David has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of accounting, management, tax, financial advisory, valuation and investment banking with financial institutions and closely held businesses. He has also served as an interim CEO or board member to banks and companies in turnaround situations. David has been a member of numerous Boards of Directors of banks and private companies, including a three-year term as advisory director on the Continental Airlines, Inc. travel agency advisory board. He was also a faculty member of Mid-South School of Banking in Memphis, TN.

As CEO of CrossFirst Advisors, David represents clients in assessing corporate development opportunities, structuring mergers, acquisition and divestiture transactions, resolving complex due diligence and organizational issues, preparing valuation analyses, and developing and executing shareholder exit strategies.

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John is a veteran of more than 35 years in the financial services industry. He is a former Director for RSM McGladrey’s Kansas City office, where he supervised the regulatory services division. John was responsible for assisting clients with bank acquisitions, mergers, branches, new charters, holding company formations, and processing the related regulatory applications. He has also served as manager of the bank holding examination department with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. His experience includes structuring and negotiating the buy/ sell of financial institutions, consulting and assisting in ownership changes and ownership planning. Through his years of experience, John has developed a close working relationship with State and Federal financial institutions regulators.

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His background has installed Ralph as the respected authority in regulatory and consulting issues involving banks and bank holding companies. He is a former Federal Reserve Officer and State Bank Commissioner for the State of Colorado. He has also served as a Reserve Bank’s Supervising Officer for examination of bank holding companies and member banks. His expertise includes buy/sell of financial institutions, structuring and negotiating the buy/sell, consulting and assisting in ownership changes and ownership planning, as well as chartering new banks and bank expansion. Additionally, he assists in strategic planning and works with banks under regulatory actions. Ralph is an expert in litigation matters involving bank/bank holding company ownership and activities, actions of boards, the regulatory approval process, actions of regulatory agencies and bank/bank holding company operations. Personal recognition includes being selected one of the top five state bank supervisors by American Banker Magazine.

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Ed has more than 35 years experience in consulting with and regulating financial institutions. He specializes inpreparing all types of state and federal applications for the formation and acquisition of banks, thrifts and their parent holding companies; mergers and purchase and assumption transactions; charter conversions; the establishment and relocation of main bank and branch offices; and change of control transactions. Ed also has extensive knowledge in evaluating financial institution management and organizational structures; determining legal and policy compliance, including regulatory enforcement actions; and reviewing asset quality and loan documentation. Ed’s experience includes being a director of RSM McGladrey’s financial institution practice in Kansas City, serving as a National Bank Examiner and working with the Resolution Trust Corporation.

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Matt recently graduated with distinction from the MBA program at Wake Forest University. Prior to his involvement with CrossFirst, he worked for Ernst & Young and provided assurance and advisory business services to multimillion dollar public and private companies in the U.S. Matt also served at the Kansas Bankers Association performing legal research and consulting to financial institutions statewide, and has had experience working in community banks. His expertise is in the buying and selling of financial institutions; valuation of banks and bank holding companies; structuring and negotiating mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; assisting in ownership changes, and consulting on accounting related issues related to acquisition and fair value accounting.

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