BTIG Adds JT Herman as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions
New York – September 20, 2018 – BTIG, LLC announced today that it has hired JT Herman as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions within its Investment Banking division. Mr. Herman will be based in San Francisco.
“We are pleased to welcome JT to the firm. He is an accomplished industry veteran with significant expertise and a successful track record for deal completions,” commented Scott Kovalik, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BTIG. “JT has a vision and business plan to build out a full-scale mergers and acquisitions team, bringing key specialists to our Investment Banking division. The new team he is creating is crucial to complete our product offering for corporate clients.”
Mr. Herman joins BTIG in a newly-created role at the firm. Prior to BTIG, he was a Managing Director at GCA, where he led the firm’s Industrials and Industrial Technology division. Earlier in his career, Mr. Herman was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he led the firm’s West Region Industrials unit in San Francisco. Prior to his career in investment banking, he was a Captain in the United States Air Force. Mr. Herman earned a BS in civil engineering from the United States Air Force Academy, an MS in engineering management from the Air Force Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
“BTIG has established an impressive foundation in Investment Banking. I am excited for the opportunity to build a mergers and acquisitions team within one of the fastest-growing Investment Banking platforms on Wall Street,” added Mr. Herman. “Our plan is to align ourselves alongside the firm’s existing verticals, providing key services to BTIG’s rapidly-expanding list of advisory clients.”
BTIG’s investment banking products include: capital markets advisory, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, follow-on offerings, ATMs, CMPOs, RDs and PIPEs, SPACs, private placements, convertibles, debt, buybacks, liquidity solutions, venture capital, private equity and private capital. Clients benefit from proprietary and actionable market intelligence, intellectual capital and understanding of financial dynamics. Aftermarket services include trading coverage and corporate access, connecting issuers with the buy side.
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About BTIG
BTIG is a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services. With an extensive global footprint and more than 600 employees, BTIG, LLC and its affiliates operate out of 18 cities throughout the U.S., and in Europe, Asia and Australia. BTIG offers execution, expertise and insights for equities, equity derivatives, ETFs and fixed income, currency and commodities (futures, commodities, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, and convertible and preferred securities). The firm’s core capabilities include global execution, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more. To learn more about BTIG, visit www.btig.com. Disclaimer: https://www.btig.com/disclaimer.
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