Lenteris Advisors hires Zach Miller as managing director

Lenteris Advisors, the debt financing advisory division of Capital Advisors Group, has hired Zach Miller as managing director to expand its debt placement work with growth-stage companies. The Boston-based team advises emerging-growth and lower middle-market borrowers on transactions from $10 million to more than $300 million.

Why it matters: - Lenteris Advisors is expanding its debt placement bench as growth-stage companies face a more complex lending market. - Zach Miller adds lender-side experience across technology, healthcare and consumer companies. - The hire supports Lenteris’s push to serve emerging-growth and lower middle-market borrowers seeking debt financing.

What happened: - Lenteris Advisors announced on October 8, 2026 that Zach Miller joined the firm as managing director. - Miller will support debt placement activity and help broaden the firm’s coverage of growth-stage companies. - Lenteris is the newly launched debt financing advisory division of Capital Advisors Group, Inc. - Miller will work alongside Division Head Stefan Spazek, Managing Director Jeff Griffor and Analyst Jack Newman.

The details: - Miller brings more than a decade of corporate finance advisory and credit experience. - His background spans early- to late-stage technology, healthcare and consumer businesses. - Most recently, Miller was senior vice president at Comerica, now Fifth Third, in the Technology and Life Sciences Group. - At Comerica, he originated, underwrote and managed loan facilities for sponsor-backed companies. - Before that, Miller was senior vice president at Pacific Western Bank, now Banc of California. - At Pacific Western Bank, he led new loan origination and underwriting for the East Coast Technology Venture Banking team. - His coverage there included venture capital and private equity-backed, high-growth technology, healthcare and consumer businesses. - Miller started his career at PwC advising on corporate finance and financial instrument transactions, including debt and equity capital raises, derivatives and hedging, factoring and securitizations. - Lenteris’s Boston-based team advises emerging-growth and lower middle-market companies on debt financing transactions ranging from $10 million to more than $300 million. - Lenteris says it uses a large historical transaction database to identify lenders and structure financing solutions. - The firm advises on venture debt, unitranche financing, equipment leasing, asset-based lending, recurring revenue lines and subordinated debt. - Lenteris is a division of Capital Advisors Group focused on debt placement and financing advisory services for emerging-growth companies. - The firm says its team has more than 23 years of experience. - Lenteris also states that it is separate from Capital Advisors Group’s investment advisory business. - The company’s social media link points to its LinkedIn page.

Between the lines: - The hire signals that Lenteris is building a lender-focused advisory platform with direct underwriting and origination experience. - Miller’s background suggests Lenteris wants to compete for mandates where borrower demand, lender appetite and structure are changing quickly. - The combination of advisory experience and credit experience could help the firm position deals across a wider range of capital sources.

What's next: - Miller will begin supporting debt placement opportunities for emerging-growth and lower middle-market companies. - Lenteris is likely to lean on its expanded team and transaction database as it pursues more debt advisory mandates. - The firm will continue marketing itself as a specialist in debt solutions for companies raising $10 million to more than $300 million.