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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Eric Biddle
Managing DirectorLos Angeles
Eric Biddle is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in advising clients in the retail, apparel, and consumer sectors. Eric has nearly 25 years of investment banking experience, advising clients on M&A and strategic financing opportunities, including debt and equity transactions.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Eric was a Managing Director at Barclays Capital and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, having started his career at Merrill Lynch. Eric holds a B.A. in Economics from Colgate University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.B.A. in Corporate Finance from the USC Marshall School of Business.
Justin Craig
Managing DirectorNew York
Justin Craig is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he provides strategic and financial advice to consumer and retail clients with a focus on food and beverage. He has extensive investment banking experience, with expertise in advising public and private companies spanning a broad spectrum of consumer and retail sectors, including food and beverage, consumer discretionary, pet, optical, and auto services. Justin has originated and executed a range of transactions throughout the corporate lifecycle and across disciplines, including M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, debt and equity capital raising, shareholder defense, and other strategic transactions.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Justin was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where he led the food investment banking practice. He holds a B.S. from the University of Delaware, a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Perry Hall
Managing DirectorNew York
Perry Hall is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he focuses on advising clients in the consumer, retail, and automotive aftermarket sectors. Perry has over 25 years of investment banking experience and has advised on an extensive variety of strategic transactions, including M&A and capital markets solutions.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Perry was a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Retail and Consumer Group. He has also held roles at Salomon Smith Barney and First of Michigan. He holds a B.A. from St. Lawrence University and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Michele Miyakawa
Managing Director and Co-FounderLos Angeles
Michele Miyakawa is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where she specializes in advising high-growth consumer companies regarding capital raising and strategic alternatives, including M&A. Michele has over 20 years of experience in the finance industry as both a banker and an executive, leading multiple banking and management roles at Moelis & Company, including COO of Global Advisory.
Prior to Moelis & Company, Michele worked at UBS Investment Bank, where she advised clients on M&A, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and other equity and debt transactions. Before UBS, she was an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Michele holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. She served on the Board of Directors of Pacific Mercantile Bancorp and as a Board Member of the Hollywood Hills West Council.
Tarik Rguem
Managing DirectorSan Francisco
Tarik Rguem is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he focuses on M&A transactions across the Consumer & Retail sector. Tarik has over 20 years of investment banking experience providing a full range of advisory and corporate finance services.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Tarik was an Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Group. Before his investment banking career, he was a Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble. Tarik graduated magna cum laude with a B.Com. (Honors) in Finance from the University of Ottawa and holds an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he is a member of the Anderson Honor Society.
Augusto Sasso
Managing DirectorGlobal Head of Capital Markets, REGLL & Consumer and RetailGlobal Head of REGLL and Consumer & RetailHouston
Augusto Sasso is a Managing Director and serves as Global Head of Capital Markets and Global Head of Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging & Leisure (REGLL) and Consumer & Retail at Moelis & Company. Augusto has nearly 30 years of diversified investment banking and real estate experience, having completed numerous high-profile M&A transactions, joint venture partnerships, equity and debt financings, leveraged buyouts, and restructurings with both U.S. and international clients.
Augusto has extensive experience building and managing investment banking franchises at Moelis & Company. He joined the Firm at its inception and was instrumental in establishing and leading Moelis & Company’s Middle East Investment Banking Group. Augusto has been based in Los Angeles, Dubai, London, New York, and Dallas.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Augusto was an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and a real estate investor with Preservation Partners Development. Before that, he held corporate finance and business development positions with Raytheon Company and Hughes Electronics. Augusto holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and graduated first in his class, magna cum laude, with an M.B.A. from the University of Arizona.
Kenneth A. Viellieu
Managing DirectorWest Palm Beach
Kenneth Viellieu is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in advising clients in the consumer, retail, distribution, and leisure sectors. He has over 40 years of investment banking experience, advising clients across multiple sectors on a broad range of advisory services, including strategic mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, and capital markets transactions.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Ken was Head of Midwest Investment Banking at Bear Stearns and previously Head of the Chicago office for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He holds a B.S. from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and an M.B.A. from the Booth School at the University of Chicago. Ken currently serves as a board member of the Big Shoulders Fund in Chicago and as a director of the Lurie Children’s Foundation. He also serves as a member of the Dean’s Council at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.