Matthew Dowley

Matt Dowley is a managing director at Piper Sandler on the high-yield and specialty finance team. In this role, he focuses on money managers, hedge funds and mutual funds in the high-yield and structured products sectors. Dowley has a passion and successful history of raising capital for new projects focusing on solid waste, recycling and renewable energy. Additionally, he has demonstrated expertise in higher education, land secured, senior housing, charter schools and tax increment finance.

After over 23 years of working at Piper Sandler previously, Dowley rejoined the firm in 2016. He spent two years with William Blair, where he focused on building out their high-yield platform, and two years with EJ De La Rosa, where he traded and sold distressed land secured debt, primarily in California.

Dowley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and history from UC Berkeley in 1983. He has served on the finance committee for the Oakland Diocese and is a former board member for the San Diego Boys and Girls Club.