Robert Lee Priest
Corporate Officer/Principal at TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
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Lee Priest, Jr. is a partner with Chart national, L.P., having joined in 2018 after a 28-year career focused exclusively in the targeted Sector.
He focuses on identification of prospective Sector portfolio companies, transaction execution and accounting / financial oversight of portfolio companies.
Lee has extensive industry investment banking experience having advised on over 50 transactions representing over $5 billion in transaction value.
Industry experience includes transactions for clients in the following sectors: Satellite Communications, Signals Intelligence, Commercial Aerospace, Defense Electronics, Intelligence Community, Transportation, Homeland Security, Government Services and Communications.
Over a 20-year investment banking career, Lee has advised on some of the more complex middle market transactions, to include ”going private” transactions, takeover defense and taking clients public through Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC) transactions.
Other transactions include sell side and buy side M&A, Lead and sole managed IPOs and follow on offerings.
He has advised many leading industry participants, having represented clients in transactions with buyers such as Boeing, TPG, Veritas Capital, ManTech International, QinetiQ PLC, Arlington Capital, Chart Capital, SRA International and DC Capital, among others.
In addition to his investment banking career, Lee served eight years active duty as a commissioned officer and naval aviator in the U.S Navy and also served two years as a public company CFO.
He holds an Aerospace Engineering degree from the U.S.
Naval Academy and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
Robert Lee Priest active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2016-08-18 |
Chart National Investment Management LLC
 Chart National Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Chart National Investment Management LLC (Chart National) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Christopher Brady. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Investor | 2017-12-31 |
| Southwind Capital LLC | Private Equity Investor | 2016-07-31 |
Former positions of Robert Lee Priest
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
BB&T Securities LLC
 BB&T Securities LLC Investment ManagersFinance BB&T Securities LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was founded in 2013 as the result of a merger between Scott & Stringfellow LLC firm and Clearview Correspondent Services LLC. Effective upon the merger, Clearview changed its name to BB&T Securities LLC and began conducting business as BB&T Scott & Stringfellow and BB&T Capital Markets, both divisions of BB&T Securities LLC. They are a wholly-owned, non-bank subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC). BB&T Securities provides services to individuals, including high net-worth individuals; trusts, estates and charitable organizations; corporations or other business entities; Taft-Hartley plans, governmental plans, municipalities; not-for-profit entities; private equity firms (consulting only); and outside investment platform. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2014-07-30 |
| FBR & CO | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2004-12-30 |
Training of Robert Lee Priest
| United States Naval Academy | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of Maryland | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 5 |
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Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
 Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. MiscellaneousMiscellaneous Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. engages in aviation services. It deals with turnkey flight operations and offers customized design, engineering, and modification solutions and training services that support critical aviation mission requirements also designs, fly, trains, and finances airplanes. The company was founded by Benjamin Scott Terry on December 19, 2014 and is headquartered in Newport News, VA. | Miscellaneous |
FBR & Co.
 FBR & Co. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance FBR & Co. provides investment banking, merger and acquisition advisory, institutional brokerage and research services through its subsidiaries. The company operates through two segments: Capital Markets and Principal Investing. The Capital Markets segment includes investment banking, institutional brokerage and research. It also provides investment banking services, including capital raising and financial advisory services for its corporate issuer clients, and institutional brokerage services including sales, trading, research, and securities lending services to its institutional investor clients. The Principal Investing segment activities consist primarily of investments in merchant banking and other equity investments, investment funds and corporate debt investments. The company was founded in June 2006 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Finance |
BB&T Securities LLC
BB&T Securities LLC Investment ManagersFinance BB&T Securities LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was founded in 2013 as the result of a merger between Scott & Stringfellow LLC firm and Clearview Correspondent Services LLC. Effective upon the merger, Clearview changed its name to BB&T Securities LLC and began conducting business as BB&T Scott & Stringfellow and BB&T Capital Markets, both divisions of BB&T Securities LLC. They are a wholly-owned, non-bank subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC). BB&T Securities provides services to individuals, including high net-worth individuals; trusts, estates and charitable organizations; corporations or other business entities; Taft-Hartley plans, governmental plans, municipalities; not-for-profit entities; private equity firms (consulting only); and outside investment platform. | Finance |
Chart National Investment Management LLC
Chart National Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Chart National Investment Management LLC (Chart National) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Christopher Brady. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
| Southwind Capital LLC |
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