1306b_jmorphettManaging Director, Avondale Partners LLC

Jonathan provides merger, acquisition and financial advisory services primarily to healthcare services and outsourcing companies, as well as private equity firms. Jonathan is a former board member of the Nashville Health Care Council and was recognized as a “2012 Health Care Hero” award winner by the Nashville Business Journal.

Prior to joining Avondale in 2004 to start the healthcare investment banking group, Jonathan managed Australian corporate finance advisory firm Rosebrook Ventures. He founded Rosebrook in 2002 after leaving his post as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Austar United Communications, Limited, Australia’s second largest pay television company. He is a former Managing Director of Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley where he served in various positions for 14 years, primarily in New York and in Sydney, Australia.

Jonathan received his Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics degrees from the University of Adelaide, Australia in 1981 and his MBA degree from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College in 1986. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Friend’s Life, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities.