James V. Millar, a FOCUS Managing Director, has over 20 years of financial and business expertise plus extensive management and business development experience as a senior executive with both large and earlier stage companies.  Mr. Millar has advised, managed or led over 40 transactions with an aggregate value of over $1 billion.  His expertise includes private placement of debt and equity, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, valuation services, business formation, strategic planning and corporate finance.

Before joining FOCUS, Mr. Millar was founder and Managing Principal of The Vine Group, a business advisory firm focused on the early-stage and middle market healthcare and medical device industry.  There he led more than $150 million in private placement activities as well as both buy side and sell side transactions.  Some of Mr. Millar’s completed transactions include a $5 million financing for an early stage life science company with an innovative cardiovascular tissue regeneration technology and the sale of a healthcare technology and services company to Aetna.  Although the focus of the firm was on healthcare services and life sciences, Mr. Millar also successfully completed several sale and financing engagements for middle market companies in the manufacturing, distribution, software and recreation industries.

From, 1993 to 1998, Mr. Millar served in various senior financial and operating positions with TheraTx, Inc., a fast growing healthcare services company.  His positions included Corporate Vice President of Strategic Development where he was involved in the identification, valuation and integration of strategic acquisitions for the company.  In this role, he assisted with the company’s successful IPO in 1996 that fueled the rapid growth of the company via acquisitions.  The company completed several key transactions included the purchase of a large senior care facility operator and management company.  Mr. Millar also played a lead role in launching a staffing services division for the company, which provided both cost savings and incremental revenue to the company.

Prior to 1993, Mr. Millar held various senior level corporate development positions with private middle market companies with the primary responsibilities of strategic planning, acquisition and divestitures and growth financing.

Mr. Millar received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and both a Masters of Health Administration and a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from The University of Chicago.

Contact Information:
Jim Millar
3353 Peachtree Rd., NE
Suite 1160
Atlanta, GA 30326
Direct: 404-963-8254
Main: 404-504-8620
Cell: 770-330-1593
Fax: 404-814-9141
jim.millar@focusbankers.com