DAVID M.V. BARNES
Managing Director; Head of M&A
Palm Tree LLC
David M.V. Barnes is managing director, head of M&A at Palm Tree LLC. Barnes has well over 30 years of investment banking, private equity and corporate development experience, having closed over 350 M&A transactions with a combined enterprise value in excess of $10 billion.
Prior to joining Palm Tree, Barnes was head of corporate development at Lumio, Inc., where he created, built and financed the fourth-largest photovoltaic solar sales & installation company in the country. During his tenure with Lumio, Barnes interviewed the owners of over 100 of the top solar sales & installation companies in the country, ultimately combining five of them into Lumio. Barnes helped recruit senior management of the company, assisted in the integration of the five companies, and engaged his former firm, Houlihan Lokey, to provide the acquisition financing necessary to purchase and roll up all five PV solar companies.