RYAN MCDOWELL
Managing Director
CriticalPoint
Ryan McDowell is a managing director with CriticalPoint Partners and the head of business development. Having assisted numerous clients through successful exits of their businesses, McDowell brings a unique understanding of the needs of business owners and their families – including wealth transfer and intergenerational dynamics. Since joining the firm five years ago, McDowell has helped shape CriticalPoint into a multifaceted firm, serving the lower-middle market.
Led by McDowell, the CriticalPoint Business Development team numbers over 20 investment professionals actively seeking opportunities to help companies achieve their M&A goals. This goals-based approach to working with clients is rooted in McDowell’s previous career with Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking & Investment Group, where he was a partner on one of the largest Private Wealth teams in the country for 11 years. McDowell earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Political Science and Sociology from Amherst College.
