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B. Riley Financial Announces CFO Transition
Scott Yessner to Assume Chief Financial Officer Role, Succeeding Phillip Ahn LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY)
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[{"type":"text","content":"Scott Yessner to Assume Chief Financial Officer Role, Succeeding Phillip Ahn\nLOS ANGELES, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) (\"B. Riley\" or the \"Company\"), a diversified financial services company, today announced that Scott Yessner has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective June 3, 2025. Mr. Yessner, who has served as a strategic advisor for B. Riley Financial for the past two months, will succeed Phillip Ahn, who is departing to pursue another opportunity.\n\nMr. Yessner brings to B. Riley significant experience and a proven track record as the Chief Financial Officer of public and private companies, with a particular focus on leading corporate transformations. He previously served as CFO of California Expanded Metal Products Company (CEMCO), where he helped the company improve EBITDA by $40 million over two years, which ultimately culminated in CEMCO's sale. Prior to that, he was the CFO of Universal Technical Institute where he oversaw a transformation that delivered $45 million improvement in EBITDA and during which time the company's stock price increased 250 percent. Earlier in his career, he served as a divisional Chief Financial Officer for several large diversified financial services companies, including Wells Fargo Advisors and MUFG Union Bank. \nBryant Riley, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of B. Riley Financial, commented: \"We are excited to welcome Scott as our next CFO and believe B. Riley will benefit from his background as both a finance executive and operator. Scott brings substantial experience as a public company CFO, having led successful business transformations and managed complex audits. We are confident he has the right skillset for B. Riley as we evolve our business and deliver value for our clients and shareholders.\"\nMr. Yessner said, \"B. Riley has tremendous talent and capital markets capabilities, successfully creating value for their clients and shareholders for decades. Working with the B. Riley team and Phil the past two months has been a great experience and should enable a seamless CFO transition. I'm very excited to join and partner with Bryant, Tom and the B. Riley leadership team to deliver great value and dynamic solutions to our valuable clients and drive shareholder value.\"\nMr. Riley added, \"Phil has been an instrumental memb...