Team Members

Eran Salu is the founder and Managing Director of JAL Equity, where he has used personal capital to acquire 50+ companies over the past 15 years. Before JAL Equity, Eran worked as an M&A Advisor at Morgan Stanley (in New York and Menlo Park) and SGCapital (in Los Angeles) and has executed over $20BN in merger transactions. Eran is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business (as a Palmer Scholar) and the UC Berkeley School of Law.

Rachel Grossfeld is the Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Development at Marketing.com / JAL Equity. With over a decade of experience in buy-side and sell-side transactions for Fortune 500 and private equity firms, Rachel specializes in strategic leadership, guiding negotiations, determining valuations, and enhancing operational performance. Rachel is a graduate of Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

Sean McNeill is a Director at JAL Equity, focused on origination and underwriting prospective M&A investments across the JAL portfolio. Before JAL Equity, Sean worked at AdaptHealth as a Director and M&A Associate at Eli Global, successfully closing over 45 M&A transactions in healthcare, specialty finance, and business services.  He graduated from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School with a BSBA and is a CFA charter holder.

Ian Barber is the General Counsel of JAL Equity, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, governance, and corporate matters. With nearly 20 years of legal experience, he oversees global legal teams and has served in executive roles for a financial services firm. Ian began his career at Abrams & Bayliss and is a Capital One alum. He holds a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.