B. Robert Amjad

Senior Managing Director

The primary impetus behind launching Canterbury Capital, Bob brings a great deal of transactional and operational knowledge to Canterbury.  His varied background provides a wealth of insights and experiences that he draws on as the leader of Canterbury Capital. His experience includes:

  • Executing approximately $1 billion in transactional value as an investment banking advisor to businesses pursuing partial or complete sales, acquisitions, and acquisition programs, as well as raising debt and equity capital. In total, he has advised on over 20 advisory assignments and a similar number of direct investments, both across a variety of industries and at all stages of a company’s life cycle;

  • Re-developing approximately 2,000 acres of land, most of which was environmentally impacted;

  • Negotiating, structuring, and managing public-private partnerships for utility services, public bond financing, tax abatements, and public grant funding;

  • Launched and managed various business ventures on behalf of his partners (both on a day-to-day and more strategic level).

Bob leads all transaction-related activities from acquisitions to any major capital transactions. He is instrumental in setting growth and competitive strategy post-acquisition. Day-to-day, he manages Canterbury Capital.

Bob is a graduate of the undergraduate program at St. Louis University. He has also earned an MBA and Juris Doctorate, both from Case Western Reserve University. He was the Managing Editor of the Law Review during law school.

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Shawn McGraw

General Counsel

Shawn serves as outside General Counsel for Canterbury Capital, LLC.  In that role, Shawn assists the business in evaluating opportunities and minimizing any associated legal risks.  His responsibilities include:   

  • Effective coordination and implementation of company acquisitions and divestitures, with particular emphasis on the post-closing phase;

  • Drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts in a variety of contexts to support business initiatives;

  • Working with personnel at the Canterbury operating companies on various Human Resource matters, including the proper handling of personnel decisions, drafting and implementation of policies, and education of employee groups through presentations on a variety of topics;

  • Assisting the operating companies in all aspects of risk management.     

Prior to his work at Canterbury, Shawn had nearly twenty years of experience as in-house counsel, including as the Vice-President and General Counsel to a worldwide group of companies that provide products and services to commercial weatherproofing and construction markets, and whose revenues approached $1 billion during his tenure. Shawn is currently a Member at the law firm of Kaufmann, Drozdowski, & Grendell, LLC.