Our Team
Meet the Full Guard Capital team. We understand that successful investments start with building relationships and understanding what makes your business unique. As your partner, we develop creative solutions that align operating experience with the right skills and resources to achieve long-term, lasting growth.
Josh Welk
Josh Welk founded Full Guard Capital and is responsible for developing investment theses, sourcing and evaluating opportunities, and managing the firm’s investment portfolio through strategic and executive support.
Rich Barakat
Rich Barakat is a Vice President on the Full Guard Capital team and is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities, developing investment theses, conducting due diligence, and leading transaction execution.
Eddie Loughery
Eddie Loughery is an Associate on the Full Guard Capital team and is responsible for investment thesis development, operational due diligence, and crafting and executing post-closing strategic plans and initiatives.
Jackson Bennett
Associate
Jackson Bennett is a Associate on the Full Guard Capital team and is responsible for conducting due diligence, company and industry analysis, and assisting with transaction execution and portfolio company support.
Alasdair Bell
Alasdair Bell is a Business Development Analyst on the Full Guard Capital team and is responsible for performing company and industry analysis, new deal assessment, and assisting the team in business development activities and relationship management with our network of intermediaries and capital providers.