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Ellen Clark

Managing Director

Ellen Clark is a Managing Director of PMCF and co-leads the firm’s Industrials team. She has over 27 years of transaction advisory experience, having advised public and private companies on mergers, acquisitions, corporate carve-outs and divestitures, capital raising, financial advisory, and cross-border transactions. Her clients span across various industries, including automotive, industrial, specialty chemical, software, and business services. In total, Ellen has completed more than 100 transactions totaling more than $4.8 billion in value during her investment banking career.

Ellen was previously a Managing Director and one of the founding partners of Greenwich Capital Group. Here she focused on mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, and financial advisory. Prior to Greenwich Capital Group, Ellen worked at Deloitte Corporate Finance, where she led the US Automotive group, was a leader of the Global Automotive team, and was the lead Managing Director of the Detroit office. She has authored numerous automotive M&A industry publications and a frequent speaker at various industry events. Ellen currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Department of Finance at the Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University.

Ellen earned a BA with an emphasis in economics and management from Albion College and recently completed Deloitte’s Board Ready Women Program. She is a licensed securities representative holding her Series 7, 24, and 63 registrations.

Publications

Q4 2025 – QUARTERLY M&A MARKET RECAP U.S. Industrial Manufacturing M&A activity stabilized in Q4 2025, with 81 announced transactions. While Q4 deal volume declined 22.1% year over year, this represented an improvement from Q3 2025’s 77 announced transactions. Compared to Q1 2025, Q4 activity increased 14.1%, signaling a gradual recovery toward more normalized deal…

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U.S. Industrial Manufacturing M&A activity fell sharply in Q3-25, with only 77 transactions, down 34.2 percent from 117 transactions in the same quarter last year.

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The landscape for industrial M&A is shifting, presenting opportunities for middle market owners looking to transact.

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M&A activity in the U.S. Industrial Manufacturing market declined in Q2-25, with 368 transactions recorded over the trailing twelve months, down from 397 in 2024.

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Global Industrial Manufacturing (“IM”) M&A activity stalled in Q1 2025 as both domestic and international investors began strategizing around the implications of anticipated U.S. regulatory changes.

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