Heiko Ihle joined H.C. Wainwright in March 2014 as a managing director for equity research, covering companies in the mining industry. Prior to joining H.C. Wainwright, Ihle spent 2.5 years at Euro Pacific Capital as a senior research analyst covering the mining industry. In addition, he spent over six years working on equity research with Gabelli & Company in Rye, NY. While at Gabelli, he was awarded second place in the 2010 Financial Times / StarMine Top Analyst Awards for the Engineering & Construction space. Prior to his time with Gabelli, he completed summer internships with Deutsche Bank on the foreign exchange trading desk in New York and in fixed income sales in Frankfurt. A native of Germany, Ihle received his Bachelor in Finance and Management from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2004 and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami in 2006. He has been a CFA Charterholder since 2010 and is currently a member of the CFA Institute and the Stamford CFA Society. He holds FINRA 7, 24, 63, 86 and 87 registrations.