The M&A Advisor Announces Charles W. Downer to Receive Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The M&A Advisor is proud to announce that Charles W. Downer, founder of global investment bank, C.W. Downer & Co., is the recipient of the M&A Advisor's Lifetime Achievement Award.  

Mr. Downer is to be honored for his pioneering achievements in international M&A transactions on Monday, September 27, 2010.  Mr. Downer will receive his award as part of the M&A Advisor's Second Annual International Awards Gala.  The awards gala will take place at the Cornell Club in New York City, from 12PM to 2:30PM.  

Among his many achievements, Mr. Downer has been a trailblazer and middle-market pioneer since 1966, when he founded a buy-side firm immediately after earning his MBA from Harvard Business School.  Mr. Downer was an early pioneer in cross-border transactions, opening offices in Paris, France and Sydney, Australia, the latter of which enabled him to gain early entrance into Asian markets.    

"Charlie Downer is truly one of the middle-market's pioneering leaders," says Roger Aguinaldo, CEO of the M&A Advisor. "Charlie's lifetime of dedication, hard work and brilliant insight have shaped the international middle-market for years to come.  We are honored to present Charlie with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his leadership and early recognition of the boundless possibilities in cross-border M&A transactions."

Mr. Downer has served as the President for the Association for Corporate Growth. He is a Director of the Boston Fulbright Scholarship Committee and a former Trustee of the Joslin Diabetes Center.  Mr. Downer is also a former Director of the Boston Big Brother Association, a former member of the Harvard University Art Museums' Board of Overseers Visiting Committee, and a former member of the Young Presidents Organization.

Since 1998, The M&A Advisor has been facilitating connections between the top mergers and acquisitions, financing and turnaround professionals with a comprehensive range of services including awards events which recognize the achievement of the past year's leaders. For more information, go to www.maadvisor.com.  

SOURCE The M&A Advisor