PIPER SANDLER - Key Persons
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- Co - Head of Asset & Wealth Management Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Healthcare
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Chief Investment Officer of Piper Sandler Finance
- Chief Investment Officer, Piper Sandler Finance, LLC and Co - Head of Debt Capital Markets, Piper Sandler & Co.
Amrit Agrawal is chief investment officer of Piper Sandler Finance, LLC and co-head of Piper Sandler & Co. debt capital markets. He is responsible for leading the private debt placement effort for public and private companies and has more than 20 years of investment banking experience, with a focus on capital markets as well as leverage and acquisition finance. Over his career, he has originated and executed more than $70 billion of lead managed transactions.
Prior to joining Piper Sandler, Agrawal was managing director and head of TMT debt capital markets at Cowen and Company. He helped build the debt capital markets business over a period of 4.5 years. Prior to joining Cowen, he was a managing director and co-head of TMT strategic finance at Bear Stearns. Agrawal spent nine years at Bear Stearns, with a focus on advising clients on complex corporate finance issues across the capital structure. He originated and executed debt, equity, convertible and derivative transactions. Prior to joining Bear Stearns, Agrawal worked in the capital markets group at Bankers Trust.
Agrawal's industry experience includes energy, technology, media & telecommunications, aerospace and defense, business services, general industrials, clean tech, mining, consumer, transportation, education and energy. While his primary focus has been on working with companies in the U.S., he has worked on numerous cross-border transactions with companies based in Europe and Asia.
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Head of Asia Healthcare Investment Banking
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- Global Co - Head of Chemicals Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Education
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- Managing Director, Energy & Power
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Restructuring
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Government
- Managing Director
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- Head of Global Sales Trading
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Healthcare
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- Managing Director, Merchant Banking
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Chairman
- Chief Executive Officer
- Investment Banking Analyst
Abraham joined the firm in 1991 as an investment banking analyst. He spent the next 13 years on the West Coast as a banker in the company's technology investment banking group. He was promoted to managing director and head of technology investment banking in 1999. In 2005, Abraham was promoted to head of capital markets and in 2010, he became the global co-head of investment banking and capital markets.
Chad Abraham serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of Piper Sandler.
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- Global Co - Head of Equity Capital Markets
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- Managing Director, Healthcare
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Services & Industrials
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- Government
- Managing Director
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- Managing Director, Healthcare
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- Managing Director, Education
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- European Head of Financial Sponsors Group
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- Capital Officer
- Chief Human Capital Officer
Christine Esckilsen is the chief human capital officer at Piper Sandler. She sits on the firm's leadership team and oversees human capital, marketing and communications, meetings and events, community relations, travel and real estate. She focuses on strategic initiatives, including acquisitions, and works to further organizational effectiveness, employee development and the firm's overall culture. Esckilsen also serves as the in-house employment lawyer. She is a member of the firm's diversity and inclusion council.
Esckilsen worked as in-house counsel for Piper Sandler prior to the firm's spin-off from U.S. Bancorp in 2003. From 1995 to 2002, Esckilsen was in private practice at Littler Mendelson in California.
Esckilsen has served on the board of directors of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis since January of 2016. She is currently a chair of the governance committee. Additionally, she served on the board of directors for MAP for Nonprofits from 2010 to 2015 and chaired the board in 2015.
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Co - Head of Consumer Investment Banking
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- Government
- Managing Director
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- Managing Director, Restructuring
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- Managing Director, Healthcare
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Managing Director, Loan Strategies
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- Head of Financial Sponsors Group
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- Co - Head of Financial Services Investment Banking
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- Global Co - Head of Equity Capital Markets
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- President
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Allina Health
Deb Schoneman serves as president of Piper Sandler. She joined Piper Sandler in 1990 in the accounting department, and has held several senior management positions, including global head of equities, chief financial officer, finance director of both equity and fixed income capital markets, and treasurer.
Schoneman serves as chair of the board of directors of Allina Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Minneapolis, MN. She also serves on the board of trustees for the University of St. Thomas. Schoneman is a director emeritus of BestPrep, a nonprofit organization focused on business, career and financial literacy skills, and was its chair for two years. She previously served on the board of directors of SIFMA. She has completed three mission trips to Haiti through the organization, Healing Haiti, and was awarded "CFO of the Year" by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal in 2014.
Schoneman earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Minnesota State University Mankato and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis.
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Senior Econometric / Macro Strategist
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Head of Midwest, State & Local Government
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Government
- Managing Director
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- Co - Head of Transportation
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- Managing Director, Education
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Global Chairman of Energy & Power Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Vice Chairman of Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Chemicals
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- Head of Energy & Power Capital Markets
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- Global Group Head Healthcare Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Financial Strategies
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- Global Co - Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Chief Operating Officer, Piper Sandler Finance, LLC and Co - Head of Debt Capital Markets, Piper Sandler & Co.
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- Chief Operating Officer of Global Equities
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Co - Head of Consumer Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Hospitality
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Corporate & Venture Services
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- Managing Director, Financial Strategies
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Healthcare
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- Head of Energy Private Equity
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- Managing Director, Healthcare
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- Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Financial Services
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- Head of Southeast, State & Local Government
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Vice Chairman, Senior Managing Principal
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Managing Director, Restructuring
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Co - Head of Insurance Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Transportation
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Co - Head of Healthcare Public Finance
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- Chief Administrative Officer & Head of Municipal Underwriting and Distribution
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- Co - Head of Services & Industrials Investment Banking
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- Chief Operating Officer & Head of Fixed Income Trading and Risk
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Consumer
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- Vice Chairman, Investment Banking, Chairman, Healthcare Investment Banking Group
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- Vice Chairman, Senior Managing Principal and Head of Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Co - Head of Healthcare Public Finance
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Government
- Managing Director
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- Global Co - Head of Chemicals Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Education
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Head of Global Equity Execution
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- President, Piper Sandler Finance, LLC and Head of Capital Advisory Group, Piper Sandler & Co.
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Head of California, State & Local Government
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Chairman of Financial Sponsor Coverage
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- Head of Corporate & Venture Services
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- Managing Director, Financial Strategies
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Financial Strategies
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- CEO of Piper Heartland Healthcare Capital
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Education
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- Co - Head of Services & Industrials Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Education
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- Managing Director, Consumer
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- Head of Taxable Municipal Trading
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- Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Co - Head of Global Equities
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Vice Chairman of Energy & Power Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Global Co - Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets
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- Managing Director, Restructuring
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- Government
- Managing Director
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- Managing Director, Consumer
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- Co - Head of Technology Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Energy & Power
Nick Dodd - Managing Director
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- Government
- Managing Director
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- Managing Director, Special District Group
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- Managing Director, Healthcare
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Global Group Head of Healthcare Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Real Estate Investment Banking
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- Head of Corporate Development and European Investment Banking
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- Managing Director & Hospitality Group Head
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- Managing Director, Technology
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- Government
- Managing Director
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Education
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- Managing Director, Project Finance
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Head of Colorado, State & Local Government
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- Head of Special District Group
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- Global Co - Head of Energy & Power Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Financial Sponsors
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Head of Financial Strategies Group
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- Co - Head
- Vice Chairman of Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Merchant Banking
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- Chief Information and Operations Officer
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- Global Co - Head of Energy & Power Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Co - Head of Technology Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Merchant Banking
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- Managing Director, Services & Industrials
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- Global Chairman of Chemicals Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Head of Real Estate Investment Banking
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- Co - Head of Global Equities
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- Head of Texas, State & Local Government
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- Managing Director, Education
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- Co - Head of Project Finance
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- Government
- Managing Director
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- Managing Director, Loan Strategies
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- Global Head of Restructuring
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
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- Vice Chairman, Piper Sandler & Co. and Managing Director, Merchant Banking
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- Managing Director, Vehicle Aftermarket & Services
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- Head of Pacific Northwest, State & Local Government
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- Managing Director, Services & Industrials
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- Managing Director, Technology
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- Managing Director, Healthcare
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Co - Head of Financial Services Investment Banking
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- Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading
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- Managing Director, Financial Services
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- Managing Director, Special District Group