Harrison Hessel serves as Chief Development Officer at Orion, where he leads the company’s business development and M&A efforts.

Harrison brings experience across consulting, private equity, and strategic M&A. He began his career in consulting before joining WJ Partners, where he evaluated and executed investments in founder-led and growing businesses.

He later served as a Director at Colibri Group, executing control equity buyout transactions in the professional education space. Most recently, Harrison was a member of the executive team at Axcel Learning, where he helped shape the company’s go-forward M&A strategy, led the execution of new acquisition opportunities, and played a key role in the sale of the business.

Harrison is a CFA charterholder.