Aesop’s Neck Partners

Our Team

Jim Lilly   

Managing Director

Jim has more than 35 years of healthcare investment banking experience. During his tenure he has assisted clients with mergers, acquisitions, exclusive sales and all aspects of capital raising from Series A Preferred Stock rounds to public high yield bonds. Jim focuses on physician organizations, alternate site providers, healthcare IT, Value Based Care, payers and payer services, and life science service organizations.

Jim has a tenured career in healthcare finance having held senior banking positions at Merrill Lynch, Piper Jaffray and KeyBanc Capital Markets. He was Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at Cowen and Jefferies, and more recently Co-Head of SI Capital, a multi-billion dollar family office.

Jim received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Hobart College and a Masters of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

James.Lilly@AesopsNeckPartners.com

Aidan Zepp

Intern

Aidan is pursuing a Bachelor of Finance degree in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. He expects to graduate in May of 2026. While in school, Aidan is serving as Director of Finance for Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon Chapter at the University of Delaware.

Prior to his work at Aespo’s Neck Partners, Aidan interned in Private Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley.

Aidan.Zepp@AesopsNeckPartners.com

Cal Bibeau   

Associate

Macallan (“Cal”) has several years of investment banking experience and has been involved in numerous transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and debt and equity capital raises. Cal has primarily focused on healthcare services and medical technology sectors.

Prior to joining Aesop’s Neck Partners, Cal was an analyst for the healthcare investment banking team at England & Company. He also served as a Financial Analyst at Morgan Stanley in the Private Wealth Management group.

Cal received Bachelor of Arts degrees in Physics and Economics from Wake Forest University.

Cal.Bibeau@AesopsNeckPartners.com