Peter J. Schaefer

Peter is a Partner with New Direction Partners. Peter is an experienced dealmaker with twenty years of investment banking and valuation experience. He has closed more than one hundred transactions in virtually every segment of the printing industry as well as the sale of a $75 million helicopter company and a $10 million bread manufacturer. In addition, Peter has performed hundreds of valuations for ESOPs, estate and gift tax planning and strategic planning purposes.

Other transactions include the sale of T/O Printing to Consolidated Graphics, the divestiture of Media General's Beacon Press to Cadmus Communications, the sale of Midwest Bank Note to an international conglomerate and the sale of National Graphic Supply to Pitman.

Prior to New Direction Partners, Peter worked for fifteen years at Compass Capital Partners having served most recently as its President. Prior to that, he worked in the investment banking departments of KPMG Peat Marwick and Coopers & Lybrand. He received a BS in Economics and Political Science from Trinity College and an MBA from Villanova University. He is a Candiate Member of the American Society of Appraisers and is a member of the printing industry's prestigious Soderstrom Society. Peter is married to Kathleen and they have six children. 

Peter can be reached at (610) 230-0635 ext. 701 or by email at pschaefer@newdirectionpartners.com.