Lead the Pack.
Honor the Legacy.
More Than a Transaction — We Honor What You’ve Built and Help Carry It Forward
ABOUT US
Empowering Businesses, Preserving Legacies, Strengthening Communities
Lochland Partners is a family office that acquires and operates lower middle market businesses, partnering with owners, investors, and teams to ensure a strong and lasting future. For founders, we provide a respectful transition that protects your people, brand, and values. For investors, we deliver disciplined deal execution, hands-on leadership, and sustainable returns. For employees, we offer stability, opportunity, and the resources to help both the business and its people thrive.
We invest deal-by-deal, step in as active operators, and tailor every approach to the unique needs of each company. Our mission is simple: preserve what works, build what’s next, and strengthen the communities we serve while creating value that endures for generations.
PEOPLE -FIRST LEADERSHIP
We always do what is right, even when it comes at a financial cost. Honesty, fairness, and accountability define our decisions and actions. We hold our partners, companies, and team members to the highest standards
LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP
We prioritize creating workplaces where people feel valued, supported, and proud of their contributions. Successful businesses begin with thriving, fulfilled team members who know their personal and family priorities matter.
RESPECTFUL EXCELLENCE
Every person deserves dignity and respect. We have zero tolerance for discrimination, arrogance, or disrespect, while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and performance in everything we do.
ENTREPRENEURIAL HUMILITY
We embrace innovation, smart risk-taking, and adaptability. We acknowledge we don't have all the answers and welcome collaboration, new ideas, and continuous learning from our partners and team members.
Why We Founded Lochland Partners
At Lochland Partners, we started our firm with a conviction shaped by our own experiences in family businesses and leadership: owners deserve more than a financial exit. They deserve care, continuity, and confidence in the future of what they built. Too often, private equity views businesses as short-term assets. We built Lochland to be different.
“Having led and grown companies ourselves, we know how deeply owners worry about what happens after a sale,” say Ian Galbraith and Brad Cummings. “We created Lochland to provide an alternative—where stewardship, values, and operational leadership take precedence over financial engineering.”
We step in not only as investors, but as partners and operators. We preserve culture, support teams, and invest alongside owners to carry their legacy forward.
Our mission is to help business leaders step away with pride, knowing their people and customers will be taken care of, and their company positioned for sustainable growth in its next chapter.
