Todd Lazenby
R. Todd Lazenby, Advisory Board
Todd founded WP Capital Partners, LP, the predecessor firm of Victory Partners, LLC in 2003 and is the Managing Partner of Royal Ascot Partners, LLC, an affiliated buy-out firm with close ties to Hickman Investments (a Ft. Worth, Texas Family office). Todd brings 22 years of corporate finance, investment banking, and entrepreneurial experience to the firm, having held increasing senior level positions in both mid-sized and Fortune 500 commercial and investment banks.
Todd has arranged and overseen in excess of $3.5 billion in capital markets transactions, both as a principal and as an advisor in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Prior to forming Victory Partners, Todd was the Managing Partner of WP Capital Partners, L.P. (formerly Summit Capital Partners, LLC), where he sourced, managed, and closed in excess of $500 million in middle market transactions for the firm. Previously, Todd advised Winthrop Capital, a private venture firm, on its staffing industry consolidation strategy, structuring and negotiating the acquisition and financing of all portfolio companies on behalf of the firm.
Todd was a founding principal and executive vice president of Affinity Finance, LLC, where he was instrumental in developing a joint venture with a leading California bank. Prior to forming Affinity, Todd held the position of Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco, managing the bank's national home equity division. He has been a member of several company and charity boards, including FOH, Inc. (Fredricks of Hollywood), HomeBanc Inc., CMG Bancorp, Inc., Automated Data Sciences, Inc., First Chair Technologies, IFJG, SkyDrill Energy, Inc. and InTelegy Corp. Todd served as an adjunct professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at the University of Phoenix in California and is a past member of the Dallas Chapter of Young Entrepreneurs Organization and a past member of the Baylor University Executive MBA Committee.
In addition, Todd currently serves on the board of directors for the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce and the March of Dimes and has twice served as Chairman of the Breakfast with a Champion Fundraiser. He holds an ED in Finance from Stanford University, an MBA, with high honors, and a BS in Communications, with honors, from Florida State University, and a BSBA, with high honors, from Barry University.
