Alex W. Howard
Managing Director, Stout Risius Ross
Alex W. Howard is a Managing Director in the Valuation & Financial Opinions Group. Mr. Howard has extensive experience in providing valuation opinions, transaction services and financial advice for middle market private and small capitalization public companies. He has provided opinions for corporate and estate planning; estate-, gift-, and income-tax requirements; fairness opinions; mergers and acquisitions; and employee stock ownership trusts, among others. He has advised boards of directors and trustees regarding mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and recapitalizations. Mr. Howard serves a wide range of industries including industrial, retail, wholesale, service, insurance and investment companies, natural resource and real estate operations, and banks.
Prior to joining SRR, Mr. Howard was a founding partner and president of HFBE where he managed the firm, as well as supervised and participated in valuations and financial advisory opinions. Prior to founding HFBE, Mr. Howard served in various positions within the securities industry for Rotan Mosle, Inc., First Interstate Capital Company of Texas and Kemper Securities Group, Inc. where he participated in corporate finance transactions including, mergers and acquisitions, private placements, and financial advisory services.
Mr. Howard is a Chartered Financial Analyst and an Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers. Mr. Howard holds professional licenses as FINRA Series 7 General Securities Representative, the FINRA Series 63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Exam, and the FINRA Series 24 General Securities Principal