Powerful core: Acquisition and human capital …plus domain expertise
Akoya Capital possesses world-class acquisition capabilities alongside seasoned human capital expertise. Akoya's core team leverages career-long operating and merger and acquisition experience throughout each transaction. Collectively, the team brings deep functional expertise in strategy consulting, market research and executive-level assessment — resulting in a penetrating understanding of middle-market companies' key success factors.
In addition to the established Akoya core team, which has worked together over many years and on numerous strategic transactions, we bring in highly experienced, industry- and deal-specific advisors to support each transaction and assess the ongoing viability of each new company. Our core team’s expertise is further enhanced by a Senior Advisory Council — a network of leading luminaries who lend their experience, insight and connections to Akoya-backed management teams as formal and informal advisors and co-investors.
Akoya Core Team
Max DeZara
Founding Partner and CEO
Liz Dominick
Senior Vice President
Eric Gurry
Managing Partner
Kevin Lane
Associate
Bob McIlhattan
Managing Partner
Karen Scalise
Assistant to the Founding Partner
Akoya Senior Advisory Council
James A. McClung
Chairman