NCP Investment Banking was founded by Eric Lohmeier and William ‘Chip’ Goodwin, II in 2001, with a non-interest bearing, unsecured loan (since repaid) from a local ‘angel’ insurance industry executive. The firm was established in order to address a deep void in the investment banking advisory market by catering to established, small to mid-market firms which had been virtually abandoned in response to consolidations within the US regional brokerage industry, whereby almost all of these firms have been acquired by large commercial banks or bulge bracket securities firms.

Initially, NCP focused on two broad business lines, specifically investment banking and institutional and high net worth investment advisory. In order to better focus on the original opportunity of the firm, and with a more established track record, in 2004 NCP dedicated all of its resources to the investment banking advisory business. As a part of this transition, in 2005 Mr. Lohmeier incorporated NCP, Inc. as an S – Corporation, and formally established a controlling interest in the firm. Mr. Goodwin transitioned into an investment advisory role in an established, private office within a large brokerage house, though he remains on NCP’s advisory board, and his experiences and insights are still a valuable resource to the firm.

Since the NCP’s original founding in 2001, the firm has performed numerous advisory and consulting assignments for private, public and even mutual companies, and while focusing on the Midwest, has completed assignments for clients from Miami, FL to Sydney, Australia.

NCP’s founders and advisory board members represent one of the most experienced and credentialed institutional investment banking franchises in the region.