Ryan Bernath

Ryan J. Bernath is a Senior Managing Director of Investment Banking at B. Riley Securities, a subsidiary of B. Riley Financial.1 He joined B. Riley in 2010 and has approximately 20 years of investment banking experience.1 Bernath specializes in executing mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance transactions for large-cap and middle market companies.1

At B. Riley, Bernath focuses on covering high-priority industry verticals such as Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Business Services, Electronics, and Electronics Manufacturing Services.1 He has led several significant transactions, including:

1. Serving as exclusive financial advisor to Kimball Electronics in the divestiture of its Automation, Test, and Measurement business.25
2. Leading the investment banking team advising Via Renewables, Inc. on its acquisition by a corporate entity owned by William Keith Maxwell III.4

Prior to joining B. Riley, Bernath held positions at other financial institutions:

• Senior Vice President in investment banking at Barclays Capital in Los Angeles6
• Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers6
• Started his investment banking career at Putnam Lovell Securities (now Jefferies Putnam Lovell) in New York6

Bernath's educational background includes:

• MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management6
• BS in Business Finance from USC, graduating magna cum laude6

It's worth noting that there is another Ryan Bernath with a similar name who works in education, but this is not the same person as the investment banker at B. Riley Securities.3