Ben Martinez has joined Innovation Capital as Director of Native American Business Development.
Martinez comes to the job from tribal council of New Mexico’s Mescalero Apache Tribe. He has background in investment banking and finance plus having served as a leader of the Mescalero tribe and its Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino Resort.
Before working for the tribe, he was assistant vice president at Generational Equity (formerly GW Equity) based in Dallas, a firm that specializes in mergers, acquisitions, financing and valuations.
For the last seven years, he was a tribal administrator and a member of the council of the Mescalero tribe. He became chief financial officer for the Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino Resort in 2009.
Innovation Capital President and Managing Director, Matt Sodl welcomed Martinez: “We are excited to have Ben join the Innovation Capital team. He has shown great leadership at Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino Resort and the Mescalero Apache Tribe for a number of years and we believe he can be of great service to tribal clients as part of our mid-market focused investment banking practice.”
Martinez said of Innovation Capital, “The firm has completed a number of highly successful transactions for Native American casino clients and I am excited to play a lead role in building upon that track record. I look forward to working with Matt, Kevin, and the rest of the Innovation Capital team in providing great financial advisory and banking services to prospective clients in Indian Country.”
