Mr. Copeland has worked across multiple sectors, including manufacturing, business services, software and technology, consumer, education, and private equity. He has extensive expertise in building client relationships and coordinating complex, large-cap private equity and Fortune 500 companies, including Thoma Bravo, Bank of America Corporation, Nucor Corporation, and Chiquita Brands International.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Copeland spent 27 years with EY in Greensboro, Atlanta, Charlotte, San Francisco, and Dallas, where he most recently served as the Managing Partner of the US-West Strategy and Transactions (SaT) practice, as well as the Global Coordinating Service Partner for Thoma Bravo, which is one of EY’s Global 360 clients. US-West SaT delivered annual revenues of $1.2 billion, with more than 2,500 professionals across EY-Parthenon, Transactions and Corporate Finance, and International Tax and Transaction Services. Before becoming the US-West SaT Managing Partner, Mr. Copeland served as the Managing Partner of EY’s Charlotte office.

Previously, he served as Chief Commercial Officer for Accordion, a Charlesbank Capital Partners portfolio business. In this capacity, Mr. Copeland led the commercial engine empowering a global team of over 1,300 finance and technology professionals across 11 offices in the U.S., U.K., and India.

Mr. Copeland earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in accounting from East Carolina University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California, Texas, and North Carolina. Mr. Copeland currently serves on the Board of Trustees for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.