Stifel Financial Corp. Elects Thom Weisel and Three Independent Members to Its Board of Directors
09 Août 2010 - 2:00PM
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Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a full-service brokerage and
investment banking firm, today announced the election of four new
members to its Board of Directors effective August 3, 2010.
In connection with the merger between Stifel and Thomas Weisel
Partners Group, Inc. ("TWPG"), Thomas W. Weisel, the former
Chairman and CEO of TWPG, was elected Co-Chairman of the Stifel
Board. In addition, three of TWPG's former independent directors,
Michael W. Brown, Robert E. Grady, and Alton F. Irby III, were also
elected to join the Stifel Board. With the addition of these new
members, Stifel's total number of board members increases to 19, of
which 11 are independent.
"We welcome Thom, Mike, Bob, and Alton, four industry-leading
professionals in their respective fields, to our board. Each
individual's unique industry insight and background will be
extremely valuable to our board as Stifel continues to chart its
growth in a changing competitive and regulatory environment,"
stated Ronald J. Kruszewski, Co-Chairman, President, and CEO of
Stifel Financial Corp.
Mr. Weisel served as Chairman and CEO of Thomas Weisel Partners
Group, Inc., a firm he founded, from 1998 to June 2010. Prior to
founding Thomas Weisel Partners, from 1978 until September 1998,
Mr. Weisel was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Montgomery
Securities, an investment banking and financial services firm. Mr.
Weisel served as a Board Member of the Stanford Endowment from 2001
to 2009 and as an Advisory Board Member of Harvard Business School
from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Weisel served as a director on the NASDAQ
Stock Market board of directors from 2002 to 2006.
Mr. Brown was an officer of Microsoft Corporation from December
1989 through July 1997, serving as Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer from August 1994 to July 1997, and in various
positions before that as Vice President - Finance and Treasurer.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Brown spent 18 years with Deloitte
& Touche LLP in various positions. Mr. Brown is also a director
of EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), and
Administaff, Inc. (NYSE: ASF), in addition to several private
companies. Mr. Brown served as a director of TWPG from February
2007 to June 2010. Mr. Brown is a past Chairman of the NASDAQ Stock
Market board of directors and a past governor of the National
Association of Securities Dealers.
Mr. Grady is currently a partner and managing director at
Cheyenne Capital Fund, a private equity investment firm. Prior to
joining Cheyenne Capital Fund, from 2000 through 2009, Mr. Grady
served as a partner at The Carlyle Group, one of the world's
largest private equity firms, where he was Chairman and Managing
Partner of Carlyle Venture Partners, the firm's U.S. venture and
growth capital organization. Mr. Grady joined Carlyle in 2000 as
global head of Venture Capital and served as a Member of Carlyle's
Management Committee. Mr. Grady served as Chairman of the National
Venture Capital Association's Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007,
having joined the board in 2002. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr.
Grady was a Managing Director and member of the Management
Committee at Robertson Stephens & Company, an emerging growth
investment bank. Mr. Grady previously served in the White House as
Deputy Assistant to President George H.W. Bush and as Executive
Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Mr. Grady also served for a decade on the faculty of the Stanford
Graduate School of Business where he taught courses on
environmental policy and regulation. Mr. Grady is also a director
of Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) and several
privately-held companies. He is currently Chairman of the New
Jersey Council of Economic Advisors and a member of the New Jersey
State Investment Council. Mr. Grady served as a director of TWPG
from September 2009 to June 2010, as a former Chairman and director
of AuthenTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTH), and as a former director of
Blackboard, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB).
Mr. Irby is a founding partner of London Bay Capital LLC, a
privately-held investment firm founded in May 2006, and was a
founding partner of Tricorn Partners LLP, a privately-held
investment bank from May 2003 to May 2006. Prior to founding
Tricorn Partners, Mr. Irby was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of HawkPoint Partners, formerly known as National Westminster
Global Corporate Advisory, and was a founding partner of Hambro
Magan Irby Holdings. He is the chairman of ContentFilm (AIM: CFL)
and a director of McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) and of one of
McKesson Corporation's U.K. subsidiaries, in addition to several
other privately-held firms. Mr. Irby served as a director of TWPG
from February 2008 to June 2010. Throughout Mr. Irby's career, he
has spent 25 years in investment banking in London.
Company Information Stifel Financial Corp.
(NYSE: SF) is a financial services holding company headquartered in
St. Louis, Missouri, that conducts its banking, securities and
financial services business through several wholly-owned
subsidiaries. Stifel clients are primarily served in the U.S.
through 310 offices in 43 states, and the District of Columbia
through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Thomas
Weisel Partners LLC, and in two Canadian provinces through Stifel
Nicolaus Canada Inc. Clients in the United Kingdom and Europe are
served through offices of Stifel Nicolaus Limited and Thomas Weisel
Partners International Limited. Each of the broker-dealer
affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment banking,
trading, investment advisory, commercial and retail banking and
related financial services to individual investors, professional
money managers, businesses, and municipalities. Stifel Bank &
Trust offers a full range of consumer and commercial lending
solutions. To learn more about Stifel, please visit our company's
web site at www.stifel.com.
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may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements in this press
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actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such
forward-looking statements include, among other things, the
following possibilities: the ability to successfully integrate
acquired companies or the branch offices and financial advisors; a
material adverse change in the financial condition; the risk of
borrower, depositor and other customer attrition; a change in
general business and economic conditions; changes in the interest
rate environment, deposit flows, loan demand, real estate values,
and competition; changes in accounting principles, policies or
guidelines; changes in legislation and regulation; other economic,
competitive, governmental, regulatory, geopolitical, and
technological factors affecting the companies' operations, pricing,
and services; and other risk factors referred to from time to time
in filings made by Stifel Financial Corp. with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as to
the date they are made. Stifel Financial Corp. disclaims any intent
or obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect
circumstances or events that occur after the date the
forward-looking statements are made.
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