Veteran I-Banking Exec Joins Legend Merchant Group (LMG).Brad McGowan, Plus New Associate, Build Leading Security-Sector Banking Team NEW YORK -- A former Jefferies & Co. Managing Director with significant defense and security experience has joined Legend Merchant Group's "Convergent Security Group" (CSG CSG - constructive solid geometry ), which is rapidly becoming one of the investment banking industry's largest and most experienced homeland security banking practices. Brad W. McGowan assumes the role of LMG LMG Light Machine Gun LMG Laurence M. Gould (Antarctic Research Support Vessel, USAP) LMG Local Marketing Group LMG Loaf's Merry Guild LMG Laboratory Molecular Genetics LMG Liquid Methane Gas Executive Vice President. He is responsible for business development, financial structuring, and marketing client transactions to institutional investors. Mr. McGowan has over 20 years of financial services and investment banking experience at firms such as Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System . While at Jefferies he worked closely with the bank's Quarterdeck security unit. Brad remains involved with New Jersey Institute of Technology campus projects in such areas as IT security and bio-defense. "Brad brings a proven reputation and extensive network of institutional contacts with interest in the rapidly developing security sector," said Gil Ottensoser, Vice Chairman of LMG. "By combining unique expertise in the security market with the power of our existing institutional relationships and sales force, we can help leading issuers and investors realize their objectives," he added. Mr. McGowan earned an Executive MBA in Finance at New York University's Stern Business School. His bachelor's degree in finance is from Lehigh University, where he serves as a member of the Alumni Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. . LMG also announced the addition of Pete Serra as an associate assigned to the CSG. Prior to joining LMG, Mr. Serra was a senior analyst with KeySpan Corporation, the Fortune 500 company, where he specialized in the financial modeling of complex acquisition, capital markets and expansion projects. Mr. Serra earned his bachelor's degree in Management and Finance from St. Francis College, Summa Cum Laude sum·ma cum lau·de adv. & adj. With the greatest honor. Used to express the highest academic distinction: graduated summa cum laude; a summa cum laude graduate. , and his MBA from Pace University, also with honors. "We now have eight professionals focused on the security market," said Scott Greiper, head of the CSG. "Few banks can match our dedicated resources for this market - and even fewer, if any, offer the practical industry expertise, connections and market intelligence we do," he added. About Legend Merchant Group (LMG) LMG is a diversified investment bank based in New York with offices in San Francisco and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. LMG is an NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). Broker-Dealer; SEC-Registered Investment Advisor; and member of the National Futures Association National Futures Association (NFA) The futures industry self-regulatory organization established in 1982. , NYSE Arca and SIPC (Simply Interactive PC) An earlier umbrella term from Microsoft and Intel for a PC that works like a home appliance. For example, it has a sealed case, uses external connectors for expansion and boots in just a couple of seconds. . http://www.legendmerchant.com |
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