Moelis & Company Announces the Appointment of Brian Callaci as a Managing Director Providing Financial and Strategic Advice to Food, Beverage and Consumer Sector Clients

New York, May 05, 2014

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Brian Callaci as a Managing Director providing financial and strategic advice to food, beverage and consumer sector clients in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Callaci will join the Firm in July and will be based in Chicago.

With more than 23 years of investment banking experience, Mr. Callaci joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he was most recently Co-Head of the Consumer Investment Banking Group. Prior to his 17-year career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mr. Callaci worked at Salomon Brothers Inc.

Rick Leaman, Managing Partner of Moelis & Company, said, “We are very excited to have Brian join us as we expect to see significant transaction activity on a number of fronts. Consumer goods companies are seeking incremental growth via acquisitions, private equity firms continue to be highly engaged in finding more opportunities to deploy capital within the broadly defined consumer sector, and shareholder activism remains a potent force to agitate for change and challenge management teams.”

Mr. Leaman added, “Over the course of his career, Brian has advised a number of the most important clients in the sector on critical strategic matters. His depth of relationships and experience means that our clients will benefit significantly from his wealth of knowledge and strategic advice.”

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Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves it clients with nearly 500 employees based in 15 offices in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com.