North Inlet

Buy-side M&A services

Our Firm

North Inlet works side by side with our clients to navigate unpredictable conditions and uncharted territory.

Our Team

The North Inlet team includes experienced operational, strategic and financial professionals. Our team members have served
public and private corporations as investment bankers, lawyers, accountants, consultants, CEOs, COOs and senior management
members for an average of 25 years. We now leverage our wealth of knowledge and expertise to offer tailored solutions to
clients who are at critical inflection points in the evolution of their businesses. We invite you to learn more about us.

 
Strategic Partners
Our strategic partners serve as an extension of our team. When needed during an engagement, North Inlet is able to leverage
their significant operational and industry expertise, insight and relationships.

 



Charlie Eitel

 



Al Kabus

 



Stephen Saunders
Over the last 40 years Charlie has served in full time roles as CEO, COO, and Chairman of six companies, four public and two private, ranging in size from $80MM to $1.2B. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Charlie graduated from Oklahoma State University with a BS in business administration.
Al has successfully led durables, software and service based companies as a CEO, division president, and founding partner. Al graduated from the University of Delaware with a BSBA in business.
Stephen has more than 20 years of investment banking experience, including serving as a senior officer in the Mergers and Acquisitions department of Wachovia Securities and as a partner in Fennebresque & Co., where he spent four years building and leading an industry-focused M&A advisory practice. Stephen graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South with a BA in English literature and earned his MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Our Values

At North Inlet, our actions reflect our values and support our mission: We will:

Integrity

• Be open and honest in everything we do
• Do what we say we are going to do
• Practice humility by putting others first
• Accept responsibility when we make mistakes, and be quick to forgive others

Quality

• Have clear objectives, measure results and celebrate success
• Make fact-based decisions in the long-term best interest of the business
• Relentlessly focus on timely, thoughtful, creative execution

Teamwork

• Be responsible stewards of our financial, environmental and other resources
• Support, encourage and respect our clients and fellow employees
• Value and cultivate diversity in our work force
• Partner with our clients to deliver mutually beneficial results

Service

• Be a learning organization, committed to continual development of ourselves and others
• Inspire and motivate those around us
• Seek to strengthen our communities

Our Name

Our name is derived from a coastal estuary located between Hobcaw Barony and DeBordieu Island, on the Atlantic seaboard of South Carolina. The North Inlet is a place of contrasting beauty and danger, opportunity and risk. The estuary’s mixture of fresh and salt water supports a dynamically diverse and growing community of marine life and other natural resources. At the same time, its ever-shifting currents and channels demand careful navigation by those who seek to pass. We are inspired by the North Inlet’s beauty, purity and diversity, and respect its natural power and volatility. We seek to combine our independent experiences and talents with those of our clients to create exceptional outcomes, and we savor the challenge of guiding our clients through difficult situations.

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1Some engagements were consulting services offered through North Inlet Partners, LLC, which is affiliated by common ownership with North Inlet Advisors, LLC.

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