Ashton Group: Names Paul Snyder president

Milwaukee, WI, February 21, 2012 — Ashton Group, a corporate advisory firm with offices in Milwaukee, Chicago and Los Angeles, has hired Paul Snyder as President.

Snyder comes to Ashton Group with more than a decade of experience in serving businesses’ and owners’ legal needs. His diverse experience includes business litigation and contract negotiations representing Fortune 500 companies, most recently at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.

“We are pleased to welcome Paul to our growing team of corporate financial advisors. With his combination of business and legal experience, he has a remarkable record of helping businesses and owners with strategy and legal needs. He brings unique leadership qualities that will improve the services that we can offer our privately- and publicly-held corporate clients,” says Ashton Group Chief Executive Officer, Kevin R. Hanson.

Snyder adds, “Ashton Group takes advisory and execution perspective to help boards of directors, management teams and investors improve their focus on shareholder value. I look forward to helping our corporate advisory and capital markets clients maximize their financial value and execute their business strategies.”

Professionally, Snyder serves as board director for CHS Enterprises of Asheville and a section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and sits on several community boards as an officer including Lighthouse Academies of Wisconsin, Present Music and NextGeneration UPAF.

Snyder earned a J.D. from Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was recognized with the distinction of Rising Star on the Wisconsin SuperLawyer list for five consecutive years from 2007-2011. He completed his B.A. at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and is an avid cyclist and musician.

Ashton Group (http://www.ashtongroupusa.com) is a corporate financial advisory company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with additional offices in Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California, that assists its national and multinational clients with mergers, acquisitions, corporate divestitures, succession planning, fairness opinions, valuations, ESOPs andrecapitalizations.