Bio

Ben is a Managing Director on B. Riley’s Healthcare & Life Sciences team. Mr. Matz is an investment banking expert specializing in healthcare with 15 years of experience executing and advising organizations through mergers and acquisitions, growth equity recapitalizations, and restructuring and reorganizations. Mr. Matz has advised healthcare and healthcare services organizations in behavioral health, managed care, payor services, pharmaceutical services, physician practice management, and telemedicine in transactions across the healthcare continuum. He has also served as a lead investment banker and financial adviser for stressed organizations exploring capital raising alternatives, pursuing recapitalization, and undertaking corporate organization. Mr. Matz has advised on and executed transactions exceeding $50 billion of economic value. Prior to joining B. Riley, Mr. Matz was a Managing Director at Huron Transaction Advisory LLC, an investment bank within Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), where he worked on numerous M&A, capital advisory, capital raising, and financial restructuring engagements across a multitude of industries. Previously, he was a Director at Conway MacKenzie Capital Advisors, a boutique investment bank and affiliate of Conway MacKenzie, and an Executive Director in Rabobank International’s Special Asset Management Team. At Rabobank, he managed a distressed asset portfolio of credit and equity exposure. Mr. Matz was also involved in numerous financial advisory engagements across the capital structure while at Mesirow Financial.