May 24, 2011
W. G. Nielsen & Co. is pleased to announce that LoAn T. Vo has joined the Company as an Investment Banker. W.G. Nielsen & Co., the Rocky Mountain region's largest independently owned investment banking firm, specializes in negotiating mergers and acquisitions and small-cap public companies. Ms. Vo brings an extensive background in financial and entrepreneurial experiences.
Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Vo was Vice President at LJS Capital LLC, an investment banking firm located in Boulder, CO. She worked with Oil and Gas clients on capital raises and M&A transactions.
Preceding LJS Capital, Ms. Vo gained expertise in financial services at both Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney as a Financial Advisor. She provided investment management to high net worth investors, both corporate and private clients, by establishing and implementing portfolio risk management, alternative investments and concentrated risk management.
Ms. Vo has worked with a variety entrepreneurial start-up companies. Her work includes real estate acquisitions, licensing, contract negotiations and marketing.
Ms. Vo received a BS in Biology from the University of Denver and an MBA from the Daniels College of Business at DU. She holds multiple securities licenses.
Involved in many areas of Denver's philanthropic community, Ms. Vo's charitable work includes serving on the Board of Directors for Colorado's I Have a Dream Foundation and Havana Nights for the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center. Ms. Vo is also a graduate of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Denver Class of 2010.