Ralph Rocco is a Partner and Senior Investment Manager at Gabelli and leads the Investment Manager’s merger investment team. Ralph has extensive merger investing experience that spans three decades. He specializes in all aspects of complex global merger transactions. Ralph has worked directly for Mario Gabelli in merger research since 1993. He holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University

Willis Brucker is a portfolio manager and global merger analyst with a specialization in complex North American merger transactions. Mr. Brucker has worked with Ralph Rocco since 2004 analyzing merger transactions. Mr. Brucker is a graduate of Boston College with a BS in Finance and Accounting.

Mr. Joseph rejoined GAMCO Investors, Inc. on May 1, 2018, after serving as a data strategy consultant for Alt/S, an early-stage media and marketing analytics firm, beginning in July 2017. From 2008 until June 2017, Mr. Joseph Gabelli served as an equity research analyst covering the global food and beverage industry for GAMCO Investors, Inc. and its affiliate, Associated Capital Group. He began his investment career at Integrity Capital Management, a Boston-based equity hedge fund, where he focused on researching small and micro-cap companies in the technology, healthcare and consumer discretionary sectors. Mr. Gabelli holds a B.A. from Boston College, and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, where he graduated with Dean’s Honors and Distinction.

Paolo Vicinelli is a Senior Investment Manager and analyst of various portfolios managed by the Gabelli organization. Mr. Vicinelli has over 25 years of investment experience focusing on global special situations and complex merger transactions. He also has extensive knowledge in risk management, securities trading and operations across the structures overseen by Gabelli. Mr. Vicinelli is co-author of "Deals…Deals...and More Deals", a detailed narrative dedicated to M&A first published by Gabelli University Press in 1999. Mr. Vicinelli graduated from Colgate University in 1991, with a BA in History, and received his MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School in 1999.