McIntire School Advisory Board

Scott A. Reed

Scott Reed is a Founding Partner of BankCap Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm that focuses on the formation and funding of large capitalization start-up banks across the United States. As a Partner at BankCap, Mr. Reed is responsible for capital raising, transaction structuring, and ongoing oversight of portfolio investments. Most recently, BankCap was involved in the formation of Atlantic Capital Bank, an Atlanta-based commercial bank that opened in 2007 with over $125 million in equity capital (making it the largest bank start-up in U.S. history).

Before founding BankCap, Mr. Reed had a diverse career spanning derivatives trading, consulting, investment banking, and corporate strategy and planning. Starting his career as an options trader, he was a trader for Swiss Bank Corporation, where he managed a diverse portfolio while working on the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco. Subsequent to graduating from business school, he worked for Bain & Company, where he focused on corporate strategy formation and implementation for numerous Fortune 100 companies. Mr. Reed then joined Bear Stearns, working in the Financial Institutions Group and focusing on mergers and acquisitions and debt capital markets transactions. He then left Bear Stearns and became head of strategy and planning for Carreker Corporation, a publicly traded financial technology company based in Dallas.

Mr. Reed received his B.A. in History (1990) and his B.S. in Commerce (1992) degrees from the University of Virginia. He received his master’s degree in Business Administration from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College (1998), where he was an Edward Tuck Scholar. Mr. Reed lives in Dallas with his wife Kelly and their four sons – Alexander, Mitchell, Shane, and Justin.

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