Meritus Capital is comprised of a talented and multi-faceted group of professionals. Our dedication to successful implementation of short-term client goals with careful consideration of long-term objectives, drives each completed transaction while taking the client to the desired level.
Our unique blend of successful small business entrepreneurs and large corporate advisors gives us keen insight into the minds of our clients. We pride ourselves on our experience, intimate knowledge (of not only the business frontier but each individual client), and our capacity to handle even the largest transactions. Each merit has contributed to the closing of over 60 specialty finance and M&A transactions.
Meritus Approach
Meritus is committed to the following:
- Focus on improving the bottom line and creating new sources of value via superior analysis;
- Combining superior insight with strong execution;
- A personable, entrepreneurial culture; and
- Relentless commitment to serving our clients interests with senior experience and dedication
Paul J. DeLuca
Mr. DeLuca is a successful corporate finance executive, having completed over 50 finance and M&A transactions. Mr. Deluca has extensive experience and contacts in the corporate capital markets and staffing industry. He has successfully started and sold a number of companies, several in the staffing industry. At Meritus, he is the principal decision maker on finance transactions. Mr. Deluca looks for rewards where others may only see risk. In addition to serving as CEO of Meritus, Mr. DeLuca’s keen business finance and operations insight is utilized on several corporate boards. He takes pride in his entrepreneurial spirit and how it is enhanced by his experience and capacity to participate in large corporate transactions.
Rajesh P. Desai
Mr. Desai has 15 years experience in advising the senior management of the world’s leading professional services and industrial companies on strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Desai has completed extended consulting engagements for the executive and senior management of numerous clients. Representative clients include Unisys, NEC, Young & Rubicam, Sprint, Nova Chemicals and Lafarge. Mr. Desai heads up Mergers and Acquisitions at Meritus. Prior to joining Meritus Capital, Mr. Desai was a principal at two boutique, entrepreneurial, Connecticut-based strategy consulting firms. Mr. Desai has an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.
Christina P. Griffiths
Ms. Griffiths has a BA in Communication and over 15 years experience with a diverse business, marketing and financial background. She has been with Meritus Capital for over 6 years. Her expertise is in Business Development, Sales, Executive Management and Administration, Broker Management and Marketing. Ms. Griffiths has also worked specifically in the staffing industry. With her experience in executive management, sales, recruitment and job development, she has a comprehensive inside working knowledge of the special dynamics pertaining to the staffing business and the needs of senior management.
Larry L. Carnahan
Mr. Carnahan has over a decade of award-winning performance in the financial transactions expanse. With his roots as a financial lender, a public motivational speaker, an education connoisseur and a business advisor, Mr. Carnahan has exceptional expertise in handling large business engagements and the judicious dexterity necessary to think outside the status quo.
Jordan E. Carnahan
Mrs. Carnahan has a background in financial institution underwriting, fiscal lending and asset transactions. As a University of California at Davis graduate, she has working business knowledge of national political business systems. With several years of experience in television/Hollywood, she has an astute appreciation of confidentiality, discretion and integrity regarding intellectual and financial properties.
