About Us

SUNBELT is the world's largest network of Business Broker offices. The SUNBELT Network has hundreds of offices worldwide.

Core Values

Core Values reflect our organization's cultural values and govern our day-to-day decisions and behavior. We expect our employees and franchisees to adhere to these Core Values.

Integrity We revere honesty and forthrightness. We adhere to the highest ethical standards, provide timely, accurate and complete financial reporting, encourage prompt disclosure of bad news and welcome disagreement.
Golden Rule We respect others and treat them in the way that we want to be treated.
Objectives We clearly state and share our objectives with our employees, franchisees, shareholders and others. We measure our performance against these objectives and react to new information, changes and opportunities by adjusting our business processes to achieve and surpass our objectives.
Excellence We are committed to continuously improving our performance in order to meet and exceed the expectations of our franchisees, customers and investors/owners. We reward our people for improving service quality and reducing costs.
Profit Earning a profit rewards our investors/owners and enables us to attract necessary capital for further investment in our people and operating processes.

Management

Edward T. Pendarvis, CBI - Founder and Chairman Emeritus

Mr. Pendarvis is founder and Chairman Emeritus of SUNBELT. He is a graduate of The Citadel, in Charleston, S.C. Mr. Pendarvis had a successful career in real estate sales and development before joining SUNBELT. Associated with SUNBELT since 1983, he has participated in or managed the sale of over 1,000 businesses. He has been a guest instructor in business brokerage for the Texas Association of Business Brokers, the Florida Association of Business Brokers, The California Association of Business Brokers and the International Business Brokers Association. Mr. Pendarvis is also a Real Estate Broker, a member of the South Carolina Better Business Bureau Board of Directors and serves as member of the IBBA Board of Directors. Ed also serves as a member of the Citadel School of Business Administration Advisory Board.

John M. Davies - Chief Executive

Mr. Davies started his career with Coopers & Lybrand, an international accounting and consulting services firm. He subsequently joined the Progressive Corporation and was the President and General Manager of Progressive's Diversified Business Group, a specialty underwriting and insurance services operation. John left Progressive to become the CEO of Netrex, LLC, a New York based private equity investment firm specializing in buying and developing insurance and auto related businesses.

In 2001, Mr. Davies and Patrick Enthoven, his long time friend and business partner, founded Merrymeeting, Inc. Merrymeeting has subsequently focused on acquiring and developing franchise systems and related service companies.

Mr. Davies earned a BS in Economics from the University of Kentucky and his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He also holds the following professional certifications: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC). Mr. Davies is also a licensed insurance broker.

Mr. Davies enjoys spending his time golfing, competing in marathons and travelling with his family. He and his wife, Allyn, have been married for 24 years and have two children.

Jeff Harcourt - Chief of Operations

From 1990 to 1999, Mr. Harcourt served as Controller of The Progressive Corporation's Diversified Business Group in Cleveland, Ohio. Between 1999 and 2001, Mr. Harcourt was Chief Financial Officer of NETREX Holdings, LLC, and was part of Merrymeeting, Inc.'s founding management team in 2001.

Mr. Harcourt graduated from Miami University (Oxford, OH) with a BS degree in Accounting, and in addition to being a certified public accountant, holds the following designations: Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Information Systems Auditor.

In his spare time, Mr. Harcourt enjoys spending time with his family, coaching youth athletics and sailing his boat named "For Evan's Sake".