However, PowellJohnson Chief Executive Officer Jeff Powell said his firm, based in Nashville, would use the capital to open offices in other major cities over the next few years. As to why Putnam Lovell decided to invest in PowellJohnson, which serves affluent investors and was founded only last year, James Minnick, president of Putnam Lovell Private Equity, said PowellJohnsons fee-based advisory approach, rather than a transaction-based approach, is the wave of the future.
As part of the transaction, Minnick and Daniel Kang, a principal with Putnam Lovell, will join PowellJohnsons board of directors.
