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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Ashish Contractor
Managing DirectorNew York
Ashish Contractor is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he advises specialty, generic pharmaceutical, and biotech clients. Ashish has nearly 30 years of experience advising clients, primarily across the pharmaceutical and biotech space, on a broad spectrum of corporate finance matters, including M&A, debt and equity financings, hostile takeovers, corporate defense, and private placements.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Ashish was a Managing Director at Greenhill & Co., leading the firm’s Life Sciences coverage. Before that, he worked in Lehman Brothers’ Private Equity and Financial Institutions Group. Ashish graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Finance and International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University and holds an M.B.A. with Honors from Harvard Business School.
Michael Cortese
Managing DirectorNew York
Michael Cortese is a Managing Director and Global Head of Compliance at Moelis & Company, where he is responsible for planning and implementing the Firm’s compliance risk management program. Mike has over 25 years of experience as a strategic business partner in the financial services industry.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mike was a Managing Director and Global Head of Investment and Corporate Banking Compliance and Operational Risk at J.P. Morgan and a Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Client Solutions, Research, and Control Room Compliance and Operational Risk Control at UBS. Mike holds a B.S. in Business Administration from West Virginia University and an M.B.A. from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University.
Sara Coyle
Managing DirectorChicago
Sara Coyle is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where she specializes in advising clients in the paper and packaging and distribution sectors. She has nearly 25 years of investment banking experience, with expertise in advising public and private companies spanning a broad spectrum of industries, including paper and packaging, distribution, chemicals, building products, and aerospace and defense. Sara has originated and executed a broad range of mandates throughout the corporate lifecycle and across disciplines, including M&A, equity and debt financing, and restructuring.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Sara was a Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Paper & Packaging at Rothschild & Co. Before that, she was a Managing Director in the Global Industrials Group at UBS and previously worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citi. Sara graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and holds an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management. She serves as a Director on the Boards of Wildpack Beverage and Tennis Esports.
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.
Dennis Crandall
Managing DirectorNew York
Dennis Crandall is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in advising clients in the life sciences and outsourced pharmaceutical services sectors (e.g., SMOs, CROs, technology-enabled services, commercialization, and CDMOs). He has extensive experience in healthcare investment banking, with expertise in executing a broad range of transactions for healthcare corporations and financial sponsors.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Dennis was a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley. Before that, he worked on the M&A team at UBS Investment Bank and held various advisory roles at KPMG. He started his finance career at Jacobsen Capital Management. Dennis holds a B.S. in Management from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Robert C. Crowley
Managing DirectorBoston
Robert Crowley is a Managing Director and Head of the Boston office at Moelis & Company. He joined the Firm at its inception and was instrumental in establishing its Boston office and leading expansion in the homebuilding sector. Bob has over 25 years of investment banking experience advising on and executing various mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and debt and equity transactions.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Bob was Head of High Yield Capital Markets at UBS and previously led top franchises in the homebuilding and environmental services sectors of UBS’s Global Industrials Group. Prior to joining UBS, Bob worked at BankBoston and started his career at Salomon Brothers. Before his career in investment banking, Bob was an Institutional Investor-ranked high yield research analyst covering the homebuilding and building materials sectors. Bob was featured in Investment Dealers Digest’s “40 Under 40” in 2009.
Bob holds a B.A. in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College. He currently serves as Treasurer and Board Member of the Shady Hill School, a Board Member of the Franconia Ski Club, and a member of the corporation of Belmont Hill School. Bob was formerly President of the Franconia Ski Club and Hill House Boston and was a member of the Joint Center for Housing Studies’ Policy Advisory Board at Harvard University.
David Cunningham
Managing DirectorChairman of Energy, North AmericaHouston
David Cunningham is a Managing Director and Chairman of Energy, North America at Moelis & Company, and previously served as Head of Energy, North America. He has over 30 years of investment banking experience, having advised on various mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, debt, equity, and asset valuation transactions.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, David was a Managing Director and a Founding Partner at Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. and a Managing Director in the Global Energy Group at Credit Suisse. David holds a B.A. in Finance from Texas Christian University and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago.
Ankit Dalal
Managing DirectorNew York
Ankit Dalal is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory. Ankit has extensive experience, having originated and executed a variety of Chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, liability management transactions, and financings across a broad range of industries, working with companies, creditors, and investors.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Ankit was a Managing Director in the Debt Advisory & Restructuring Group at Evercore. He previously held roles in distressed investing and began his career in the Energy and Leveraged Finance Groups at Citigroup. Ankit holds a B.B.A. in Finance with high Honors from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.
Nik Dampier
Managing DirectorHead of Global Business TechnologyNew York
Nik Dampier is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he heads the Global Business Technology team and is responsible for the Firm’s internal technology applications, most notably the deal management platform. Nik is a proven technology professional with over 20 years of strategy and consulting experience within financial services and has worked with many of the world’s leading investment banks.
At Moelis & Company, Nik is responsible for defining the product vision, strategic direction, and implementation of the deal management platform, while architecting core business processes to maximize productivity and efficiency. He is instrumental in delivering cutting-edge tools that drive the Firm’s client relationship management strategy. Nik holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Leicester in the U.K.
Brad Davis
Managing DirectorNew York
Brad Davis is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in M&A Advisory. He has extensive experience executing public and private sellside, buyside, and special committee assignments and has advised on numerous high-profile strategic M&A transactions across a broad range of industries.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Brad worked in the Investment Banking Division of Barclays Capital, where he executed a variety of M&A and capital markets transactions and began his career as an Equity Investment Analyst at Federated Investors. Brad holds a B.S. in Finance and Economics from Tulane University and an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management.
Pablo de la Infiesta
Managing DirectorLondon
Pablo de la Infiesta is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company and Head of Private Capital Advisory in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa). He has over 20 years of private equity secondary advisory, fund placement, and investment banking experience.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Pablo was a Managing Director and European Head of the Private Capital Advisory Group at Lazard, where he built and led the firm’s secondary advisory business in EMEA, in addition to leading the region’s fundraising business. Before that, Pablo worked at Campbell Lutyens & Co. in London, where he executed some of the firm’s earliest continuation vehicle transactions. He began his career at Salomon Brothers. Pablo holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidad Pontificia Comillas and an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
Edouard Debost
Managing DirectorParis
Edouard Debost is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in providing financial and strategic advice to clients in France and across Europe. Edouard has over 30 years of investment banking experience, with expertise in originating and executing M&A mandates for private equity, pension, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as corporates and private family-owned investments.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Edouard served as Head of the Strategic Investment Group for France & Benelux and Head of Private Client Advisory for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) at J.P. Morgan. Before that, he was a Managing Director and Co-Head of France at Hawkpoint Partners and worked in the M&A Advisory Group at Lazard.
Joseph DeCampo
Managing DirectorNew York
Joseph DeCampo is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company where he provides strategic advice to clients with a focus on the renewable energy, independent power, and utility sectors. Joe has over 10 years of experience across the power and renewables industries with deep expertise in M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Joe was a member of the Power, Utilities & Renewables group at Wells Fargo, where he advised clients on a broad range of strategic transactions across the power and renewables sector. Prior to entering investment banking, he practiced as an attorney in the clean energy sector, advising on the development, financing, and acquisition of renewable energy projects. Joe holds an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Francesco Del Vecchio
Managing DirectorNew York
Francesco Del Vecchio is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory. Francesco has over 20 years of restructuring, financing, and investment management experience advising debtors, creditors, private equity sponsors, and governmental entities. He has advised on a wide variety of in-court and out-of-court restructurings, special situations, and capital structure assignments across a broad range of transactions, industries, and jurisdictions globally. Francesco has worked in the Firm’s New York and London offices.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Francesco held investment banking roles at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup in New York and London and also managed an investment portfolio at a New York-based asset manager. He began his career at Goldman Sachs. Francesco holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.S.L. from the USC Gould School of Law. He is an Advisory Group member of the Cornell Emerging Markets Institute and is active within Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Charles G. Denison
Managing DirectorChicago
Charles Denison is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he advises clients primarily in the packaging, paper, and building products segments of the Industrials sector. Charlie has over 35 years of investment banking experience advising clients on M&A, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and debt and equity financings.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Charlie managed the Chicago office of Deutsche Bank and its predecessor, Bankers Trust, where he was responsible for overseeing the firm’s investment banking activities in the Midwest, as well as coordinating the strategies of the private wealth and asset management businesses. Charlie holds an A.B. in Economics and Government from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Chicago Youth Centers and Presbyterian Living. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Children’s Museum.
Jared Dermont
Managing DirectorNew York
Jared Dermont is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in M&A, Capital Structure Advisory, and Capital Markets. Jared has over 30 years of investment banking experience advising companies, equity investors, financial vehicles, creditors, and government entities across a broad range of industries and geographies. Jared has extensive financial engineering and special situations experience.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Jared was a Managing Director at Rothschild Inc., where he focused on global M&A and restructuring transactions. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University.
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.
Benjamin Dubois
Managing DirectorHouston
Benjamin Dubois is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in providing strategic and financial advice to clients across the Energy sector, with a focus on upstream energy. He has over 15 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience, advising clients on a broad range of strategic advisory and capital markets transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity financings.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Ben was a Managing Director on the Energy Investment Banking team at Guggenheim Securities. Before that, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Citigroup and BMO Capital Markets. Ben holds a B.S. in Finance from Louisiana State University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Small Steps Nurturing Center.
Liz Eberhart
Managing DirectorNew York
Liz Eberhart is a Managing Director in Human Capital Management at Moelis & Company. Liz has over 20 years of HR experience as a trusted advisor and business partner.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Liz worked at UBS, where she was most recently Head of the Americas Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities HR Team. Before that, she held HR positions at UBS AG in London and Switzerland as a Client Relationship Manager and Recruiter. Liz holds a B.S. from the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. She is a member of several HR organizations, including the Connecticut chapter of the HR Roundtable, where she has served on the Board of Advisors.
David P. Faris
Managing DirectorCo-Head of Industrials, AmericasNew York
David Faris is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Industrials, Americas at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in advising clients in the chemicals and materials sector. Dave has over 25 years of investment banking experience and has advised on a wide variety of domestic and international transactions, including M&A, debt and equity financings, restructurings, and leveraged buyouts.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Dave was a Managing Director in the Chemicals Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse. Before that, he worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, providing a broad range of investment banking services to chemical and other general industrial companies. Dave holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Ted Ferguson
Managing DirectorChief Information OfficerNew York
Ted Ferguson is a Managing Director and Chief Information Officer at Moelis & Company. Ted has over 25 years of information technology experience.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Ted was Chief Technology Officer at Shearman & Sterling, overseeing global technology services. Before that, Ted was Chief Information Officer at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Freidman, where he was responsible for the firm’s technology platforms, processes, and services. He was also previously Director of Information Technology at Ropes & Gray. Ted holds a B.A. in International Relations from Cornell University and an M.A. in English from the University of Texas at Austin.
Jay Finney
Managing DirectorNew York
Jay Finney is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in M&A advisory. He has extensive experience advising domestic and multinational corporations, as well as private equity firms, on a broad range of complex public and private M&A transactions across a variety of industries, with a particular focus on industrial companies.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Jay was a Managing Director in the M&A Group at Credit Suisse and a member of the firm’s Investment Banking Advisory Committee. Jay holds a B.S. in Corporate Finance and Investment Management from the University of Alabama and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Eliot Freeston
Managing DirectorNew York
Eliot Freeston is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in M&A Advisory. Eliot has over 20 years of investment banking experience, executing public and private buyside, sellside, and special committee assignments across a broad range of industries. He has advised on over $50 billion of high-profile M&A transactions, with an emphasis on the hospitality and leisure sectors.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Eliot worked in the M&A Group at Centerview Partners and began his investment banking career with Scotia Capital in Toronto, Canada. Eliot holds an Honours B.A. from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
Antje Gänsler
Managing DirectorLondon
Antje Gänsler is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where she specializes in Capital Structure Advisory transactions in EMEA, with a focus on German-speaking regions. She has extensive experience advising debtors, creditors, and shareholders in capital structure and restructuring mandates.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Antje worked at Lazard, where she advised clients across EMEA on capital structure and restructuring situations. Prior to that, she worked at Gleacher Shacklock LLP, where she focused on complex restructurings, and was previously an investment director at a European family office. Antje started her career as a structured finance attorney at Linklaters LLP. She holds an M.B.A. (Diplom-Kaufmann) and a law degree from the University of Würzburg in Germany. She is admitted to the bar in Germany and the bar of England and Wales.
Manisha Girotra
Managing DirectorChief Executive Officer of Moelis IndiaMumbai
Manisha Girotra is Chief Executive Officer of Moelis India. She has more than 30 years of investment banking experience, with extensive cross-border M&A expertise across a broad range of industries.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Manisha served as CEO and Country Head of UBS in India, where she oversaw its investment bank, commercial bank, markets, equity research, and wealth management divisions. Before that, she was Head of North India at Barclays Bank after beginning her investment banking career at ANZ Grindlays in London. She has been named one of Fortune India’s “100 Most Powerful Women in Business” in 2025 and one of its “50 Most Powerful Women in Business“ in both 2014 and 2015. Additionally, Business Today has recognized Manisha as one of the “25 Most Powerful Women in Business in India” for the past six years.
Manisha holds a degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College and received a gold medal for her master’s degree from the Delhi School of Economics. She currently serves on the Global Board of Naspers and is a Board Member of Ashok Leyland and Mindspace Business Parks REIT.