B. Riley Names Yessner to Replace Ahn as Chief Financial Officer

B. Riley Financial Inc. named Scott Yessner, who has been serving as a strategic adviser for the past two months, to succeed Chief Financial Officer Phillip Ahn as the company grapples with overdue regulatory filings and probes.

Yessner will take over as CFO on June 3, the firm said in a statement Monday. Ahn is leaving “to pursue another opportunity,” according to the statement.

B. Riley earlier this month missed the deadline to file its quarterly results as soured investments mounted. It’s still working on its full-year report for 2024, the Los Angeles-based financial services firm told the US Securities ...