Billy Busko joined Financo in 2002 within the Mergers and Acquisitions practice. Mr. Busko's primary responsibilities consist of client marketing, deal team leadership and transaction execution. He has extensive experience across corporate divestitures, private and public sales, acquisitions and general advisory mandates, including fairness opinions and stock repurchase programs. He has worked with such clients as Apax Partners, CMI Industries, Code Hennessey & Simmons, The Container Store, Dominion Textile, Fruit of the Loom, Genesco, Golden Lady spa., Gottschalks, Rexam plc, Whitney & Co., Worthington Industries and Zemex.

His previous experience includes Banc of America Securities in Charlotte, NC and New York, NY as a Principal in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Prior to Banc of America, Mr. Busko was an Associate with Banc One Capital Corporation in Columbus, OH serving the Corporate Finance and Merchant Banking Groups. Mr. Busko also worked at Alex. Brown & Sons in Baltimore, MD.

Mr. Busko has an M.B.A from the University of North Carolina and a B.S. in Business Administration from Wake Forest University.