Ryan Allen is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, where he works with ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, foundations, and institutions. He provides targeted advice and bespoke strategies to help clients achieve their wealth management objectives, leveraging investment advice, trust and estate planning strategies, lending through Bank of America, and life/long-term care insurance.
Ryan has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry across private wealth management, investment banking, and commercial banking. He has advised private clients on wealth management strategies, middle market business owners on sell-side M&A transactions, and worked with large private equity groups on LBO financing, recapitalizations, and refinancing transactions. His professional background includes roles at Bank of America, Dinan Capital Advisors, Credit Suisse, and Morgan Stanley.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Yale University, where he was also a member of the football team, and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Ryan lives in Thousand Oaks, California with his wife, Lauren, and their two children. In his free time, he enjoys golfing, exercising, and coaching his children's sports teams.