Associates
Associates
Imran Ali
Associate
Imran Ali is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Ali was with Alta Communications, a Boston-based private equity firm focused exclusively on making private equity investments in the media and communications industries. Earlier in his career at UBS Investment Bank, Mr. Ali was a member of the firm’s Global Industrial Group where he worked on a number of advisory and financing transactions for clients spanning a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, aerospace and defense, chemicals and transportation. In addition, Mr. Ali has served in both the Singapore Armed Forces and Singapore Police Force.
Mr. Ali earned his B.B.A. with high distinction from the University of Michigan.
Anish Aswani
Associate
Anish Aswani is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Aswani was previously an investment banker in the Financial Sponsors Group at Lehman Brothers’ Los Angeles office where he executed numerous M&A, equity and leveraged finance transactions across a number of industries. Prior to his experience in the investment banking industry, Mr. Aswani was a design engineer at Intel Corporation.
Mr. Aswani received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.B.A. from The Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
Joseph Beyrouty
Associate
Joseph Beyrouty is an Associate in Finance and Accounting at Moelis & Company. Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Beyrouty was with FTI Consulting, Inc., a Baltimore-based crisis management consulting firm, providing turnaround and restructuring advice to unsecured creditors. Prior to his tenure at FTI Consulting, Mr. Beyrouty was an auditor with Deloitte & Touche, LLP and an equity research analyst at Value Line, Inc.
Mr. Beyrouty received his B.B.A. with a dual major in Finance and Economics from Emory University and his M.S. in Accountancy from CUNY-Baruch College. He also holds his C.P.A. license in the State of New York.
Ryan Cech
Associate
Ryan Cech is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Cech was previously an investment banker in the Global Industrials Group at Bear Stearns where he executed numerous M&A advisory and financing transactions across a number of industries including metals and mining, transportation and logistics and real estate. He was also an Associate on the Secondary Investments team at Adams Street Partners.
Mr. Cech earned his B.S. in Finance with High Honors from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
Vance Chang
Associate
Vance Chang is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Chang was previously an investment banker at UBS’s Los Angeles office where he advised clients across a number of industries on mergers & acquisitions and provided financing in support of acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. Mr. Chang also worked as an investment banking Analyst at JMP Securities.
Mr. Chang received his B.S. in Business Administration from University of Washington and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.David S. Felman
Associate
David Felman is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Felman was previously an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and UBS and also served on the investment staff of the Stanford University endowment. Mr. Felman has over six years of finance and investment experience and has advised on and executed numerous M&A transactions and financings.
Mr. Felman received his A.B. in Economics and Political Science with distinction and Honors from Stanford University and his M.B.A. from UCLA Anderson, where he was a Carter Fellow and received the Appel Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Entrepreneurial Studies and Leadership and the Weston Award for Academic Excellence in Finance.
Benjamin Ferdinand
Associate
Benjamin Ferdinand is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Ferdinand was previously an Associate at JPMorgan in the Diversified Industries Group. Prior to joining JPMorgan, he was an Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto. Mr. Ferdinand has advised numerous clients in the oil and gas, healthcare, metals and mining, industrials and technology sectors in a broad range of transactions including buyside and sellside M&A and leveraged buyouts.
Mr. Ferdinand received an M.B.A. from The Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and an Honors Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from McMaster University.
Michael Garcia
Associate
Michael Garcia is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Garcia was previously an Associate in the Global Industrials Group at Bear Stearns where he executed numerous M&A, equity and leveraged finance transactions across a number of industries. Prior to that, he was with JPMorgan Chase.
Mr. Garcia earned his B.B.A. with distinction from the University of Michigan.
Devon Ghelani
Associate
Devon Ghelani is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Ghelani was most recently in the Industrial Growth and Services Group at CIBC World Markets. While at CIBC he advised numerous clients in the metals and mining, aerospace and defense, capital goods and chemicals sectors in a broad range of transactions including buyside and sellside M&A, leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations and equity offerings.
Mr. Ghelani holds a B.A., Honours Business Administration from The Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
Evan Glucoft
Associate
Evan Glucoft is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Glucoft was previously a Senior Analyst at Highland Capital Management, a Dallas-based investment manager. While at Highland, Mr. Glucoft focused on debt and equity investments in the financial, media and telecommunication sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Glucoft was an Analyst with CIBC in the Leveraged Finance Group where he executed numerous high-yield and mezzanine financings across a broad range of industries, including gaming, media and business services.
Mr. Glucoft graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from UCLA and earned an M.B.A. from The Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago where he was a Peter W. May Fellow.
David Groban
Associate
David Groban is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Groban was previously an investment banker in the Recapitalization and Restructuring Group at Jefferies & Company where he executed numerous distressed asset sales, exchange offers, capital raises and Chapter 11 transactions across a number of industries. Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Groban was an Analyst within the mergers and acquisitions group at KeyBanc Capital Markets and McDonald Investments.
Mr. Groban earned his B.S. from The Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy at Wake Forest University.
Colleen Hoy
Associate
Colleen Hoy is the Head of Recruiting at Moelis & Company. Ms. Hoy has approximately 10 years of recruiting experience in both the investment banking and consulting industries. Previously, she managed North American Campus Recruiting at Oliver Wyman and Investment Banking Analyst Recruiting at UBS. Prior to that, Ms. Hoy handled undergraduate recruiting at The Boston Consulting Group in New York.
Ms. Hoy received her B.A. in Political Science and Organizational Studies from the University of Michigan.
Ramy Ibrahim
Associate
Ramy Ibrahim is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Ibrahim was previously an investment banker in the Industrial Growth and Services Group at CIBC World Markets where he executed numerous M&A, leveraged buyout and debt and equity offering transactions across a number of industries. Mr. Ibrahim also spent a summer at CIBC in the Investment Banking Summer Associate Program.
Mr. Ibrahim received his B.B.A. in Entrepreneurship and International Studies from The Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston and his M.B.A. from The Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University.
Carlos R. Jimenez
Associate
Carlos Jimenez is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Jimenez has been in the investment banking industry for over six years and has executed over 30 M&A, leveraged finance and equity transactions across a number of industries, including the financial services, technology and gaming sectors. Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Jimenez was an Associate in Lehman Brothers’ Leveraged Finance Group working on leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and strategic acquisition financings. Prior to that, he was an Analyst in Lehman Brothers’ Financial Institutions Group covering commercial banks, thrifts, asset managers, mortgage and insurance companies.
Mr. Jimenez holds a B.A. in Economics, with distinction, from Yale University.
Chris Kane
Associate
Chris Kane is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Kane was previously an investment banker in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Group at UBS Investment Bank, where he executed numerous leveraged finance transactions across a broad range of industries including energy, financial services, healthcare and industrials. Prior to attending business school, Mr. Kane worked in the Assurance and Business Advisory Services Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mr. Kane earned his B.S. in Accounting from Boston College and his M.B.A. with Beta Gamma Sigma distinction from The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Jared Kaplan
Associate
Jared Kaplan is an Assistant Vice President of Information Technology at Moelis & Company. Mr. Kaplan has over 15 years of Information Technology experience and was most recently at Credit Suisse, where he held the position of Corporate IT Risk and Security and prior to this, lead engineer of the TIS Provisioning Group. Mr. Kaplan began his information technology career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he managed the Desktop Support Group for the Investment Banking Division.
Mr. Kaplan attended St. Francis College.
Kristopher Kelly
Associate
Kristopher Kelly is an Associate at Moelis & Company and Office Manager in New York. Mr. Kelly has been in the industry for over six years, most recently as an Associate Director at UBS Investment Bank serving in the Office of the President. Prior to his position in the Office of the President, Mr. Kelly managed day-to-day operations of the UBS - Americas New Media team.
Mr. Kelly holds a B.A. from NYU.
Gaurav Khanna
Associate
Gaurav Khanna is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Khanna was previously an Analyst at Simmons & Company International, a specialized energy investment bank, and a Summer Associate at UBS Investment Bank.
Mr. Khanna received his B.B.A. in Finance with Highest Honors from The University of Texas at Austin and his M.B.A. from The Anderson School of Management at UCLA as a Carter Fellow.
Ko Kobayashi
Associate
Ko Kobayashi is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Kobayashi was previously an investment banker in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Group at UBS's Los Angeles office where he advised clients across a number of industries on mergers & acquisitions and provided financing in support of acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, public-to-private transactions and project financings. Mr. Kobayashi also worked as an IT Consultant and was an Analyst at JPMorgan.
Mr. Kobayashi received his B.S. in Business Administration (cum laude) from Georgetown University and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Robert Lauria
Associate
Robert Lauria is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Lauria was previously an investment banker in the Global M&A Group at Lehman Brothers where he executed numerous M&A and leveraged finance transactions across a number of industries. Prior to Lehman Brothers, Mr. Lauria was an Associate in the Industrial Group and an Analyst in the Restructuring Group at Keybanc Capital Markets.
Mr. Lauria graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Finance from Boston College and earned his M.B.A. from The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College where he was a Babson Fellow.
Kiley Lee
Associate
Kiley Lee is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Ms. Lee was previously at AEA Investors, where she focused on private equity investments in the industrial products and specialty chemical sectors. Prior to AEA, Ms. Lee was an investment banker in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Group at UBS’s Los Angeles office.
Ms. Lee graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Finance from Pepperdine University.Margot Leifer
Associate
Margot Leifer is an Associate in Investor and Media Relations at Moelis & Company. Ms. Leifer is a licensed C.P.A. and was previously at Deloitte & Touche, where she was a Senior Accountant specialized in the financial services sector, specifically in Banking and Securities.
Ms. Leifer graduated with Honors from Emory University, where she received a B.B.A. with a Concentration in Accounting from the Goizueta School of Business.
Jesse Linstroth
Associate
Jesse Linstroth is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Linstroth was previously with Bear Stearns where he executed numerous M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory assignments for clients in the retail/consumer, industrial, healthcare and media sectors. Prior to Bear Stearns, Mr. Linstroth worked with The Mercanti Group, a boutique investment bank focused on the consumer industry.
Mr. Linstroth holds a B.S. in Finance from The Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Charles Lutz
Associate
Charles Lutz is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Lutz was previously an Associate at Banc of America Securities in the Global Credit Products Group where he structured CLOs and financing vehicles involving middle market leveraged loans. Charles also participated in the Fixed Income Analyst Program at Citigroup. He focused on securitization transactions of commercial loans and sale/leaseback commercial real estate properties within Citigroup's Asset Backed Finance Group.
Mr. Lutz earned his B.A. with distinction in Economics from the University of Michigan.
Jocelyn Macri
Associate
Jocelyn Macri is the Human Resources Manager of Moelis & Company and Office Manager in Los Angeles. Ms. Macri has approximately eight years of human resources generalist and recruiting experience in a wide range of industries including engineering, entertainment, non-profit and investment banking. Ms. Macri was previously Assistant Vice President of West Coast Recruiting at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Credit Suisse Investment Banking divisions in Los Angeles.
Ms. Macri graduated with Honors with a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario. She graduated on the President’s Honor’s List with her Human Resources Certificate from Seneca College.Kate Pilcher
Associate
Kate Pilcher is an Associate and the Head of Investor and Media Relations at Moelis & Company. Ms. Pilcher has been in the investment banking industry for six years and prior to joining Moelis & Company, was an Associate Director in the UBS Investment Bank Office of the CEO and President, where she helped to analyze growth opportunities and develop the strategy of the firm. Prior to this, Ms. Pilcher was an investment banker in the Financial Institutions Group at UBS Investment Bank. In this role, she advised clients in the commercial banking, asset management, broker-dealer, specialty finance and financial technology sectors on mergers and acquisitions and raising equity and debt financing.
Ms. Pilcher received a B.S. in Commerce with distinction from The McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.
Harshith Ramesh
Associate
Harshith Ramesh is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Ramesh was previously on the management team at Copal Partners, a provider of outsourced financial services, where he was responsible for new business development in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Prior to Copal Partners, Mr. Ramesh was a Business Development Manager at America Online in the Premium Services Group, where he helped launch and manage some of the most successful paid services in AOL history. Mr. Ramesh began his career as an Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Bear Stearns.
Mr. Ramesh received a B.S. in Finance and Economics from the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University (magna cum laude), and an M.B.A from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Will Sun
Associate
Will Sun is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. Sun was previously an investment banker in the Healthcare Group at Goldman Sachs where he executed numerous M&A advisory and financing transactions. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he was an Analyst in the Healthcare Group at Deutsche Bank.
Sabrina Tamraz
Associate
Sabrina Tamraz is an Associate at Moelis & Company. Ms. Tamraz was previously an Associate at Metalmark Capital. Prior to joining Metalmark in 2007, she was an Analyst in the Global Energy Group at Credit Suisse.
Ms. Tamraz graduated magna cum laude and with Honors from Georgetown University, where she received a B.S.F.S. in International Political Economy with a concentration in International Business Diplomacy from The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.Tim Wagner
Associate
Tim Wagner is an Assistant Vice President of Information Technology at Moelis & Company. Mr. Wagner has over 15 years of Information Technology experience and was most recently at Credit Suisse/HP, where he managed both the Los Angeles and Irvine offices. In 2007, Mr. Wagner documented his epic journey into the back country of Alaska for the Discovery Channel. Mr. Wagner began his information technology career as a defense contractor for the Air Force before joining Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette as a Network Engineer.
Mr. Wagner earned a B.A. in History with a minor in Computer Information Systems from California State University at Dominguez Hills.
