Ryan Muneio
Vice President
Ryan Muneio serves as PMCF Investment Banking’s Vice President of Business Development, managing the firm’s business development efforts and financial sponsor coverage. The primary focus centers on initiatives involving private equity firms, while also supporting business development for PMCF’s various industry verticals. Ryan brings extensive expertise across private equity, manufacturing, distribution, plastics, packaging, and the food and beverage industries.
With more than 13 years of experience at Plante Moran as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Ryan’s expertise encompasses the manufacturing, distribution, private equity, plastics, packaging, and food & beverage industries. He holds both a BA and an MS degree in accounting from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.
Publications
Transportation & Logistics M&A Pulse – Q4 2025
U.S. M&A activity in the Transportation and Logistics (“T&L”) sector declined sharply in 2025, totaling 121 transactions, down 28% from 168 transactions in 2024. Strategic buyers largely paused acquisition activity amid an exceptionally fluid policy environment, including heightened trade uncertainty.
Industrial Manufacturing M&A Pulse – Q4 2025
Q4 2025 – QUARTERLY M&A MARKET RECAP U.S. Industrial Manufacturing M&A activity stabilized in Q4 2025, with 81 announced transactions. While Q4 deal volume declined 22.1% year over year, this represented an improvement from Q3 2025’s 77 announced transactions. Compared to Q1 2025, Q4 activity increased 14.1%, signaling a gradual recovery toward more normalized deal…
Distribution M&A Pulse – Q4 2025
Q4 2025 reflected lower transaction volumes alongside sustained strategic engagement. Global distribution M&A activity declined 36% year over year during the quarter, with U.S. volumes exhibiting a similar contraction.
Packaging M&A Update – January 2026
Global packaging M&A maintained steady volume to open 2026 with 30 deals in January, which was in-line with historical levels for January but below the record 45 transactions announced in January 2025.
Plastics M&A Update – January 2026
52 global plastics M&A transactions were recorded in January 2026, which represented one of the most active months for plastics M&A since PMCF began tracking the sector.