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Jack Thurston

VP, Marketing & Business Development

Jack is an accomplished financial services marketing and business development leader with over 25 years of experience driving new business and market share through comprehensive marketing initiatives. As Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Jack leads all aspects of marketing and communications, from go-to-market strategy and driving brand awareness to lead generation and sales enablement to help drive the Firm’s business development efforts.

Prior to ButcherJoseph, Jack was Chief Marketing Officer at Livingstone, an M&A and debt advisory firm, where he built and led the organization’s global marketing and communications strategy and team, overseeing all marketing initiatives, brand, digital and content, PR, and media efforts. He also spent parts of his career with William Blair, BAI and LaSalle Bank, leading marketing efforts for the investment banking, wealth management and ESOP teams.

Jack was recognized in 2022 by Small Business Monthly as one of St. Louis’ Top Veterans in the Workplace.

He serves on the board of directors for Volunteers of America of Illinois, and holds an MBA in Marketing and Management from the University of Illinois, and a BA in English from Eastern Illinois University.


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News & Insights

ButcherJoseph & Co. Announced Winner of the 23rd Annual M&A Advisor Awards for the Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year

ButcherJoseph Adds Jacob Brown and Alex Schuster as Analysts

Business Owners Looking to Sell Can Use ESOPs to Their Advantage

ButcherJoseph Advises ITR Economics on Its Sale to Crowe

The “Missing Ingredient” for ESOP-Owned Companies: Part 2

The “Missing Ingredient” for ESOP-Owned Companies: Part 1

Webinar Replay: Positioning for Prosperity – Business Environment in a Recession

ButcherJoseph & Co. Announced Finalists for Five M&A Deal of the Year Awards

The Changing Landscape for Manufacturing Ownership Transitions

Keith Butcher on KPWC/NPR Discussing Employee Stock Ownership Plans

Rising Interest Rates and the Evolving Dealmaking Environment

The ‘Silver Tsunami’ and Its Effects on the M&A Landscape

Tristan Tahmaseb Named a 2023 M&A Investment Banking Business Development Professional to Watch

ButcherJoseph & Co. Announced as Finalist of the 21st Annual M&A Advisor Awards

ButcherJoseph Advised Fred Weber on the Divestment of its Aggregates and Asphalt Assets

Three Things to Consider Before You Sell and How to Create an Effective Succession Plan

Newly Proposed Tax Changes and How IRC 1042 Just Became Everything for Business Owners

Patrick O’Neil Honored as Recipient of The M&A Advisor’s Emerging Leaders Awards

ESOPs

Potential Impact of Proposed Tax Legislation Changes on Business Owners

Dodd_Blog

ButcherJoseph Adds Trey Dodd to Analyst Team

DAI_Blog

ButcherJoseph & Co. Advises DAI on Acquisition of Human Dynamics

Office-Move_Blog_v2

ButcherJoseph Announces Office Move to Accommodate Growth

Key Promotions_Blog

ButcherJoseph Announces a Key Employee Promotion

The Basics of ESOPs Transactions

DBD_PR_Blog

ButcherJoseph & Co. Advises Destinations by Design on Sale to Employees

Main-Street_Blog

Main Street Employee Ownership Act Signed into Law

OurState-ESOP

ButcherJoseph & Co. Advises Mann Media Inc. on Sale to Employees

What’s Driving ESOP Momentum

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IRC Section 1042 Tax Deferral [Part 2]

Section-1042_Pt1

IRC Section 1042 Capital Gains Tax Deferral [Part 1]

Advised-DAI_Blog

ButcherJoseph & Co. Advises DAI Global, LLC

ADG-Blog

ButcherJoseph & Co. Advises Advanced Diagnostic Group on Implementing Its Employee Stock Ownership Plan

TriadManufacturing_Blog

ButcherJoseph & Co. Advises Triad Manufacturing on Sale to Employees

TMI-Hospitality

ButcherJoseph & Co. Assists TMI Hospitality in Sale to Starwood Capital Group

Spinx_Blog

Butcher Joseph Hayes Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor in ESOP for The Spinx Company