Intrepid Investment Bankers announced it hired Dominic Rispoli as Managing Director and Head of Lifestyle Brands. Dominic will be based in Intrepid’s New York office.
Dominic brings over 30 years of experience, having successfully completed numerous M&A and capital raising transactions for founder-owned businesses, private equity portfolio companies, and public companies across a wide range of consumer sectors. Most recently, he was a Managing Director, Senior Advisor, & Head of Retail at Lincoln International for nine years, providing M&A and capital advisory services to private founder-owned and sponsor-owned consumer companies. Prior to that, Dominic held several senior level leadership roles, including four years as Head of Consumer & Retail and Managing Director in Canaccord Genuity’s Investment Banking Division and 15 years at Lehman Brothers in the Global Consumer and Retail Group.
“I am thrilled to join Intrepid, which has a long heritage of excellence in delivering M&A and capital raising solutions for middle market consumer companies. I could not be more excited to lead the Lifestyle Brands practice and continue building on Intrepid’s track record of delivering exceptional outcomes to premium and luxury consumer brands, omni-channel brands, digitally native brands, experiential retail formats, and consumer services businesses,” Dominic said.
“Lifestyle Brands is a cornerstone practice for Intrepid. With the leadership of a seasoned investment banker of Dominic’s caliber, we will accelerate the growth of our consumer practice advising leading brands and retailers with differentiated business models serving a wide range of end-markets. Dominic has represented many iconic brands in high-growth lifestyle categories such as experiential retail and consumer services,” said Ed Bagdasarian, Chief Executive Officer of Intrepid.