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A&D Programs: November 2, 2022
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R. John Stack

Senior Managing Director, Aerospace & Defense Investment Banking
B. Riley Securities


Profile

Based in New York, Stack brings extensive experience in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private capital raising, and serves as a trusted advisor to A&D industry executives, business owners and investors.

Prior to joining B. Riley Securities, Stack led Canaccord Genuity’s aerospace and defense investment banking practice with 30 years’ global experience working with publicly-traded and privately-held companies.

During his career, he has worked across the aerospace and defense value chain, helping clients with growth, acquisitions and company sales. Given his strong industry knowledge, strategic and operational perspectives, vast global network of executives, business owners and investors, and extensive transaction experience, he is a respected and trusted advisor to company owners and leadership teams.

Stack is especially active with defense technology, autonomy and unmanned systems, and space companies, among others. Prior to investment banking, he was VP, Strategy & Business Development and part of the senior leadership team at Cessna Aircraft Company, where he led the Columbia Aircraft acquisition, and Director, Strategy Development & International at Textron, and helped reshape the company’s business portfolio. During his career, he has led teams in more than 15 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and lived in Switzerland for more than four years.

Stack graduated from Bryant University with a BS in Finance and Accounting and earned an MBA from Fordham University. He is a commercial pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings and also holds a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) Remote Pilot part 107 license.

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