A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON INVESTING
About Oakland Capital Partners
Oakland Capital Partners transforms mid-market ambition into market leadership by providing flexible growth capital to help middle-market companies achieve significant growth. Since 2016, we have partnered with business owners and management teams committed to scaling their organizations and strengthening their market position.
We invest in sectors where operational expertise and innovation drive long-term success, including commercial and industrial products, health and wellness, energy transition, and financial services. Our deep sector knowledge enables us to identify opportunities, improve operations, and increase profitability for our partner companies.
We Provide Smart, Flexible and Patient Capital Tailored to Individual Needs
We offer more than capital. Oakland Capital Partners acts as a strategic partner, bringing decades of experience in operations, corporate finance, business development, and executive management. We work closely with leadership teams to refine strategy, improve performance, and drive sustainable value.
Oakland Capital Partners is self-funded, allowing us to invest on flexible timelines and structure deals that align with each company’s goals. Our independence supports long-term decisions that prioritize growth, stability, and partnership over short-term returns.
Our flexible investment approach is for businesses seeking more than capital. We partner with leaders on strategy and execution, staying engaged from initial planning through post-investment growth.
We empower middle-market businesses with the resources, expertise, and capital needed to scale, compete, and grow sustainably. We are committed to building lasting partnerships that deliver measurable impact for our companies, their employees, and their communities.
Our Team
Partner - Build - Grow
Peter Benoist, Jr.
Peter Benoist is a former Wall Street executive with more than 15 years of experience analyzing and investing in debt and equity securities. Throughout his career, Mr. Benoist managed trading businesses with multi-billion dollar balance sheets consisting of corporate debt, equity, trade claims and derivatives and has extensive experience in Capital Markets, Risk Management and Financial Structuring. Mr. Benoist began his career in 2001 with Salomon Smith Barney which later became Citigroup in their Leveraged Loan Trading Group. In 2007 he was hired by Deutsche Bank as Managing Director, Head of Loan Trading Americas and in 2010 was hired by Barclays PLC as Managing Director, Head of US Distressed Trading. In 2016 He founded Oakland Capital Partners, a holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Mo. He served on the Board of Directors of EASiBuy, a reverse auction software company, which was acquired by a division of HCA Healthcare in 2021 and currently sits on the Board of the Finite Corporation, a sustainability focused asset manager. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Miami University in Oxford, OH and received an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.
ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
Beyond Housing, Board Member
Michael Amann
After joining his family’s diversified healthcare products business on the factory floor, Mike went on to spend 15 years learning every aspect of the enterprise, eventually serving as its President and CEO. During his tenure, Mike gained valuable experience in manufacturing, quality control systems, business development, and strategic planning in a complex, highly-regulated, international business. Under his leadership, the company experienced rapid organic and acquisition-based growth which ultimately led to a successful exit. Throughout his career, Mike has been heavily involved in new product design and the launch of successful go to market strategies. He graduated from Yale University in New Haven, CT with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.
ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
The Little Bit Foundation, Board Member, former Board President
The Children’s Heart Foundation, Supporter
The TaTa Sisterhood, Supporter
Thomas S. Carnahan
Tom Carnahan is an attorney and businessman with extensive experience in both the workings of government and private sector innovation.
As an attorney, Mr. Carnahan represented the City of Saint Louis, Missouri, as an Assistant City Counselor and later started his own law practice focused on urban redevelopment and business counseling.
Mr. Carnahan later founded Wind Capital Group and became a leading developer, owner and operator of utility-scale wind farms in U.S. Midwest. Under his leadership, Wind Capital Group developed 1000 MW of wind farms, deploying more than $1 billion of capital in rural America that provides clean energy to over 100,000 homes.
In 2021, Mr. Carnahan was appointed by President Biden to serve as Representative of the United States to the 76th United Nations General Assembly.
ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
Clayco, Board of Advisors
Explorers Club
St. Louis Art Museum, Board of Commissioners
Daniel Crowley
Daniel Crowley is a former Wall Street trader and business leader whose career has spanned 25 years and several prominent firms.
Dan began his career in 1999 with Lehman Brothers, which was later acquired by Barclays, where he rose to become Head of Global Distressed. In 2018, Dan joined BNP Paribas as Head of Americas Credit Trading, later also becoming Head of Global Flow Credit Trading. Immediately prior to joining Oakland Capital Partners, Dan was Head of Flow Credit Trading and Distressed Products Group Americas at Deutsche Bank. Dan has extensive experience across financial markets, risk management, corporate restructuring, human capital management and business planning and strategy.
Dan served along with Peter Benoist, Jr. on the Board of EASiBuy from 2016 until its sale in 2021. Dan holds a BS in Marketing from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
Citizens Committee for New York City, Board Member