Mr. Nicholas Kirk’s broad career experience includes buy-side and sell-side executions, restructuring assignments, debt and equity private placements and entrepreneurial experience. Mr. Kirk began his banking career in the M&A group of Lazard Frères & Co., LLC. Thereafter he was with Berenson & Company, LLC, serving a broad range of clients in the consumer product, real estate and industrial sectors. Mr. Kirk earned his entrepreneurial experience with Christiana Vodka as Vice-President of Finance and Operations.
Prior to co-founding The Hickory Group, LLC, Kirk and Moore worked together as Managing Directors with a New York City merchant bank.
Mr. Kirk earned his Masters of Accounting and Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with Distinction, from the University of Michigan Business School. He has passed the CPA exam.
Mr. Moore’s professional experience includes senior management roles in Fortune 500 companies and private entrepreneurial firms managing brands across multiple channels of distribution. He has worked as a strategic consultant for Oxford Industries, Orvis, 66 North, Mary Norton, Skin Therapie as well as TriState Holdings (Shanghai) Mitsui (Japan) and the Apparel Group (UAE).
He began his career in a training function at Saks Fifth Avenue, moved to Xpres Corp., then to Sara Lee’s Champion Athletic unit where he held positions as Brand Manager, Director and National Sales Manager for several categories of the brand. He was responsible for several successful category launches and brand extensions in his roles at Champion. He then acquired, with a group, the distressed North American business of The Oroton Group (Australia). A turnaround was completed which included the opening of free standing retail stores and the development of an eCommerce business. Mr Moore then went on to head the Global Apparel & Retail business for Victorinox Swiss Army Brands.
Before co-founding The Hickory Group with Mr. Kirk he acted as a consultant to branded consumer companies as well as Investment Banking firms and Private Equity Groups.
He earned his undergraduate degree from of the University of Michigan and earned his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Wooster School, and the Board of Directors of Sydney Harbour, Inc. Mr. Moore is active in equestrian sports and avid outdoor sportsman.