Kevin A. Cassells will be joining Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. as a Financial Analyst.  Prior to joining the firm, Kevin worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at A.G. Edwards & Sons in St. Louis, MO.  Kevin graduated with a BA from Morehouse College.

HKW is a private equity firm founded in 1903 with offices in New York, Chicago and Indianapolis.  Over the past 23 years, HKW has sponsored 24 platform management buy-outs (and 36 add-ons) of small middle market companies throughout North America.  HKW currently manages a $100 million private equity fund known as HKW Capital Partners II.  Further information about HKW and its companies is available on its website at www.hkwinc.com.