Sean Hutchinson, CEPA

Partner
SVA Value Accelerators
Chicago, IL

Sean Hutchinson is a founding Partner of SVA Value Accelerators, a pioneering company in the field of business value growth and transition-readiness. He is widely recognized as one of the profession’s thought leaders. SVA’s mission is to help business owners exponentially increase the financial value of their equity and optimize transition-readiness so they can successfully harvest wealth from their business.

Mr. Hutchinson is the former Chief Executive Officer of Integra Realty Resources, a global company based in New York City and at the time of his leadership the world's largest real estate advisory firm. In addition to previously leading a privately-held company with a global footprint, he has advised more than 100 privately-held companies throughout the U.S. on ownership transitions, competitive strategy, growth, value creation, mergers and acquisitions, and governance.

He is deeply involved in corporate and institutional governance. He currently sits on the Boards of three privately-held companies, including that of his family’s 63-year-old manufacturing business which is now in its 3rd generation. He is a member of the national Board of Advisors for the Exit Planning Institute and a faculty member for the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) program. In 2013, he was honored with the Exit Planning Institute’s Leadership Award, and in 2015 was awarded the Peter Christman Exit Planner of the Year, the Institute’s highest recognition. In addition to his professional activities, Mr. Hutchinson serves as a Board member of numerous non-profit and academic organizations, including the Gellert Family Business Resource Center at University of San Francisco and the Insight Prison Project.

He earned his Master’s degree in English from Miami University of Ohio, is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor (CMAA), and holds the FINRA Series 79 Limited Registered Representative—Investment Banking and FINRA Series 63 Uniform Securities Representative licenses.

Mr. Hutchinson recently relocated from San Francisco, California to Denver, Colorado where he enjoys 300 days a year of sun and many outdoor interests. His personal goals for 2019 are to write a book, learn Spanish, and qualify to compete in the USGA Amateur.