Barry B Conrad

Bio

Mr. Conrad co-founded IBCF in 2000 and has been instrumental in IBCF’s success to date. From 1988 to 1998, he was a Founding and Managing Partner of Conrad/Collins Merchant Banking Group Ltd., a boutique merchant banking firm sponsoring lower-middle-market buyout and recapitalization transactions. From 1983 to 1988, he served as Senior Vice President and Manager of the Corporate Finance Department at Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc., a Dallas-based regional investment bank. From 1974 to 1983, he was CEO of Hart Delta, Inc., a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based pharmaceutical manufacturing company. Prior to that time, he was a partner at Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs & Company and a predecessor company, Viguerie Hayne & Chaffe, Inc., both of which were New Orleans-based regional investment banking firms. In these capacities, he has been involved in a substantial number of public offerings, private placements, mergers, acquisitions, and other investment banking transactions. Mr. Conrad holds an AB degree from Marshall University.