“Under Kevin’s leadership, this team offers the right balance of sector experience, product expertise, and extensive relationships in the market,” said Cummings. “We feel excited about our prospects with this team and look forward to continued growth.”
The Investment Banking Group leaders are as follows (in alphabetical order):
- Jeff Armstrong – Head of Financial Sponsors Group
- Jay Braden – Head of High Yield Capital Markets
- Joe Dempsey – Head of Telecommunications Corporate Finance
- Bob Healy – Head of Loan Syndications
- John Hudson – Head of Healthcare Corporate Finance
- Bruce Levy – Head of Media Corporate Finance
- Mark Mealy – Head of Consumer & Industrial Corporate Finance/Mergers and Acquisitions
Consumer & Industrial Corporate Finance Units
- Bill Blue – Head of Consumer Products & Retail Corporate Finance
- Rick Dowd – Head of Strategic Advisory Group
- Tom Gallagher – Head of Defense & Aerospace Corporate Finance
- Ed Imbrogno – Head of Industrial Growth & Services Corporate Finance
- James Kipp – Head of Energy Corporate Finance
- Jim Rice – Head of Utilities Corporate Finance
Wachovia Securities Investment Banking Group provides a full array of products for its investment banking clients including asset securitization, bridge financing, convertible securities, equity, high yield, investment-grade debt, leveraged capital, loan syndications, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investing, private placements, and restructuring and turnaround financing.
Wachovia Corporation, created through the September 1, 2001, merger of First Union Corporation and Wachovia Corporation, with pro forma assets of $322 billion as of June 30, 2001, is a leading provider of financial services to 19 million retail and corporate customers throughout the East Coast and nation. The company operates full-service banking offices in 11 East coast states and Washington, D.C., and offers full-service brokerage with offices in 47 states and global services through more than 30 international offices.
Important Notice: Wachovia Securities is the trade name under which Charlotte based Wachovia Corporation conducts its investment banking, merger and acquisition, asset management and mutual fund, brokerage and insurance businesses.
Wachovia Securities includes: (1) First Union Securities, Inc. (“FUSI”), a registered broker-dealer and member NYSE/NASD and SIPC providing investment banking, merger and acquisition advisory and brokerage services to corporations, individuals and other institutions throughout the United States; (2) First Clearing Corporation (“FCC”), a separately registered broker-dealer and member NYSE/NASD and SIPC, providing securities clearance and settlement services; (3) First Union Securities Financial Network Inc., a separately registered broker-dealer and member of the NASD and SIPC providing full-service brokerage services; (4) Wachovia Securities Inc., a separately registered broker-dealer and member of the NYSE-NASD and SIPC providing full-service brokerage services; (5) the institutional divisions of Wachovia Bank, N.A. (WBNA); (6) the Corporate and Investment Bank and Capital Management Group within First Union National Bank (“FUNB”), a national banking association, and its subsidiaries, providing asset management, lending, structured finance, risk management, derivatives, and fiduciary services to institutions and individuals; (7) various subsidiaries within Wachovia Corporation providing investment advisory, administrative and other services to the Evergreen and Mentor families of mutual funds; and (8) various wholly-owned state insurance agencies.
Stocks, bonds, mutual funds or other securities offered or sold through Wachovia Corporation or any of its bank or non-bank subsidiaries are not deposits of any bank and are not insured, guaranteed or otherwise protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency; are not endorsed or guaranteed by Wachovia Corporation, FUNB, WBNA, or any bank; and involve investment risk, including possible loss of principal.