About
Kathleen Kelly is a Senior Advisor at Sunbelt Business Brokers of Chicago. She joined the firm in 2008. She manages all aspects of marketing. She uses market research to guide buy-side and sell-side clients toward their goals. Kathleen Kelly has over twenty five years of business experience. She began as a researcher at Russell Reynolds Associates. She later joined the Richmark Group, serving Fortune 50 companies and start-ups. She also grew a Chicago retail business that national magazines covered.
Who is a good fit for Kathleen Kelly
- Buyers who want market research before they pursue an acquisition.
- Owners planning a divestiture who need help understanding the marketplace.
- Clients on the buy-side or the sell-side who want marketing-led tactics.
- Small business owners who want an advisor who has run a Chicago retail shop.
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Kathleen Kelly manages all aspects of marketing at Sunbelt Business Brokers of Chicago. She helps buy-side and sell-side clients understand the marketplace. She uses market research to judge whether an engagement can succeed. She then develops tactics and strategies so clients can meet acquisition or divestiture goals.
Kathleen Kelly has over twenty five years of business experience. That work spans small business ownership, large corporate assignments, mergers and acquisitions, and international markets. She began as a researcher at Russell Reynolds Associates. She identified executives who could manage firms that venture capital portfolios acquired.
Kathleen Kelly left Russell Reynolds Associates to study business. She then worked in Barcelona for a year. She later joined the Richmark Group for business-to-business marketing consulting. She served Fortune 50 companies, start-ups, and M&A firms that needed due diligence support.
Kathleen Kelly started and grew her own retail business. She built it into one of the largest in Chicago. She drew attention from national magazines. Books and magazines cited her shop as one of the best in the industry.