Bio

Mr. Iannini has over 25 years of investment banking/financial experience. He has held senior positions at Salomon Brothers, Schroder Wertheim, Barrington Associates, a division of Wells Fargo Securities and Greif & Co. During his career, Mr. Iannini has executed over 200 transactions for both large capitalization public companies such as Avon Products, Xerox, Eastman Kodak, Toys R Us, Hilton Hotels and Textron as well as for small and medium-size entrepreneurial and private businesses. In 2013 the Los Angeles Business Journal named Mr. Iannini as one of the most influential M&A advisors who has advised on some of the biggest, most challenging and important transactions in the region. Mr. Iannini has been quoted and interviewed many times in various publications regarding his expertise in mergers and acquisitions. Such publications include The Deal, Variety, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Business Journal. In terms of mergers and acquisitions, Mr. Iannini has worked on both domestic and cross-border transactions including the sale/restructuring of Security Pacific Asia Bank Ltd. for Bank of America, the sale of Avon's Direct Response Division, Textron's acquisition of Cessna and the sale of the Petrie stake in Toys R Us; among many others. He has expertise in completing transactions in a variety of industries including consumer products, aerospace/defense, consumer services, manufacturing, distribution, technology, business services, retail, hospitality, healthcare and financial services. Middle-market transactions completed by Mr. Iannini include the sale/recapitalization of Intercontinental Art to Madison Dearborn, the sale/recapitalization of KBell Socks to Compass Equity, the sale of Arrow Paper and Food to U.S Foodservice, the sale of Entertainment Data to AC Nielsen, the acquisition of Bushman's of Australia by Channell Commercial Corporation, the acquisitions of RMS Electronics, Standby-Electronics (Canada) and A.C. Egerton Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) by Channell Commercial Corporation as well as the acquisitions of Meridian Technology and Carbon Copy Ltd. by Microcom; among many others. In terms of financing, Mr. Iannini has worked on transactions, which have raised over $5 billion of public and private common equity, preferred equity, senior debt and subordinated debt. Mr. Iannini also has significant experience from the "client" side of transactions. He was treasurer and vice president of corporate development at Viad Corp (NYSE:VVI), a $3 billion conglomerate, and directed a team of investment bankers from Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers in the $1.8-billion spin-off of MoneyGram. At Viad, he was the Chairman of the Investment and Acquisition Committees. His treasury duties included the management of the Company's $7 billion securities portfolio, pension plan, working capital/cash management in addition to his responsibilities for the Company's capital markets activities including the commercial paper program, medium term note program and the successful completion of a new $425 million revolving credit facility with a syndicate of fifteen major domestic and international banks. In addition, he served on the Board of Directors of Channell Commercial Corp (NASDAQ: CHNL) where he was a member of both the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Mr. Iannini has also served as an adjunct professor of accounting at UCLA. He has spoken at various industry and trade show events such as the Association for Corporate Growth and American Electronics Association. Prior to his career executing strategic transactions, Mr. Iannini was a senior accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co. where he earned his CPA accreditation. He has a BS in Accounting, Magna Cum Laude, from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College as well as an MBA, Summa Cum Laude, from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. Mr. Iannini is an avid college football fan and in particular all sports relating to Boston College. He is a member of the California Yacht Club, Pacific Palisades YMCA, Los Angeles World Affairs Council and served on the Loyola Marymount President’s Council.