James “Jim” Ahern joined Laidlaw & Company in 2010 and now serves as managing director and head of capital markets at the firm. Alongside his work with Laidlaw, James “Jimmy” Ahern supports his alma mater, Northfield Mount Hermon School, where he serves as chair of the Basketball Alumni Council for Excellence. In addition to top-notch academic programming, Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH) boasts one of the nation’s best preparatory level basketball programs. A member of the prestigious New England Prep School Athletic Conference, the NMH basketball team has maintained a top-10 national ranking for the past 12 years and a top-5 national ranking over the past seven years. During that same period, the team reached the National Championship Final Four the last four times and took home the National Championship in 2013. Due to its combination of solid academic and athletic programming, NMH produces many athletes who go on to play at the collegiate level. More than 50 NMH basketball players have gone on to play Division I ball for a variety of colleges and universities, including Yale University, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, and Princeton University.
Since becoming managing partner of Laidlaw & Company in 2010, James Ahern has helped grow the firm into a nationally-recognized healthcare investment bank with multiple offices throughout the United States and one in London, England. Beyond his work with Laidlaw & Company, James Ahern is a passionate fan of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).Through 23 games in the 2017-18 regular season, the Celtics sit atop the Eastern Conference with a win-loss record of 19-4. The team dropped its first two games of the season but proceeded to win its next 16, including an impressive come-from-behind win against the defending champion Golden State Warriors in which the Celtics trailed by 17 points on two separate occasions. Boston came within three wins of equaling its franchise record of 19 consecutive wins, which was set by the 2008-09 team. That team began the year with a remarkable 27-2 record and finished with a record of 62-20 before being upset by the Orlando Magic in the second round of the playoffs. The 2017-18 team's streak came to an end in a November 22 contest against the Miami Heat. Boston had overcome double-digit deficits in games against the Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder, Charlotte Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, and Dallas Mavericks, but suffered a 104-98 loss to the Heat. The 16-game streak tied for the fourth longest in franchise history.
