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Andrew K. Petryk

Managing Director, Head of Building Products Investment Banking at Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL)

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Why they matter

As BGL's Co-CEO and building products deal lead, Petryk sees nearly every mid-market fenestration and building-materials transaction before it hits the market.

Background

Andrew K. Petryk is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL), a Cleveland-based middle-market investment bank, where he also serves as Senior Managing Director and Head of the firm's Industrials vertical, leading Building Products investment banking. He began his career in audit and consulting at Ernst & Young before moving into structured finance and loan restructuring at KeyBank, then joined BGL. He holds a B.S. from Miami University and an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, and is a CPA (Ohio, inactive).

Notable deals

  • 2026
    Led BGL's sale of Boston Valley Terra Cotta, a manufacturer of custom architectural terra cotta façade solutions, to RAF Equity, publicly commenting on the transaction
  • 2025
    BGL advised on the sale of Five Lakes Manufacturing to Valesco Industries; Petryk listed as deal contact
  • 2024
    BGL advised Arctic Industries, a maker of engineered walk-in coolers/freezers, on its acquisition by Kinzie Capital Partners

Call-prep brief

Background

  • Co-CEO of Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL), a Cleveland-based middle-market investment bank
  • Also Senior Managing Director and Head of BGL's Industrials vertical, overseeing Building Products, CASE (coatings/adhesives/sealants/elastomers), precision manufacturing, and value-added distribution deal teams
  • Career path: Ernst & Young (audit/consulting) → KeyBank (structured finance, loan restructuring) → BGL

Current focus

  • Actively running BGL's building products and fenestration coverage — window/door, terra cotta/façade, insulated enclosures, and distribution roll-ups
  • Publishes "Building Products Insider" and regularly authors/quoted in Window + Door, Crain's Cleveland Business, PE Hub, and M&A Magazine

What they care about

  • Housing affordability as the swing factor for building products M&A volume
  • Private equity platform formation and buy-and-build strategies in fragmented distribution categories
  • Cross-border and family-owned business transitions

Recent moves

  • Closed the Boston Valley Terra Cotta sale to RAF Equity (Feb 2026)
  • Advised Five Lakes Manufacturing's sale to Valesco Industries (2025)
  • Public commentary flags a ~30% rebound in building products deal volume in 2025 despite tariff uncertainty

Potential sensitivities

  • As Co-CEO, his time is split between firm leadership and live deal work — outreach should be tightly scoped
  • BGL positions itself as an independent advisor; avoid framing outreach as competitive intelligence gathering

Questions to ask

  1. Which building products/distribution subsegments is he seeing the most active buyer competition in right now?
  2. What's driving the gap between strong 2025 deal volume and still-soft housing affordability?
  3. Which recent BGL platform sales (e.g., Boston Valley Terra Cotta, Five Lakes) suggest replicable roll-up theses worth diligencing?

Outreach draft

Subject
Building products M&A perspective for our team
Hi Andrew, I came across your recent commentary on building products M&A momentum heading into 2026, along with BGL's work on the Boston Valley Terra Cotta and Five Lakes Manufacturing transactions. Our team is evaluating opportunities in the building products distribution space and would value your read on where buyer competition and platform formation are heading, particularly given the affordability headwinds you've flagged. Would you have 20 minutes in the next couple of weeks for a call? Happy to work around your schedule. Best, [Placeholder Name]

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