Press Releases
Release Date: November 8, 2007
Contact:
Travis Larson (703) 470-3193, tlarson@sifma.org
SIFMA Announces Board of Directors
Boca Raton, FL, November 8, 2007 – The following executives today were elected as directors of the board for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (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.
- Marc Breillout, Managing Director – Head of Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities (FICC), Societe Generale
- 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.
- Abigail Johnson, President, Fidelity Employer Services Company, Fidelity Investments
- William A. Johnstone, President and CEO, Davidson Companies
- Sallie Krawcheck, Chairman and CEO Citi Global Wealth Management,
- Thomas Montag, Managing Director, Global Co-Head, Securities Division, Goldman Sachs
- Michael Ryan, Head of Institutional Securities, Credit Suisse
- Neal Shear, Co-Head Institutional Sales and Trading, Global Head Fixed Income Division, Morgan Stanley
- Daniel Sontag, SVP – Head of Americas CRG, Merrill Lynch
- Thomas G. White, Chief Executive, MD, Head of Global Markets, Banc of America Securities LLC
Including the newly
elected members, the complete board roster is as follows:
Concluding terms as
directors in 2008
James Allen Hilliard, Lyons
Richard Brueckner Pershing, LLC
Deborah Castiglioni Cutter & Co.
Jerry del Missier Barclays Capital
Arthur Grant Cadaret, Grant
Chet Helck Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Noe Hinojosa Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc.
Marten Hoekstra UBS
Peter Madoff Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities
Blythe Masters JPMorgan Chase
Craig Overlander Bear Stearns
Suzanne Shank Siebert Brandford Shank
Concluding terms as
directors in 2009
Bernard Beal M.R. Beal & Co.
Shigesuki Kashiwagi Nomura Securities International
Alexandra Lebenthal Alexandra & James Co.
Jay Levine RBS Greenwich Capital
Bart McDade Lehman Brothers
Paul Purcell Robert W. Baird & Co.
John Taft RBC Dain Rauscher
James Weddle Edward Jones
Richard Weil PIMCO
Concluding terms as
directors in 2010
Samir Assaf HSBC Bank plc
Walter W. Bettinger II Charles Schwab & Co.
Marc Breillout Societe Generale
Kent Christian Wachovia Securities, LLC
G. Douglas Edwards Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
Michele Faissola Deutsche Bank AG
John R. Gidman Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
Abigail Johnson Fidelity Investments
William A. Johnstone Davidson Companies
Sallie Krawcheck Citi Global Wealth Management
Thomas Montag Goldman Sachs
Michael Ryan Credit Suisse
Neal Shear Morgan Stanley
Daniel Sontag Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Thomas G. White Banc of America Securities LLC
Board members work together to formulate policies and complete initiatives that have short- and long-term implications for firms, investors, and the financial marketplace. Member-firms voted for directors at the association’s annual meeting, which is being held in Boca Raton, FL, November 7-9.
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The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association brings together the shared interests of more than 650 securities firms, banks and asset managers. SIFMA's mission is to promote policies and practices that work to expand and perfect markets, foster the development of new products and services and create efficiencies for member firms, while preserving and enhancing the public's trust and confidence in the markets and the industry. SIFMA works to represent its members’ interests locally and globally. It has offices in New York, Washington D.C., and London and its associated firm, the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, is based in Hong Kong.