Benjamin P. Procter
Partner
Benjamin Procter (bprocter@watermill.com) is a Partner at The Watermill Group where he leads the sourcing, due diligence and acquisition of new investments. Mr. Procter joined HMK Enterprises, Inc., (an affiliated holding company of The Watermill Group) in 1987. During his nearly 20 years with Watermill, Mr. Procter has led or been involved in over 25 acquisitions and numerous public and private financings. He also served as a senior executive of several HMK portfolio companies.
From January of 2006 through January of 2008, Mr. Procter served as Partner at Woodside Capital. Woodside is an investor in distressed debt and equity for companies with up to $150 million in revenues. Mr. Procter’s primary responsibilities at Woodside were to source and manage control equity transactions in distressed or challenged companies. He served on several Woodside Boards of Directors as Chairman including Hamilton Specialty Bar, a steel bar producer located in Hamilton, Ontario.
Mr. Procter’s experience prior to Watermill included finance and accounting roles at Bolt Beranek and Newman and Peat Marwick. Mr. Procter is also an active member of the Association for Corporate Growth where he served on the Global Board from 2001 to 2004.
Mr. Procter received his B.A. in Economics from Trinity College, his M.S. in Accounting from Northeastern University, and is also a CPA. He currently resides in Dover, Mass. with his wife and three children.