The following executives have been elected as directors of the board of SIFMA.
Directors elected for three-year terms concluding in 2010:
- Samir Assaf, Deputy Head of Global Markets, Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets, HSBC Bank plc
- Walter W. Bettinger II, President and COO, Charles Schwab & Co.
- Kent Christian, Managing Director and President, IBG Independent Brokerage Group, Wachovia Securities, LLC
- G. Douglas Edwards, President and Chief Executive Officer, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
- Michele Faissola, Managing Director, Global Head of Rates, Deutsche Bank AG
- John R. Gidman, Executive Vice President and Director, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
- David B. Heller, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Abigail Johnson, President, Fidelity Investments
- William A. Johnstone, President and CEO, Davidson Companies
- Olivier Khayat, Global Head of Fixed Income Currencies and Commodities, Société Générale
- Sallie Krawcheck, Chairman and CEO Citi Global Wealth Management
- Ellyn McColgan, President/COO of GWMG, Morgan Stanley
- Daniel Sontag, SVP – Head of Americas Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch
- Thomas G. White, Chief Executive, MD, Head of Global Markets, Banc of America Securities LLC
Directors elected for two-year terms concluding in 2009:
- Bernard B. Beal, CEO, M.R. Beal & Co.
- Symon Drake-Brockman, CEO and President, RBS Greenwich Capital
- Shigesuki Kashiwagi, President and CEO, Nomura Holding America Inc.
- Alexandra Lebenthal, President & CEO, Alexandra & James Co.
- Bart McDade, Global Head of Equities, Lehman Brothers Inc.
- Paul Purcell, President & CEO, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
- John Taft, President & CEO, RBC Dain Rauscher
- James Weddle, Managing Partner, Edward Jones
- Richard Weil, COO and Managing Director, PIMCO
Directors elected for one-year terms concluding in 2008:
- James Allen, Chairman & CEO, Hilliard Lyons
- Richard Brueckner, CEO, Pershing, LLC
- Deborah Castiglioni, CEO & Chief Compliance Officer, Cutter & Company Brokerage, Inc.
- Jerry del Missier, Co-President, Barclays Capital
- Arthur Grant, President, Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc
- Chet Helck, President & COO, Raymond James Financial, Inc.
- Noe Hinojosa Jr., President & CEO, Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc.
- Marten Hoekstra, Head of Wealth Management Americas, UBS
- Peter Madoff, Senior Managing Director, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC
- Blythe Masters, Head of Global Commodities, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Craig Overlander, Senior Managing Director & Co-Head of Global Fixed Income, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.
- Suzanne Shank, President & CEO, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., LLC
2008 Chairman and officers of the board of directors include:
- Chairman: Blythe Masters, Head of Global Commodities, JPMorgan Chase
- Chair-Elect: G. Douglas Edwards, President and CEO of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
- Vice Chairs: Bernard B. Beal, CEO of M.R. Beal & Company
- Treasurer: John R. Gidman, Executive Vice President and Director of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
- President & CEO: T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
- Secretary: Ira Hammerman, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
