Tom Walker is the Central U.S. managing principal of Baker Tilly as well as a managing director for Baker Tilly Capital, LLC, the wholly owned private investment banking subsidiary of Baker Tilly. He joined the firm in 2007 and has significant experience in structuring and negotiating transactions across a broad range of industries.
- Assists firm clients in defining and meeting strategic goals
- Advises firm clients on value creation and retention
- Counsels clients in connection with acquisitions and divestitures of businesses, divisions and product lines
- Structures and negotiates various transactions between clients and third parties
- Analyzes and evaluates risk and opportunities for clients with respect to pending or contemplated transactions
- Conducts high-level due diligence
- Oversees general tax planning with respect to transactions
- Big Shoulders Fund, board member
- Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, finance committee
- Chartered Global Management Accountant
- Economic Club of Chicago, director
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority – Series 7 and 66 securities licenses
- Lincoln Park Zoo, board member
- State of Illinois Certified Public Accountant
- State Bar of Wisconsin, member
- United States Tax Court, admitted
Location
Chicago, IL
Education
Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science in accounting
Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)