Steve practiced corporate and securities law in Chicago from 1967–69. He then joined Salomon Brothers as an associate in investment banking, becoming a general partner in 1979 and a managing director in 1981. He specialized in mergers and debt and equity capital raising. He left Salomon Brothers and joined Montgomery Securities in 1988 where he served as a general partner in charge of mergers and acquisitions. Steve has a BA from Stanford University and an LLB from Harvard Law School.
Thomas Lloyd-Butler, Senior Vic-President
Tom was an analyst at Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., from 1982-1986 where he completed the bank’s management program. He joined Montgomery Securities in 1986 as a research analyst following technology and industrials. Subsequent to that, Tom was a partner at Gruber & McBaine from 1992-2002, a $1.5 billion hedge fund where he was one of three portfolio managers. In 2002, Tom started his own firm, TLB Capital Management, where he was a portfolio manager until 2010. Tom has a BA from the University of California at Berkeley. He is also president of the San Francisco Hearing and Speech Center which serves the deaf community in the Bay Area.
Timothy J. Humphries, Vice President
Jason Lok, Analyst
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Crystal Smolinski, Chief Compliance Officer, Director of Operations
Mieke Vandewalle, Database Manager
Jennifer Henry, Executive Assistant, Assistant Compliance Officer, Client Services