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Meghan M. Welch

Managing Director

Meghan Welch is a Managing Director within the firm’s Aerospace, Defense & Government Services advisory practice. With a career dedicated exclusively to the ADGS sector, she advises clients ranging from privately held and private equity-backed businesses to leading public strategics as well as institutional investors on complex strategic and financial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, and capital raises.

Throughout her nearly 20 years of investment banking advisory experience, Meghan has worked extensively with leading strategic acquirers and corporations advising on the sale of businesses to them as well as the divestiture of divisions, business units, and non-core assets on their behalf. Her experience spans the breadth of the entire ADGS landscape, from established aerospace and defense platforms and government contractors to emerging defense technology and next-generation systems providers.

Meghan’s transaction experience extends across virtually every segment of the Aerospace, Defense & Government Services landscape, encompassing proprietary products and mission-critical platforms across commercial, military and business aviation; aftermarket services and distribution; training and simulation; government and mission services; and disruptive, next-generation technologies redefining defense and national security.

A recognized industry voice, Meghan is frequently sought out for her perspectives on M&A activity, investment trends and strategic developments shaping the Aerospace, Defense & Government Services sector. Her insights and market commentary have been featured in leading financial, business and industry publications and media outlets, including Reuters, Bloomberg, Aviation Week, Mergermarket, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle Market Growth, and Schwab Network, among others.

Prior to joining BGL, Meghan spent nearly a decade as a senior member of Houlihan Lokey’s Aerospace, Defense & Government Services team, where she advised clients on strategic transactions across the sector. Earlier in her career, she held investment banking roles at Harris Williams & Co., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and Brown Brothers Harriman, building a foundation of transaction experience across the Aerospace, Defense and broader industrial markets. Meghan also served as a Managing Director at KPMG Corporate Finance, where she led investment banking activities within the firm’s ADGS sector.