Claiborne Advisors, Inc.

Integrity-Experience-Commitment-Focus For the Middle Market

About Claiborne

David B. Duval brings to middle-market companies the same level of integrity—”A man’s word is his bond” - that he relished during his eight years on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

From those days to the present, the thread that runs through the facets of his career is a devotion to transactions. Whether a large stock transaction or, later, real estate brokerage and development, helping build a computer peripheral company to and through its IPO, or multiple investment banking assignments, Mr. Duval has flourished by learning people’s needs and creating transactions to meet those needs.

 

Claiborne commits its expertise to a few well-chosen engagements each year, allowing Mr. Duval to employ fully his Wall Street partner-level expertise on behalf of each client.

 

With a tight focus on just a very few clients at a time, Claiborne enhances the valuation of each client and uncovers the major opportunities to meet the client’s need, whether for growth financing or a sale.

 

1988 to present  -  San Diego, California

 

Investment banking advisory services:  Focused on growth capital and merger & acquisition needs of a wide variety of companies, both private and public.

   

Vice President, Sales, InterActive, Inc.:  Multimedia computer peripheral company from early stage to initial public offering

 

Consultant to McMillin Companies:  New venture evaluation, commercial real estate development and internal management consulting

 

Prior Experience—New York and Colorado

Member and institutional floor broker, New York Stock Exchange; manufacturing turnaround; venture investment research and due diligence; real estate development.

 

Memberships

      - Chairmen’s RoundTable (Sponsor, Board member)

      - Corporate Finance Council (former Chairman and Board member)

      - Corporate Directors Forum (Board member)

      - Association for Corporate Growth

      - TEC

 

Other Interests:  Community affairs, competitive rowing, flying

 

Education:    

      - Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire

      - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

 

Other Claiborne team members join assignments on an as-needed basis for research, financial modeling and execution.