Mr. Jach co-heads the Food and Agriculture practice at Lazard middle Market. He has 22 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures with extensive expertise in large public company, cooperative and private company domestic and cross-border sales, divestitures, and acquisitions, and in the sale of small-cap public companies. Since joining Lazard Middle Market, he has completed some of the firm's largest and most complex deals. Mr. Jach has broad mergers and acquisitions experience in the food industry, and has led the growth and development of the food practice at the firm.

Prior to joining Lazard Middle Market, Mr. Jach led the worldwide mergers and acquisitions activities for The Pillsbury Company. As the vice president/director of Pillsbury's business development group, Mr. Jach completed 15 acquisitions and divestitures with a total transaction value in excess of $4.5 billion. These transactions included the $3.2 billion acquisition of a publicly traded packaged goods company and the divestiture of numerous food businesses across Europe. Mr. Jach also held senior financial positions at Pillsbury, including vice president of finance for Pillsbury's $1.5 billion international division and director of finance for the company's Old El Paso, Haagen-Dazs and Progresso businesses. Prior to joining Pillsbury, Mr. Jach worked for five years as a manager of mergers and acquisitions for Deloitte & Touche. In this position, he managed the acquisition, divestiture, and financing process for corporate and middle market clients.

Mr. Jach graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering and received a master of business administration with a concentration in finance and strategy from the University of Michigan.