John Bastian, Director

Role at Baird

John Bastian is a Director in Baird’s Global Consumer Investment Banking Group. Based in San Francisco, John leads Baird’s Active Lifestyles, Fitness & Mobility practice. View our recent Active Lifestyles, Fitness & Mobility transactions.

Professional Experience & Education

With more than a decade of investment banking experience, John has advised clients on 50+ mergers, acquisitions, initial public offerings and capital raising transactions. Within Active Lifestyles, John focuses on Fitness (Beachbody, Centr [Chris Hemsworth’s App], Sweat [Kayla Itsines' app], Wahoo, Xponential Fitness), Micro-Mobility & Cycling (Canyon, Dorel Sports [Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose], ENVE Wheels, Fox Factory, POC Sports, Vittoria Tires), Enthusiast Brands (Magpul, Mastercraft Boats, Simms Fishing, Traeger, Yeti) and Healthy Living (Clif Bar, Oskar Blues, Pet Supplies Plus, New Vitality, Vital Nutrients). Prior to joining Baird in 2014, John was a Manager in Grant Thornton’s Transaction Services practice where he led M&A advisory and financial due diligence engagements for private equity and corporate clients.

John received a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Outside the Office

John is a registered Certified Public Accountant.