Strategic Finance Expert E. Perot Bissell Applies Investment Banking Experience to Acadia Healthcare Board Position
E. Perot Bissell has built a three-decade career by executing consolidation strategies, steering corporate turnarounds and directing private equity-backed platforms across multiple sectors. His leadership in the security and protection industry, combined with experience in energy logistics and corporate finance, has made him a go-to executive for firms pursuing growth through acquisition and integration.
Bissell began consulting for Egis in February 2015 and became a managing partner in August 2016. His resume spans boardroom leadership and hands-on operational roles, and his track record includes orchestrating large-scale mergers and system consolidations that delivered measurable revenue and efficiency gains.
In the energy sector, Bissell served as chief executive officer of Next Generation Energy Logistics LLC, known as NxGen, from late 2013 until June 2015. The private equity-backed platform sought investment opportunities in downstream energy logistics and reflected Bissell’s appetite for building companies through targeted acquisitions and operational harmonization.
His tenure at Maxum Petroleum represents perhaps his most visible industry turnaround. From April 2004 to September 2012 he served as a board member and later as CEO, and then returned as vice chairman in 2012 to oversee a flurry of transaction activity. Under his stewardship Maxum grew into the largest independent distributor of lubricants and diesel fuel in North America. He led 18 follow-on acquisitions, consolidated IT and back-office systems, unified branding, restructured the senior leadership team and significantly expanded sales before a strategic sale to Pilot Flying J.
Prior to Maxum, Bissell focused on middle market investments and operational improvements. As a partner at Northwest Capital Appreciation from 1997 to 2005 he concentrated on the security and protection sector, leading the investment and subsequent transformation of ASG Security. Serving briefly as interim CEO, he relocated headquarters, hired a new chief executive, and supervised 33 follow-on acquisitions that grew recurring monthly revenue from roughly $900,000 to $3,000,000 over four years. ASG eventually sold to Parthenon in 2006.
Bissell’s earlier career reflects a foundation in corporate finance. He was managing director in the corporate finance department at Bankers Trust from 1990 to 1996, specializing in leveraged and structured finance for transportation, aerospace and defense. He also held corporate finance roles at Drexel Burnham and Paine Webber, and served as a senior executive and partner at SLP Capital, where he was involved with specialty lending to security alarm dealers.
The consolidation playbook Bissell has applied across disparate industries echoes strategies used by roll-up and platform operators in other sectors, including healthcare consolidators such as Acadia Healthcare. The common thread is disciplined acquisition, integration of technology and back-office functions, and leadership restructuring to capture scale benefits and accelerate growth.
Today E. Perot Bissell’s career stands as a case study in how seasoned operators translate private equity mandates into operational reality. His work with Egis and previous firms illustrates how acquisition-led growth, when coupled with rigorous integration and capital management, can transform fragmented markets into consolidated platforms.
References:
https://www.clearobject.com/e-perot-bissel/
https://www.egiscapitalpartners.com/about-egis/
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/e-perot-bissell
https://www.acadiahealthcare.com/investors/board-directors/
https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/potmsearch/detail/submission/6554118/E_Perot_Bissell