Channing Hamlet

Managing Director & Co-Founder
Objective, Investment Banking & Valuation

Managing Director and Co-Founder of Objective, Investment Banking & Valuation, Channing Hamlet leads sell-side transaction execution and mid-market corporate exit preparation. Leveraging this record of success, he orchestrates sophisticated mergers, private equity acquisitions and strategic business valuations to maximize client financial returns. This expertise extends to Hamlet’s previous executive tenure as a managing director at Cabrillo Advisors where he successfully scaled the firm’s valuation practice into a national operation. He sustains this momentum by capitalizing on three decades of strategic consulting experience to streamline internal corporate management systems. This leadership trajectory supports his prominent advisory network commitments, maintaining active governance roles with the Exit Planning Institute and the Entrepreneurs’ Organization of Los Angeles. Hamlet drives long-term organizational efficiency by deploying the Entrepreneurial Operating System to equip internal teams with structured mentorship programs. Also, he generated massive enterprise value over his 10-year tenure at the firm by successfully closing more than 25 separate sell-side transactions.