Daniel Ripp
President
For over two decades, Mr. Ripp has steered Bradley Woods & Co., growing it from a research-based practice into a boutique investment banking service firm. Initially, Mr. Ripp focused on the investment implications of US federal government policy and geopolitics, with expertise in the energy sector. In 2004, he took the helm and redefined the firm’s client purview to include investment managers, corporate clients, and other professionals with a financial stake in the nation’s policy outcomes. That same year, he established Bradley Woods's Investment Banking Group, which has anchored the firm ever since.
Prior to joining Bradley Woods, Mr. Ripp was CEO of H.C. Wainwright, a 140-year old investment bank headquartered in New York. He was also a management consultant to various firms, and a member of A.T. Kearney’s Financial Institutions Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ripp was a foreign exchange and derivatives sales trader for Morgan Stanley and Sumitomo Bank.
Mr. Ripp is a seasoned speaker and media commentator on policy and the capital markets. He is a former trustee of the Congressional Effect Funds, and former co-chair of Harvard College’s New York Schools Committee. Mr. Ripp proudly holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, and an AB in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College.
Brian Yee
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Yee has nearly two decades of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to becoming Bradley Woods' COO, Mr. Yee specialized in the energy sector, managing teams focused on renewable energy, oil and gas, energy infrastructure, and electric utilities. He has advised institutional investors, companies, and other industry stakeholders on the financial impacts and risks related to changes in the economy, capital markets, and regulatory environment.
Mr. Yee has a BA in Political Science from the University of Southern California, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with departmental and university honors. He received his MPhil in International Studies with a concentration in international economics and law from the University of Cambridge. His dissertation at Cambridge focused on the economic consequences of ideologically-driven decisions in the Soviet Union during the Stalin era.
Mr. Yee also holds Series 24, 79, and 82 licenses.