GROWTH & IMPACT WEEK SPEAKER LINEUP
The speakers at Growth and Impact Week are award-winning advisors, operators, and thought leaders who don’t just understand growth and impact, they execute it. Each speaker has been selected for their ability to translate methodology into real-world implementation, sharing how they’ve built in-demand practices through intentional, ROI-driven relationships with business owners. Expect candid perspectives, practical frameworks, and honest discussion around what works in today’s market, from client selection and trust-building to accountability, culture, and value creation. This is not a stage of theorists; it’s a room of practitioners committed to helping you apply what you learn and accelerate results in your firm.
Walker Kenney
Mr. Schickner's investment banking practice is focused on providing merger & acquisition advisory services as well as private equity and debt capital raising services to middle market and emerging growth companies. With nearly 20 years of investment...
ABOUT WALKER
Mr. Schickner's investment banking practice is focused on providing merger & acquisition advisory services as well as private equity and debt capital raising services to middle market and emerging growth companies. With nearly 20 years of investment banking and private equity experience, he has completed numerous transactions across a variety of industries on behalf of founder/family-owned businesses, sponsor-backed businesses, and public companies. Since joining Croft & Bender in 2008, Mr. Schickner's primary banking focus is on the business services, industrial and consumer industries. As Partner of C&B Capital, the private equity affiliate of Croft & Bender, Mr. Schickner also has experience on the principal investing side of the business.
Prior to joining Croft & Bender, Mr. Schickner worked in RBC Capital Markets' Consumer Investment Banking Group, where he provided strategic advisory services for corporate and financial sponsor clients in the restaurant, food service, retail, and heathy & active lifestyle industries.
Mr. Schickner received a B.B.A. in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia Honors Program.