Hugh Regan, President & Chief Executive Officer, Director of Laidlaw Holdings,
Plc
Mr. Regan serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Laidlaw,
Mr. Regan served for nine years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Auerbach,
Pollak & Richardson, Inc, an investment banking and securities brokerage boutique.
Before joining Auerbach, Mr. Regan was a founding member, principle shareholder,
Executive Vice-President and Director of Laidlaw Holdings, Inc, an asset management
and investment banking concern, where he oversaw the corporate finance activities
and served as a member of the Executive Committee. He is a graduate of Williams
College, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude where he was awarded the Benedict Prize
for national achievement in Classics. Mr. Regan also attended Stanford University’s
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome and Columbia University’s Post-Graduate
School of Special Studies.
Michael O. Sanderson, Non-Executive Director
Mr. Sanderson serves as Non-Executive Director of Laidlaw, focusing his efforts on the
business development and strategic vision of the firm. He has over 40 years of Wall
Street experience. He began his career at Merrill Lynch where he spent 23 years
in roles such as a financial consultant, branch office manager, CMA marketing manager
and Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch Canada. Subsequent to his years at Merrill
Lynch, Michael was CEO of Instinet, Inc. and later became Chairman & CEO of Reuters
Americas. Mr. Sanderson has also held leadership positions at Market XT and served
as CEO of NASDAQ Europe, where he also served on the Board of Directors. Mr. Sanderson
is a graduate of Brown University and received his Masters (MA) from Oxford University.
Theodore V. Fowler, Executive Vice President, Group Head, Corporate Finance Department
Mr. Fowler joined Laidlaw in 2003 and presently serves as Executive Vice President and Group Head
of the firm’s Corporate Finance Department and a member of the Commitment Committee.
Prior to joining Laidlaw, he served as President of The Private Merchant Banking
Company. Mr. Fowler began his career with Blyth Eastman Dillon in 1971 in corporate
finance. He later moved on to Credit Suisse First Boston where he became Co-Head
of Investment Banking and Co-General Partner of Principal Investing.. From 1986-1989,
he served as Co-Head of Investment Banking at Prudential Securities, where he oversaw
the firm’s expansion of merchant banking and leveraged buyouts. From 1992 to 1999,
Mr. Fowler acted as President of BRMC, Inc. and as Vice-President of Boca Resorts,
Inc., managing the Boca Raton Resort and Club. He is a graduate of Amherst College
and of Columbia University where he received a Masters of Business Administration
with Honors.
Peter R. Taylor, Executive Vice President, Director of Capital Markets
Mr. Taylor joined Laidlaw in 2009 and serves as Director of Capital Markets. Prior
to Laidlaw he was a co-founder of TGL Partners, a third party marketing firm in
Greenwich ,Ct. Mr. Taylor began his career at Merrill Lynch in New York in 1982
and has held senior positions in Capital Markets and Private Equity at such firms
as Wheat, First Securities and First Union Securities. Peter is a graduate of The
University of Virginia. Mr. Taylor splits his time between New York City and Charlottesville,
Virginia.
Stephen P. Collins, Executive Vice President, Group Head, Private Client Services
Based in New York, Mr. Collins is responsible for the overall management and development
of Laidlaw's retail and institutional sales activities across our branch office
system. Prior to Laidlaw Mr. Collins managed the Middle Market Equity Sales business
at Deutsche Bank Alex Brown in New York. Mr. Collins began his career at E. F. Hutton
in 1984 and has worked in retail and institutional sales at such firms as Smith
Barney, Paine Webber, DB Alex Brown and Prudential Securities. Mr. Collins holds
a BA in Management/Marketing from Clarkson University.
Marc S. Koplik, Esq., General Counsel, Chairman of Laidlaw Holdings Plc
Mr. Koplik serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Laidlaw Holdings Plc.
Prior to joining Laidlaw, Mr. Koplik served as General Counsel to several financial
service concerns over the past twenty years and as a Managing Partner in the law
firm of Henderson & Koplik, LLC. Mr. Koplik began his legal career at Debevoise
& Plimpton. He is a graduate of Brown University, Cum Laude where he was a Dean’s
Scholar, College Scholar and Francis Wayland Scholar. He received his law degree
from Yale University Law School where he was Editor of the Yale Law Review and the
Yale Journal of Law and Social Policy.
Marc Ellis, Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Ellis serves as the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining Laidlaw,
he was Chief Compliance officer of GunnAllen Financial, with more than 100 offices
and 800 account executives. Marc has more than 15 years of industry experience and
was associated with Millennium Partners, Worldco LLC and Bluestone Capital Partners.
He has also done consulting work for Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns. Mr. Ellis also
brings regulatory experience to his position having served as Senior Compliance
Examiner, Staff Supervisor and a member of the District Committee for FINRA, District
7. He is a graduate of Hofstra University.
John Marcus, Managing Director , Institutional Banking
Robert Kevin Connors, Senior Managing Director, Co-Head,
Product Sales
Jason Russo, Senior Managing Director, Co-Head, Product
Sales
London
Peter Silverman, Senior Executive Officer, Managing Director
New York
Craig Bonn, Senior Managing Director
Richard Kirschner, First Managing Director
Nicholas Gupta, Managing Director
Robert Rotunno, Managing Director
Peter Malone, Managing Director
Jeffrey Glazer - Managing Director
Stamford
Robert J. Bonaventura, Senior Managing Director
Joseph Fedorko, Managing Director
Melville
Todd Cirella, Senior Managing Director
Jason Russo, Senior Managing Director
Boerne
Richard Moos, Managing Director, Income Solutions Group
Victor Farias, Managing Director, Income Solutions Group
Miami
Leila Shuminer, Managing Director
San Fanscisco
Rex Palarca, Senior Financial Consultant
Oseas Zuluaga, Executive Vice President, Comptroller
Jodi Fauci, Director of Operations
Alex Shtaynberger, Director of Brokerage Operations
Marc Ellis, Chief Compliance Officer
