David Davis
Founding Partner
David Davis brings diverse set of experiences in business operations, corporate finance, consulting, and M&A transactions to Twain Capital. David has been involved in both large and middle-market business transactions with an aggregate enterprise value of more than $4B. In addition to his role as a founding partner at Twain, David is also a partner at Strategic M&A Advisors, a lower-middle market, sell-side M&A advisory business. Prior to these current roles, David was a Founder at Hardwood Hollow Capital, a private investment vehicle established to acquire small businesses in the Southeast. Prior to HHC, David was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group where he worked on strategy projects in the energy, retail, and consumer goods sectors. David began his career in business development at Lockheed Martin. David earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mississippi and is a graduate of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College.
Rina White
Partner
Rina White joined Twain Capital after completing a successful exit from Laundry South Systems & Repair, a Mississippi-based regional provider of commercial laundry equipment, parts and service. As sole owner and CEO, Rina acquired Laundry South in February 2020 and steered the business through the COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented supply chain challenges. In April of 2022 she sold Laundry South to EVI, a publicly-traded company. Prior to Laundry South, Rina spent four years as a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, advising Fortune 500 C-suites on their most pressing business issues. Rina began her career in economic development and was the first hire to the strategy and policy team at Louisiana Economic Development. Rina has a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a JD from Harvard Law, and a diploma from L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. She is also a member of the Mississippi bar.
Wade Smith
Managing Partner / General Counsel
Wade Smith joined Twain after a long career as an executive at C Spire, a privately held, Southeastern based telecommunications company. Wade was responsible for C Spire’s wireless strategy as well as its business and corporate development and product development. He was also on C Spire’s M&A advisory committee and was charged with C Spire’s strategic contract negotiations resulting in the world’s first regional iPhone Agreement with Apple, strategic partnerships with T Mobile and Sprint and other key strategic deals with Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, and Samsung, among others. Prior to joining C Spire, Wade was an attorney in Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P.A.’s tax division with a practice emphasis in corporate and securities law. As the firm’s securities specialist, Wade engaged in the private placement of equity, business organization and corporate structuring, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory compliance. Wade has a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from the University of Mississippi and a JD from the University of Mississippi School of Law.
Lawrence Martin
Principal
Lawrence Martin joined Twain Capital in December of 2021. Prior to Twain, Lawrence was an Associate in Finance and Business Operations at Tesla. Lawrence focused on financial planning and analysis with broader business decision-making and strategy, directly supporting Tesla’s leadership on all energy related products. Before joining Tesla, Lawrence was a management consultant at EY Parthenon focused on mergers and acquisitions across the deal timeline. At EYP Lawrence did both extensive modeling for phase 1 & 2 due diligence and current & future state operating planning for PE clients. Lawrence also led workstreams devoted to identifying, validating, tracking, and delivering $350mm in synergy initiatives for a $10B client acquisition. Lawrence started his career at Deloitte in the audit and assurance practice primarily serving hedge fund, private equity fund and mutual fund clients. Lawrence earned his MBA from Georgetown McDonough School of Business and holds an M.S. and B.S. in Accountancy from the University of Mississippi, as well as a CPA.
Garner Reesby
Chief Financial Officer
Garner Reesby is the most recent addition to Twain Capital. Before Twain, Garner served as the Chief Financial Officer of EZ-ERC LLC where he was responsible for strategic oversight, management, and optimization of the company’s financial and accounting functions. Prior to EZ-ERC, Garner was employed by Alvarez & Marsal Tax and LLC (A&M) in their Denver, CO office where he worked as a Director in their Global Transaction Tax group. His key functions at A&M related to tax due diligence, modeling, and transaction structuring services for private equity clients in transactions ranging from $1b+ to $10m+. Prior to A&M, Garner worked in the Houston, TX office of Deloitte Tax LLP in the Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures group, providing tax due diligence and structuring services to private equity clients specializing in the energy industry vertical. Garner graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Accountancy and Masters of Accountancy and is a licensed CPA.