Kevin Burke

Founder and Managing Partner

Trinity Capital

THE LATEST: Burke's boutique investment bank was sold to Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial Group Inc. earlier this year. Trinity Capital, which is based in Brentwood and focuses on middle-market restaurant businesses, will become a part of Citizens' financial advisory subsidiary, Citizens Capital Markets Inc. Trinity Capital has worked on M&A, financial restructurings and financing transactions valued at more than $20 billion.

BACKGROUND: Founded 20 years ago by Burke, a restaurant industry expert, Trinity Capital built a client roster that has included Yum Brands Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Taco Bell Corp., Ready Pac Foods Inc. and Eddy Packing Co. Inc. Prior to that Burke was an investment banker in New York at firms such as Dillon Read & Co. Inc., L.F. Rothschild & Co. Inc. and Prudential Securities. Burke is an economist who holds degrees from Old Dominion University and the College of William and Mary. He is also a frequent speaker on the restaurant industry, franchising and the economy.

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