Our Senior Team
Our Managing Directors and Senior Advisors are supported by the collective strength of our integrated global team comprised of 1,450 professionals working seamlessly across 23 locations worldwide.
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Michael DiYanni
Managing DirectorHead of Risk AdvisoryNew York
Michael DiYanni is a Managing Director and Head of Risk Advisory at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Financial Institutions. Since joining the Firm, he has been instrumental in the execution of numerous market-leading assignments in the sector, advising clients across the spectrum of M&A, debt and equity financings, and restructuring assignments. Mike has worked in the investment banking industry for more than 25 years.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mike spent a decade in the fixed income trading business both at J.P. Morgan and Citigroup in New York and London. Mike holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and an M.S. in Finance and Economics from The London School of Economics.
John Momtazee
Managing Director and Co-FounderGlobal Chairman of Media, Sports, and Entertainment Los Angeles
John Momtazee is a Co-Founder and Global Chairman of Media, Sports & Entertainment at Moelis & Company. He also leads the Global Blockchain Group. John has advised and financed many of the largest and most sophisticated media clients across the diversified media, blockchain technology, television, radio, newspapers, magazines, digital media, video games, entertainment, publishing, and outdoor advertising sectors and has worked extensively with leading financial sponsors.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, John was a Managing Director in the Global Media Group and Head of Broadcasting Investment Banking at UBS Investment Bank. Previously, John worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and served as Chief Financial Officer of The .TV Corporation. John was named one of “40 Under 40” by Investment Dealers’ Digest. He has also been recognized in the “Power 100” list by Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News and was named one of the top 50 M&A bankers in the Americas by the Global M&A Network.
John holds an A.B. in Quantitative Economics and a M.S. in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University and an M.B.A. and J.D., both with Honors, from the University of Chicago. John serves on the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and the board of Village for Vets, a nonprofit that supports homeless veterans. He also serves as a member of the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution and the Southern California Advisors for Stanford University.
Brian Tichenor
Managing DirectorNew York
Brian Tichenor is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in advising clients in the financial institution, blockchain, and digital asset industries. Brian has over 15 years of investment banking experience, having executed a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; public and private debt, equity, and hybrid capital raises; reinsurance; and restructurings and recapitalizations for corporate and government entities.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Brian held roles in the Financial Institutions Group at Citi and in the Treasury Division at State Street Bank & Trust. Brian holds a B.S. in Business Management from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and an M.B.A. from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.