Louis Klevan Bio

LOUIS A. KLEVAN has over three decades of investment banking experience working with a wide variety of industries, including healthcare/pharma/digital health/consumer-med, financial services/fin tech, technology, consumer services, energy, clean-tech, and communications. His primary focus has been on private placements for both large companies and middle-market companies, although he has also completed M&A transactions. Starting his career at PAINEWEBBER, he rose to become a Managing Director in the Private Placement Group during his 10 years at the firm. Moving to SECURITY PACIFIC MERCHANT BANK to head their Private Placement Group, he became a Managing Director at BANKAMERICA after the acquisition of Security Pacific. After five years, Mr. Klevan joined DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE which became part of CREDIT SUISSE. He then became a Managing Director at BMO CAPITAL MARKETS for seven years, followed by a similar position at RIVER BRANCH HOLDINGS. In 2016 he joined VERSARI PRIVATE CAPITAL ADVISORY before joining Bentley in early 2024. Mr. Klevan earned his BA at UNIVERSITY of PITTSBURGH and his MBA at CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY.