Richard Fareed NeJame

Mr. NeJame joined Gleacher & Co. Securities on its June 2010 formation, the merger that took place between Broadpoint.Amtech Equity Capital Markets and Broadpoint.Gleacher Securities.
Prior to that, he was a founding member of the Restructuring Advisory Group at Lazard Freres & Co., where he worked for over 8 years.
Before joining Lazard in 1999, he was a Director at Alex, Brown & Sons, in that firm'restructuring advisory group.
Most recently, he was a Managing Director in Imperial Capital’s Investment Banking Division focusing on leveraged finance and restructuring advisory transactions.
Mr. NeJame began his banking career as an associate in the Corporate Finance Division at Kidder Peabody & Co. His experience comprises a broad range of strategic advisory assignments, including M&A and specialized corporate finance, including assignments on behalf of Safety Kleen, Reliant Energy, Oglebay Norton, Movie Gallery, Vlasic Foods, Eurofresh and SpectraSite Communications.
He also acted as a derivatives market advisor at the Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange (SOFFEX) while working for Accenture in Zurich, Switzerland.
Mr. NeJame received his B.S.
in Electrical Engineering, Cum Laude, from Duke University and his MBA in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.