By Saeed Azhar and Pritam Biswas
July 13 (Reuters) - Bank of America said on Monday it has hired nine senior bankers across the United States to expand its regional investment banking footprint, as the lender looks to capture growing demand from middle-market companies.
The latest additions — based in Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and West Palm Beach — build on a team of more than 200 bankers across 26 cities dedicated to serving middle-market clients.
"Middle market companies play a vital role in driving business and economic growth across the U.S., and we continue to see significant opportunity to help these businesses grow, invest and achieve their objectives," said Mike Joo, co-head of BofA's Global Investment Banking.
The business also retained its top investment banking ranking among global commercial banking clients for the third consecutive year, while growing its market share year over year, BofA said.
Here are the bankers who will join the team:
- Bob Berry will join as a managing director based in Boston in late July. He joins from Rothschild.
- Matt Dalton will join as a managing director based in Minneapolis in early August, covering the Midwest region. He joins from Lazard.
- Rick Florjancic will join as a managing director based in Chicago in mid-September, where he will lead the Chicago office and help expand senior leadership coverage across the broader Midwest region. He joins from BMO Capital Markets.
- Ian Mackay will join as a managing director based in Charlotte in mid-August, strengthening the middle-market financial sponsors practice across the Southeast region and nationally. He joins from BlackArch Partners.
- Joe Park recently joined as a managing director based in Detroit, focusing on expanding client coverage across the Midwest region. He previously served as president and chief financial officer of Princeton NuEnergy and held executive positions within SK Group.
- Mitch Theiss recently rejoined as a vice chair based in West Palm Beach, helping expand coverage of Florida-based middle-market clients and family businesses while providing senior support on key relationships. Most recently, he was a partner at Seabrook Partners.
- Daniel Webb recently rejoined as a managing director based in Austin to expand coverage across Texas and the broader Southwest region. Daniel brings more than 15 years of investment banking experience and deep technology-sector expertise.
- Joe Winters will join as a managing director based in San Francisco in early August. He joins from JPMorgan.
- Bo Brown recently joined as a managing director based in New York, strengthening advisory capabilities across financial sponsors, industrial and middle-market clients. He joined from BMO Capital Markets.
(Reporting by Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru and Saeed Azhar in New York; Editing by Vijay Kishore)
