Justin Lay
Justin Lay is a Senior Associate at Thayer | Hidden Creek, having joined the Firm as an Associate in 2005. Since joining the Firm, Mr. Lay has focused on the logistics, distribution, automotive and outsourced business services sectors. Mr. Lay was an active contributor in the Firm’s acquisitions of Total Quality, Group Transportation Services, Sargent Transportation Group (and subsequent merger with Roadrunner Dawes) and Gunn Metal (acquired by Thayer | Hidden Creek portfolio company Qualitor), and was also active in the sale of former portfolio company Associated Asphalt.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Lay was a senior financial analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Wachovia Securities, focusing primarily on building products, defense, aerospace and automotive clients. Previously, Mr. Lay served as a financial analyst for two years in the Media & Communications Investment Banking Group at Wachovia Securities.
Mr. Lay received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond with concentrations in Finance and Marketing, and was a four-year member of the men's varsity basketball team, serving as Co-Captain his senior year.
Mr. Lay currently serves as Co-Chair of DCPE, a Washington, D.C. based association of young private equity professionals with a goal of fostering greater camaraderie and working relationships among private equity professionals in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
