John Montgomery

Principal

John is a principal at Heritage Capital Group, Oaklins’ member firm in Jacksonville and Savannah. He brings more than 25 years of operational and business development experience in the metals industry.

For the majority of his career, John served as executive vice president and COO of Southland Tube, based out of Birmingham, AL. When it was acquired by Nucor in 2017, he remained with the company as a general manager. During this acquisition, John played a significant role in the due diligence and negotiations of the transaction. Since leaving Nucor in 2019, he has gone on to advise other metals companies, including Greenway Steel, and in 2022 began his own consulting firm, Southland Advisors, which provides bespoke consulting services to the metals industry. John earned his BBA in Business Administration and Management from Auburn University and has management and M&A certifications from Columbia Business School, Northwestern University, and Washington University in St Louis.