Spencer serves as President of Matrix and Co-Head of the Downstream Energy & Convenience Retail Investment Banking Group (DER). As Co-Head of DER, he is responsible for new client development and managing all aspects of client transactions. He advises clients on company sales, corporate carve outs, capital raises, recapitalizations, special situations, valuations, strategic planning, and assisting clients with acquisitions of target companies. Since joining Matrix in 1998, Spencer has advised numerous companies of various sizes, with the majority of those being downstream energy companies involved in petroleum marketing and convenience retailing, quick service restaurants, wholesale fuels distribution, propane and heating oil distribution, lubricants distribution, and refined fuels and propane terminaling. Examples include: Carroll Independent Fuel Co.; CrossAmerica Partners, LP; Revere Gas, Inc.; Quarles Petroleum, Inc.; Dixie Gas & Oil; Freeman Gas; Global Partners, LP; SC Fuels; Pester Marketing Company; E.J. Pope and Sons, Inc.; Ports Petroleum Company, Inc. & Ports Investments, LLC; Tedeschi Food Shops, Inc.; and The Wills Group. In addition to advising many leading companies in the downstream energy & convenience retail industry, Spencer has authored and contributed to several articles on the topics of mergers and acquisitions, access to capital, strategic planning and valuations. He is a member of the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA), the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), and the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA). Prior to joining Matrix, Spencer was a senior business valuation consultant with Ellin & Tucker, Chartered, a nationally recognized business valuation, consulting and accounting firm, and a corporate lender with NationsBank (now Bank of America). As a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, he is a member of the CFA Institute and is also recognized as an Accredited Senior Appraiser by the American Society of Appraisers. Spencer holds a B.S. degree (with honors) from West Virginia University and an M.B.A. from Baylor University. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the West Virginia University Foundation; Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company and its wholly owned corporate venture subsidiary, iCubed Ventures, LLC. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for PCI II, L.P., an SBIC that makes mezzanine and minority equity investments. Spencer previously served on the Board of Visitors for University of Maryland’s Hospital for Children and the Board of Directors for The CollegeBound Foundation. He is also qualified as a FINRA General Securities Representative (Series 7), General Securities Principal (Series 24), Uniform Securities Agent (Series 63), Investment Banking Representative (Series 79) and Operations Professional (Series 99).
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Spencer serves as President of Matrix and Co-Head of the Downstream Energy & Convenience Retail Investment Banking Group (DER). As Co-Head of DER, he is responsible for new client development and managing all aspects of client transactions. He advises clients on company sales, corporate carve outs, capital raises, recapitalizations, special situations, valuations, strategic planning, and assisting clients with acquisitions of target companies. Since joining Matrix in 1998, Spencer has advised numerous companies of various sizes, with the majority of those being downstream energy companies involved in petroleum marketing and convenience retailing, quick service restaurants, wholesale fuels distribution, propane and heating oil distribution, lubricants distribution, and refined fuels and propane terminaling. Examples include: Carroll Independent Fuel Co.; CrossAmerica Partners, LP; Revere Gas, Inc.; Quarles Petroleum, Inc.; Dixie Gas & Oil; Freeman Gas; Global Partners, LP; SC Fuels; Pester Marketing Company; E.J. Pope and Sons, Inc.; Ports Petroleum Company, Inc. & Ports Investments, LLC; Tedeschi Food Shops, Inc.; and The Wills Group.
In addition to advising many leading companies in the downstream energy & convenience retail industry, Spencer has authored and contributed to several articles on the topics of mergers and acquisitions, access to capital, strategic planning and valuations. He is a member of the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA), the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), and the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA).
Prior to joining Matrix, Spencer was a senior business valuation consultant with Ellin & Tucker, Chartered, a nationally recognized business valuation, consulting and accounting firm, and a corporate lender with NationsBank (now Bank of America). As a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, he is a member of the CFA Institute and is also recognized as an Accredited Senior Appraiser by the American Society of Appraisers. Spencer holds a B.S. degree (with honors) from West Virginia University and an M.B.A. from Baylor University.
He is a member of the Board of Directors for the West Virginia University Foundation; Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company and its wholly owned corporate venture subsidiary, iCubed Ventures, LLC. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for PCI II, L.P., an SBIC that makes mezzanine and minority equity investments. Spencer previously served on the Board of Visitors for University of Maryland’s Hospital for Children and the Board of Directors for The CollegeBound Foundation.
He is also qualified as a FINRA General Securities Representative (Series 7), General Securities Principal (Series 24), Uniform Securities Agent (Series 63), Investment Banking Representative (Series 79) and Operations Professional (Series 99).
Cedric is Co-Head of the Downstream Energy & Convenience Retail Investment Banking Group and is responsible for new client development and managing all aspects of client transactions. He advises clients on company sales, corporate carve outs, capital raises, recapitalizations, restructurings, valuations, strategic planning, and assisting clients with acquisitions of target companies. Cedric joined Matrix in 1998 and has advised on over 100 client engagements, with the majority of those engagements involving petroleum marketers, fuels distributors, and convenience store chains; including Warren Equities, Inc. (Xtra Mart), 7-Eleven, Inc., Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. (Circle K), Cumberland Farms, Inc., Victory Petroleum, Inc., CHS Inc., Apache Oil and F.L. Roberts and Company, Inc. Cedric has also advised real estate investment trusts, municipalities, specialty retail, and hospitality companies, including Getty Realty, Inc., eatZi’s Market & Bakery, Inc., ZOOTS, and Connecticut’s Department of Transportation. He has also been employed as a professional in over a dozen Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, including DB Companies, Inc., Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co. Inc., and Fas Mart, and has provided expert testimony in court on behalf of some of those clients. In addition, Cedric has successfully advised clients in financial distress on transactions outside of bankruptcy. Cedric received a B.S.B.A. with a concentration in Finance and graduated cum laude from the University of Richmond. He is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA Institute. He is qualified as a FINRA General Securities Representative (Series 7), General Securities Principal (Series 24), Introducing Broker-Dealer Financial and Operations Principal (Series 28), Uniform Securities Agent (Series 63), Investment Banking Representative (Series 79) and Operations Professional (Series 99). He also serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Richmond’s Student Managed Investment Fund and has been a guest lecturer for the University’s MBA Program.
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Cedric is Co-Head of the Downstream Energy & Convenience Retail Investment Banking Group and is responsible for new client development and managing all aspects of client transactions. He advises clients on company sales, corporate carve outs, capital raises, recapitalizations, restructurings, valuations, strategic planning, and assisting clients with acquisitions of target companies. Cedric joined Matrix in 1998 and has advised on over 100 client engagements, with the majority of those engagements involving petroleum marketers, fuels distributors, and convenience store chains; including Warren Equities, Inc. (Xtra Mart), 7-Eleven, Inc., Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. (Circle K), Cumberland Farms, Inc., Victory Petroleum, Inc., CHS Inc., Apache Oil and F.L. Roberts and Company, Inc.
Cedric has also advised real estate investment trusts, municipalities, specialty retail, and hospitality companies, including Getty Realty, Inc., eatZi’s Market & Bakery, Inc., ZOOTS, and Connecticut’s Department of Transportation. He has also been employed as a professional in over a dozen Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, including DB Companies, Inc., Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co. Inc., and Fas Mart, and has provided expert testimony in court on behalf of some of those clients. In addition, Cedric has successfully advised clients in financial distress on transactions outside of bankruptcy.
Cedric received a B.S.B.A. with a concentration in Finance and graduated cum laude from the University of Richmond. He is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA Institute. He is qualified as a FINRA General Securities Representative (Series 7), General Securities Principal (Series 24), Introducing Broker-Dealer Financial and Operations Principal (Series 28), Uniform Securities Agent (Series 63), Investment Banking Representative (Series 79) and Operations Professional (Series 99). He also serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Richmond’s Student Managed Investment Fund and has been a guest lecturer for the University’s MBA Program.
Vance is a member of the Downstream Energy & Convenience Retail Investment Banking Group and is responsible for new client development and managing all aspects of client transactions including company sales, corporate carve outs, capital raises, recapitalizations, restructurings, valuations, strategic planning, and assisting clients with acquisitions of target companies. He joined Matrix in 2006 and has extensive experience advising petroleum marketers, fuels distributors, and convenience store chains on various transactions. He has also advised municipalities and specialty retail chains and has advised financially distressed companies both inside and outside of bankruptcy proceedings. Prior to joining Matrix, Vance worked in the Business Assurance and Advisory Services Group for the public accounting firm of Keiter, Stephens, Hurst, Gary & Shreaves in Glen Allen, Virginia, where his experience included a variety of assurance engagements. Vance also held a senior associate position in the Treasury group of Capital One Financial Corporation. Vance received a B.S.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from Longwood University and an M.B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University. He holds the Certified Public Accountant designation. He is also qualified as a FINRA General Securities Representative (Series 7), General Securities Principal (Series 24), Uniform Securities Agent (Series 63) and Investment Banking Representative (Series 79). He previously served on the Alumni Advisory Board for the Longwood University College of Business & Economics.
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Vance is a member of the Downstream Energy & Convenience Retail Investment Banking Group and is responsible for new client development and managing all aspects of client transactions including company sales, corporate carve outs, capital raises, recapitalizations, restructurings, valuations, strategic planning, and assisting clients with acquisitions of target companies. He joined Matrix in 2006 and has extensive experience advising petroleum marketers, fuels distributors, and convenience store chains on various transactions. He has also advised municipalities and specialty retail chains and has advised financially distressed companies both inside and outside of bankruptcy proceedings. Prior to joining Matrix, Vance worked in the Business Assurance and Advisory Services Group for the public accounting firm of Keiter, Stephens, Hurst, Gary & Shreaves in Glen Allen, Virginia, where his experience included a variety of assurance engagements. Vance also held a senior associate position in the Treasury group of Capital One Financial Corporation.
Vance received a B.S.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from Longwood University and an M.B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University. He holds the Certified Public Accountant designation. He is also qualified as a FINRA General Securities Representative (Series 7), General Securities Principal (Series 24), Uniform Securities Agent (Series 63) and Investment Banking Representative (Series 79). He previously served on the Alumni Advisory Board for the Longwood University College of Business & Economics.