Stephen Perry

Managing Director

Stephen is the managing director and co-founder of Oaklins Janes Capital, Oaklins’ aerospace, defense & security (ADS) specialist member firm in Irvine. He has more than 25 years of investment banking experience and has completed over 60 ADS M&A transactions valued at above US$6 billion. Notable deals include the sales of Frontier Systems to the Boeing Company, Scaled Composites to Northrop Grumman, Advatech Pacific CDS to General Dynamics, Composite Engineering to Kratos, GE (the Santa Ana division) to Admiralty Partners and Honeywell (the lubrication pump division) to TransDigm. Stephen leads Oaklins’ ADS and aircraft systems teams and has completed numerous cross-border transactions. He regularly attends and speaks at ADS industry conferences and trade shows, and is often either a guest columnist or quoted by leading trade magazines.

Previously, Stephen held roles at Credit Suisse First Boston, Kayne Anderson and Irving Trust Company. He has an MBA in Finance from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Business and a BA in Finance and Accounting from Georgetown University.