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SIFMA Announces Board Of Directors

Date 09/11/2007

The following executives yesterday 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
  • Douglas G. 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 J.P. Morgan 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

Douglas G. 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.