
Alysa Craig
Managing Director, Head of SPAC Banking
New York
craiga@stifel.com | (212) 271-3453 | v-Card
Alysa Craig brings over 25 years of investment banking experience. Since joining Stifel in 2014, she has served as a senior officer in both the firm’s M&A Group and Equity Capital Markets. She currently leads Stifel’s Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) practice, with a focus on capital markets advisory and post-deSPAC public M&A transactions.
Alysa has a track record of executing over $100bn of M&A, capital markets and lending transactions across a broad range of industries and geographies. Previously, she worked at Credit Suisse, Rothschild, Deutsche Bank and Tegris.
Alysa was recognized as the top female investment banker in North America by MergerLinks in both 2023 and 2024. She was also named one of the Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A by Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine in 2020, and received the 40 Under 40 M&A Advisor Recognition Award in 2011.
Alysa received an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.