Jon Marinelli

Jon is a Managing Director and Head of BMO Capital Markets SPAC Advisory and Monetization Solutions.  Before starting this team in 2021, Jon was head of the U.S. Energy Investment Banking practice. Jon joined BMO Capital Markets in 2008. Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets, he spent nearly ten years with Deutsche Bank in its Natural Resources and Energy groups.  Jon is a seasoned Investment Banker with extensive advisory and capital raising origination and execution expertise.  He has worked on more than $275 billion of advisory and financing transactions including mergers and acquisitions, A&D, public and private equity, equity-linked, high yield and investment grade bonds, senior debt, structured finance and commodities.

Jon has a Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis from Miami University and an MBA from Rice University’s Jessie H. Jones Graduate School of Management.

Jon is passionate about education and health related charities and serves on the Advisory Board for Rice University’s Jessie H. Jones Graduate School of Management, formally served on the Board of the Small Steps Nurturing Center and is involved in brain disease and cancer charities.