Ira Smelkinson

Ira Smelkinson joined Loop Capital Markets in June 2022 as a Managing Director in the Investment Banking/Public Finance Division in New York to lead the firm’s national transportation business. Ira has over 35 years of Wall Street investment banking experience. He joined Loop Capital Markets from Morgan Stanley where he worked for 23 years, most recently heading that firm’s municipal transportation practice. He started his investment banking career at Merrill Lynch. During his career he has been involved in over $40 billion of bond financing to develop transportation infrastructure throughout the United States. Additionally, he has served as both sell side and buy side advisor in connection with P3 transactions for transportation assets. Ira earned a B.S. with honors in Accounting from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Prior to working in investment banking, he served as a senior tax accountant at an international accounting firm.