Mr. Gelber is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Services Group, focusing on wealth management as well as insurance distribution and services. He has more than three decades of investment banking experience, covering companies in a range of industries across financial services and technology, and has worked with financial sponsors focused on wealth management and RIAs investing, in addition to other sectors. Mr. Gelber is based in the firm’s Atlanta office.
Previously, Mr. Gelber was Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage at Waller Helms Advisors, which was acquired by Houlihan Lokey in 2024. While there, he worked closely with its team of bankers focused on insurance, wealth, healthcare, and technology. Before that, Mr. Gelber was Head of Insurance Investment Banking at Truist Securities, where he led the firm’s efforts in covering insurance distribution, services, carriers, and technology. Earlier, he worked at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, where he held a variety of roles, including Head of Financial Services & Technology Investment Banking, Head of Corporate Banking, and Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage. While there, Mr. Gelber developed sector coverage for insurance, specialty finance, financial technology, and enterprise software. He started his career at Credit Suisse First Boston as part of its Media, Telecommunications, and Transportation Group in New York and the Australasian investment banking team based in Sydney.
Mr. Gelber holds a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Virginia.