private equity professionals who engage in transactions valued between $1M and $50M range. The awards are given to bold and innovative M&A Advisors and Private Equity firms raising the bar for the M&A Source community.
In addition to the award recognition, Jeff Swiggett was also designated as M&A Source Chair-Elect for 2021 and will assume the chairmanship of the Board of Directors in 2022.
Jeff has over thirty years of business experience including positions in engineering, manufacturing, marketing, business startup and acquisition. He owned and operated an import/export firm as well as a manufacturing company. Jeff offers a wealth of practical experience when advising clients on selling or buying a business and brings a level of professionalism to the process that makes him one of the best recognized and most admired business intermediaries in Connecticut. Jeff is one of the few business brokers in New England that has secured the prestigious designations of Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) from the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and a Mergers & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI) from M&A Source. He is also the Chair-Elect of the M&A Source Board of Directors and will assume chairmanship in 2022. In 2020, his firm was named the Top Firm of the Year for the 2-5 person firm category.