S. Jack Campbell
Principal

Contact Jack at: jackc@masiltd.com

Jack Campbell is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an attorney. He earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Indiana University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Ball State University. He was admitted as a CPA in Indiana and is admitted to the practice of law in Indiana.

From MASI’s founding in 1984, Jack has guided MASI’s growth with a strong commitment to providing world-class M&A advisory, corporate finance, and corporate valuation and strategic planning services. Jack’s vision of MASI has and continues to be a firm that has intelligent, competent, experienced senior professionals supported by technical resources equal to those of “Wall Street” firms. As a result, MASI is staffed with highly skilled professionals using significant resources to execute M&A and related corporate finance engagements across a diverse range of industry client sectors.

With Jack’s leadership and initiative, MASI was a founding member of M&A International, Inc. (“MAI”) (an integrated, global alliance of investment banking firms), which now has substantial global execution capabilities, relationships, and resources serving middle-market and larger corporate clients. His steady guidance and commitment have helped enable MAI to now be represented in 45 countries with 42 member firms with over 600 staffed corporate finance professionals. Jack has served many leadership roles in MAI that have included: twice serving as president and then as Chairman, multiple terms as Chairman of the “Best Practices Mission Committee”, and multiple ad hoc leadership roles. In November 2001 after completing implementation of his vision of long-term resource enhancements and with a strong foundation in place, he stepped down as Chairman of M&A International and Chairman of the Membership Committee. He currently leads the Global Automotive Industry Practice Group and serves on several ad hoc committees during the year.

Prior to MASI, Jack was responsible for the Midwest Region M&A Practice for Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young). As the practice leader, his team coordinated and supported the M&A activities of 14 offices in 13 states. He was also a member of the National M&A team and served in the national headquarters M&A office.

Prior to the Midwest Region M&A responsibility, Jack ran a full service, practice office for E&W. There he oversaw full client service for all tax, audit, and consulting services to a very diverse client base that included financial services, banking, plastics, broad-based manufacturing, technology, electronic components, automotive components, healthcare, broadcasting, and not-for-profits, such as University of Notre Dame. Client profiles ranged from large public companies to middle-market, privately-held companies. During this time, Jack also served as a tax instructor in the E&W National Tax Training programs.

Jack is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, the American Bar Association, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as various other professional groups. He has served as President of the Indiana Society of Chicago and is currently an officer of the Society and a Trustee of the Indiana Society of Chicago Foundation.

Jack has also been active on behalf of his alma mater, Ball State University, in a number of areas. He was a member the national committee coordinating Ball State’s first ever endowment campaign, Wings. He was a founding member of the Ball State Miller College of Business Executive Advisory Board and currently a board member and chair of the Curriculum Review committee. Jack has been recognized as an outstanding alumnus with an “Award of Distinction”. In addition to Ball State, Jack is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis with the Board responsible for advising the dean of the school. At both Ball State and the law school, Jack has lectured on M&A, corporate growth, and corporate finance topics.

Jack has regularly been interviewed by the financial press and has written articles for national publication. In addition he has made presentations regarding various aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and corporate finance before various national and international industry groups and professional education seminars. He has served and is currently serving as an advisor and as a member of boards of directors across variety of industries.