Allan Cruickshanks

Director General

Allan is a managing director at TM Capital, one of Oaklins’ US member firms. He is well-known for having particular expertise in achieving premium outcomes for private equity clients in sell-side M&A transactions involving their portfolio companies. His experience covers a range of sectors, notably commercial & industrial, distribution, services, consumer, building products and aerospace & defense. Recent closed transactions include the sale of Flow Dry, an automotive components manufacturer, from Argosy Private Equity to Filtration Group and Madison Industries; the sale of Banner Solutions, a door hardware distributor, from High Road Capital to Tailwind Capital; the sale of Zentech Manufacturing, a provider of specialty electronics for defense, aerospace and healthcare applications, from NewSpring Capital to BlackBern Partners; the sale of LindFast, a fastener distributor, from Harbour Group to Nautic Partners; the sale of CTM Group, a managed entertainment & souvenir business, from Goldner Hawn to Z Capital; and the sale of Thermo-Tech Windows & Doors, from Bounds Equity to Harvey Windows and Dunes Point Capital.

Prior to joining TM Capital, Allan was a managing director at BB&T Capital Markets. He also previously worked at boutique investment banking and brokerage firm Anderson & Strudwick and, prior to that, at Jefferies & Company.