Bellfield Partners

A Next-Generation Advisory Platform

Our Story

Founded in 2025, Bellfield Partners LLC was established by Bill Tyson as a next-generation advisory platform specializing in the middle market.

We are passionate about helping private business owners, families, entrepreneurs, independent sponsors, SBICs and private equity groups accelerate their long-term business, family and personal goals.

Our proven, innovative transformation process is built on more than 50 years of direct experience and on guidance provided to over 350 businesses through transformational events.

A Next-Generation Advisory Platform

Bellfield Partners delivers comprehensive advisory services in guiding middle-market companies prepare for transformational events—including liquidity events / M&A, capital raising, recapitalizations and other services aligned with strategic growth and value creation.

We guide companies through initial preparation to the selection of the optimal transaction advisor to the culmination of value-realization. Our approach combines strategic insight, disciplined execution, and a tailored process to ensure every decision drives lasting success.

Bellfield GrowthRoadMap (GRM)

We take pride in our innovative, proven and simple process—involving three core phases—to optimize transformational events for middle market businesses.

We employ the Bellfield GRM to deliver the essential guidance necessary for success. We undertake, manage and complete the ‘art form’ of advisor selection, setting the stage for the achievement of extraordinary outcomes.

Bellfield's Philosophy

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We believe that consistent preparation transforms potential into performance, ensuring future success is built on well-honed strengths rather than surprises.

Our commitment to upholding these pillars allows us to uncover the best opportunities and deliver optimal outcomes for our clients.

At Bellfield Partners, our philosophy centers around building strong relationships through reliability, responsiveness, empathy, and competence, fostering trust with complete transparency in every decision.

Recent Success Stories

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Global Asset Manager Based in Richmond, VA

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Sustainability & Energy-Transition Investment Bank

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Family-Owned Custom Warehousing & Logistics

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Leading Distributor of Retaining Wall Products

Our Team

Bill Tyson

Founder & Managing Partner

Peter Taylor

Partner

Zach Blue

Associate

Bill Tyson

Founder & Managing Partner

About Bill

Bill Tyson has over 40 years of experience across leadership development, strategic planning, investment banking and capital markets and has served in executive leadership and strategic development roles for some of the largest banks and financial institutions in the country. Bill most recently served as head of Mergers & Acquisitions within the Investment Banking Group of Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) until his ‘re-Wirement’ (vs retirement) in December 2024. In his various roles with Fifth Third, he was responsible for the strategic direction of the Capital Markets, M&A and Investment Banking platforms and for driving non-organic growth initiatives for Fifth Third Bancorp. Bill also held the positions of Executive Vice President, Co-head of Capital Markets during his tenure with Fifth Third that began in 2016.

Prior to that, he served as Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Investment Banking (and in various other senior leadership roles) during an approximately 18-year tenure with BB&T Capital Markets (and its predecessor, Scott & Stringfellow), the Capital Markets Division of BB&T Corp (NYSE: BBT) and now known as Truist Corporation (NYSE: TFC). Bill also headed Wheat First Butcher Singer’s Furnishings, Consumer and Industrial Growth Industry Verticals as a Managing Director, and prior to that, served as a Vice President with Wachovia Corporation in Winston-Salem, NC.

During his career, Bill advised on more than 350 capital financing and M&A transactions across the public and private capital markets. Bill earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and later graduated from The Executive Program (TEP), a certificated business program, at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.

Bill serves on multiple boards including CULP, Inc. (NYSE: CULP), RidgeRock, Inc. and Alleghany Warehouse, Inc. He was past president of both the Virginia Athletics Foundation Board of Trustees and the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce Advisory Board. He also is former chairman of the St. Margaret’s School Board of Governors. Currently, he serves on the finance committee of the Church Schools of the Diocese of Virginia, and on the board of the St. Christopher’s School Foundation. Bill is a 2008 graduate of Leadership Metro Richmond (LMR) and LEAD Virginia, Class of 2020.

Bill is a proud founding member of the RVA1004100, a youth philanthropic organization in Richmond, Virginia which is in its 17th year of continuous operation and has raised over $1 million in service to youth in Central Virginia.

Zach Blue

Associate

About Zach

Zach Blue is an Associate at Bellfield Partners, where he supports the firm’s advisory and growth efforts through investor engagement, market analysis, and strategic initiatives. Prior to joining Bellfield Partners, Zach Blue gained experience in both private equity and venture capital with a focus on the health and wellness sector. Most recently, he served as a Summer Analyst in the Investor Relations group at WM Partners, a health and wellness-focused private equity firm based in Aventura, Florida. In that role, he supported capital raising efforts for the firm’s third fund, delivered tailored due diligence materials to prospective investors, and helped develop the firm’s marketing materials. Zach previously served as a Venture Capital Analyst with Living Fund, where he conducted competitive market mapping and supported early-stage diligence efforts across a range of subsectors.

Zach earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, with concentrations in Finance, Information Technology, and Business Analytics. During his time at UVA, he was named to the Dean’s List each semester and actively participated in student leadership, athletics, and community service.

Peter Taylor

Partner

About Peter

Peter joined Bellfield Partners, LLC during the firm’s founding in 2025. Peter has spent his entire career on Wall Street advising a variety of individual and institutional clients on strategic value creation. Most recently, he was a Senior Vice President with Houlihan Lokey in New York, a $14 billion independent investment banking advisory firm. While at Houlihan Lokey, Peter completed over $20 billion in aggregate transaction value, advising clients from multi-billion dollar public companies to middle-market founder-owned businesses on complex M&A, capital raising / recapitalizations, valuation and restructuring. His experience has covered a range of industries including consumer, real estate / lodging & leisure, industrial, business services, technology, aerospace & defense, among others.

Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Peter spent time at Wells Fargo and Credit Suisse in New York. There he conducted portfolio management for three long-only discretionary equity strategies and managed the operations for $2.5 billion in client assets.

Peter earned his MBA from the Darden School of Business where he was a lead portfolio manager at Darden Capital Management, President of a finance-focused student organization and an Honor Representative. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia and completed the McIntire Business Institute program.

Peter serves on the Board of Directors of Stored Energy Holdings, Inc., one of the nation’s leading independent battery distributors and the largest in the northeastern United States.

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Advisory Board

Scott Edmonds

Kristie Shifflette

Marc Noel

Scott Edmonds

About Scott

Scott Edmonds is the co-founder of Bellfield Investment Partners, a private equity investment firm. Previously, Mr. Edmonds was the Chairman, President, and CEO of Chico’s FAS, Inc., a NYSE-listed women’s clothing retailer. Currently, Mr. Edmonds serves on the board of FineMark Holdings, Inc and Revolution Dancewear. He has served on the boards of Florida Council of 100, the Foundation for Florida Gulf Coast University and he is active in numerous community organizations in Fort Myers, Florida and Mathews, Virginia.

Marc Noel

About Marc

Marc Noel was born and raised in Belgium and moved to US in 1979. He founded Nomaco Inc, a plastics transformation manufacturing company and later founded Nomacorc Inc, a global bottle closures manufacturing company, currently known as Vinventions, Inc. Marc is currently Chairman of Noel Group LLC, Noel Ventures LLC and Asten Johnson Inc. He is married and enjoys spending time with his three children and six grandchildren.

Kristie

Shifflette

About Kristie

Kristie Shifflette is a Georgetown University graduate and an experienced entrepreneur and growth strategist with a proven track record in the health and wellness industry. She is the founder and former CEO of OT Growth Partners, where she successfully expanded Orangetheory Fitness from a single territory to 40 locations across four states, employing over 550 people. Kristie is also a partner at Restore Hyperwellness, a brand focused on expanding personal health through science-backed therapies.

Currently, Kristie is leading PrismLife, a health and wellness venture that emphasizes functional health and food as medicine. She is passionate about empowering individuals to take control of their wellness through education, empowerment, and practical tools that address the complex challenges of today’s health and food systems. She is a life-long learner, dedicated wife and mother, and optimistic about the future.

Joe Henderson

Tim Tysinger

Joe Henderson

About Joe

Joe Henderson has been an entrepreneur for the last 25+ years. He was co-founder and CEO/President of Mainline Supply (now Fortiline Waterworks) a waterworks distribution company which began with one branch in 1997. When Joe sold the company in 2016 the business had grown to 44 branches in 14 states and was the third largest waterworks distributor in the US.

Tim Tysinger

About Tim

Tim Tysinger has been an entrepreneur for the last 25+ years. He was co-founder and CEO/President of Mainline Supply (now Fortiline Waterworks) a waterworks distribution company which began with one branch in 1997. When Tim sold the company in 2016 the business had grown to 44 branches in 14 states and was the third largest waterworks distributor in the US. Subsequently he led the purchase of RidgeRock Retaining Walls (a commercial segmental block wall company). Since the acquisition in 2019, Ridgerock’s EBITDA has increased fourfold. In 2023 he founded STAline Waterworks (another waterworks distributor). STAline has skyrocketed from a start up to a 15 branch, $300 mil sales company in 15 months of operation.

Prior to 1997 Tim held senior positions in various banks including First Union, Bank of Boston and Bank of New York primarily in asset based lending.