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Bret Lowry

MD & Head of Special Situations at Academy Securities

Mr. Lowry is the Head of Equity Capital Markets and leverages his in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry, having specialized as an M&A professional with over ten years of experience executing a variety of highly complex transactions. In this capacity, Mr. Lowry most recently worked as a Director in Investment Banking focusing on Consumer & Retail Mergers & Acquisitions at Financo. During that time, he executed both sell-side and buy-side M&A assignments. Prior to that, Mr. Lowry worked as an Investment Banking Vice President in Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions Group.

Before starting his financial services career, Mr. Lowry was a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy, where he completed two Persian Gulf deployments as Maritime Interdiction Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) Boarding Officer, Communications Officer, and Engineering Officer. During his service, Mr. Lowry was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation and Achievement Medals for leadership and mission accomplishment in United Nations sanctions enforcement and National Command Authority tasking.

Mr. Lowry is a US Naval Academy graduate and earned his MBA from the University of Southern California. He holds his FINRA Series 24, 63 and 79 licenses.

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