Dresner Partners announced today that Michelle Moreno has joined the firm as a managing director. “Michelle has built a solid reputation in the investment banking industry,” said Steven Dresner, president of Dresner Partners. “She will be instrumental in expanding our business services offering.”
Ms. Moreno has over 25 years of investment banking experience in a range of industries, including Customer Care and Call Centers, Education, Healthcare and Behavioral Health, Human Capital Management, Marketing Services, and Prison Management. She has advised on more than 30 transactions ranging from $6 million to $2.3 billion, including mergers, acquisitions, private and public equity and debt issuances, recapitalizations, and strategic alliances. Most recently, Ms. Moreno was the head of business services investment banking at First Analysis. She has focused on advising clients in strategic and financial matters within the Outsourced Business Services and related technologies sector. Previous to First Analysis, she held positions with CIBC World Markets and Union Bank of Switzerland.
“Dresner Partners is a high-quality, client-focused firm. Its core principals of integrity and pursuit of excellence mirror my own. I look forward to tapping into my past deal experience to help fuel the firm’s growth. I feel Dresner Partners is a great fit for me and my passion for driving value for clients in mergers and acquisitions and financings,” said Ms. Moreno.
Ms. Moreno holds a MBA from California State University and a BA in Economics and French from the University of Illinois. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Chicago.
Dresner Partners is a middle-market investment bank headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York, Connecticut and Los Angeles. Founded in 1991, Dresner Partners provides financial advisory services to business owners and managers, including institutional private placements of debt and equity, merger and acquisitions, valuations and strategic consulting services. Sectors of interest include consumer, food, healthcare, technology, education, financial services and industrials (www.dresnerpartners.com).
