Robert Woolway has been a successful investment banker for more than 30 years and has executed a wide variety of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and financing transactions. Based on his deep experience, Woolway offers middle-market clients a unique combination of larger investment bank sophistication and boutique-style service and responsiveness. Woolway leads the food and restaurant practice at B. Riley Securities. Before joining B. Riley Securities in 2016, Woolway was a Managing Director of Trinity Capital where he focused on the food, beverage, and restaurant industries. Previously, he was a senior investment banker at J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch & Co., and Salomon Brothers. Woolway graduated from Harvard University with honors in economics and received an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.