Industry Veteran Mike Moen Joins as Senior Managing Director to Expand Advisory and Capital Markets Coverage Across Global Metals & Mining
NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — B. Riley Securities, Inc., a leading full-service investment bank, today announced that Mike Moen has joined the firm as Senior Managing Director, Metals & Mining Investment Banking, based in New York.
Mr. Moen will provide strategic advisory, capital raising, and cross-border M&A services to corporates, financial sponsors, and institutional investors across the global metals, mining, and critical minerals sectors. His addition deepens the firm’s natural resources franchise as resource security, energy transition initiatives, and supply chain realignment reshape the sector.
“Mike combines deep sector relationships with a rare perspective spanning capital markets, natural resources, and national security,” said Andy Moore, CEO of B. Riley Securities. “His experience across public and private markets, together with his background in cross-border economic policy, will be a significant asset to our clients as we continue to expand our investment banking platform.”
“B. Riley Securities has built an agile, full-service platform well positioned to meet the evolving capital needs of the metals, mining, and critical minerals sectors,” said Mr. Moen. “Critical mineral supply chains, defense reshoring, and resource security are now central to global industrial policy, driving a new wave of strategic development. These projects require creative, flexible financing solutions, and I look forward to bringing the firm’s advisory and underwriting capabilities to our clients.”
Mr. Moen brings more than 30 years of experience across metals and mining, M&A advisory, equity and debt capital markets, and government advisory. He has advised corporates, financial sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, and pension funds on strategic M&A and investment opportunities across North America, Latin America, Africa, and Asia, spanning base metals, precious metals, and rare earth elements across upstream and midstream operations, including copper, nickel, cobalt, lead, zinc, iron ore, bauxite, tungsten, gold, and silver.
Prior to joining B. Riley Securities, Mr. Moen was Head of Metals & Mining at BTIG. Earlier in his career, he held positions at Goldman Sachs, CIBC World Markets, Citigroup and Cantor Fitzgerald. In 2008, he served as a Canadian Foreign Service Officer in New York, advising on U.S.-Canada economic development and national security and helping attract more than $5 billion of cross-border investment in critical minerals, energy, and infrastructure projects.
He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Columbia University, a Master’s degree in International Relations from New York University, an MBA from the International University of Monaco, and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
About B. Riley Securities, Inc.
B. Riley Securities, Inc. provides a full suite of investment banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial sponsors, and institutional investors across all industry verticals. Services include initial and follow-on offerings, debt and equity-linked solutions, institutional private placements, merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory, corporate restructuring, and liability management. Widely recognized for its thematic proprietary equity research, B. Riley Securities offers clients an extensive network, deep industry expertise, and proven execution capabilities through its end-to-end platform. For more information, visit www.brileysecurities.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
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