Rita Keskinyan serves as the Managing Director and Head of US Consumer Investment Banking at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., a position held since June 2017. Prior to this role, Rita was a Managing Director at Rabo Securities from January 2000 to May 2017, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. Earlier experience includes managing securitization at BT Securities from 1991 to 1999 and serving as Senior Vice President at Bankers Trust, focusing on asset-based lending and leveraged finance from 1984 to 1999. Rita holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor's degree in German Studies and Psychology from Wellesley College.