Investment Insights for the Security Industry in 2025
Our ever-popular closing session breaks down the deals, the debts, the acquisitions and the bets being made in “The Business of Security.”
Speakers
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Alper CetingokGlobal Head, Diversified Industrials, and Sector Co-Head, Security & Safety
Raymond James -
Bill LynchManaging Director
MesirowWilliam “Bill” Lynch is a Managing Director in Mesirow’s Investment Banking group. He is responsible for client management, deal execution leadership and new business development within the industrial technology and services sectors with a focus on the broader security industry including physical security and life-safety businesses.
Prior to joining Mesirow, Bill worked at Imperial Capital, where he primarily focused on Security and Life-Safety M&A, financings, and strategic advisory. Prior to Imperial Capital, Bill worked at ProFinance Associates, Inc. Earlier in his career, Bill held leadership roles in industrial manufacturing at USG Corporation, where he oversaw strategic and capital planning, distribution, marketing, and sales for the Industrial Gypsum Division across the western United States.
Bill earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Menlo College. He holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, 79 and 99 licenses.
