Mark Lehmann
Chief Executive Officer, JMP Group
Chief Executive Officer, JMP Securities
mlehmann@jmpsecurities.com
Mark Lehmann is Chief Executive Officer of JMP Group and JMP Securities. He is a member of the firm’s executive committee.
Prior to joining JMP in 2003, Mark served both as the Global Director of Institutional Sales and as the Global Director of Equity Research at Banc of America Securities after working as an institutional salesperson at the firm and its predecessor, Montgomery Securities, for 11 years.
Mark holds a JD from the New York University School of Law and a BS in accountancy from the University of Illinois. He is a CPA.
Thomas Wright
Chief Operating Officer, JMP Securities
Director of Equities
twright@jmpsecurities.com
Tom Wright is Chief Operating Officer of JMP Securities and serves as Director of Equities. He is a member of the firm’s executive committee.
Before joining JMP, Tom served as global head of trading at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. for eight years. During the ten prior years, he held a variety of leadership positions at Merrill Lynch & Co., most recently as head of European equity trading and salestrading and previously as head of U.S. equity trading and salestrading. Tom was also a vice president and Nasdaq salestrader at Goldman Sachs & Co. for eight years. He began his career at Merrill Lynch & Co. on the Nasdaq desk in 1983.
Tom received an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business and a BS in economics and finance from Boston College.
Jonathan Dever
Co-Head of Investment Banking
Head of Financial Services & Real Estate Investment Banking
jdever@jmpsecurities.com
Jon Dever is a Managing Director and is co-head of investment banking at JMP Securities. He also serves as head of financial services and real estate investment banking. Jon is a member of the firm’s executive committee.
Prior to joining JMP, Jon was a Managing Director in the investment banking division at Lehman Brothers, working with finance companies and depositories. Jon previously served as an Executive Director in the financial services group at UBS and spent eight years in investment banking at PaineWebber before its acquisition by UBS in 2000. During his career, he has worked with banks, thrifts and non-bank financial institutions, including mortgage lenders, consumer finance companies, commercial finance companies and specialty lenders such as business development companies and REITs.
Jon holds a BA from Georgetown University.
Gavin Slader
Co-Head of Investment Banking
Head of Mergers & Acquisitions
gslader@jmpsecurities.com
Gavin Slader is a Managing Director and is co-head of investment banking at JMP Securities. He also serves as head of mergers and acquisitions. Gavin is a member of the firm’s executive committee.
Prior to joining JMP, Gavin was a senior banker in the technology, media and telecommunications investment banking group at UBS Investment Bank, sharing oversight of the west coast technology mergers and acquisitions practice. Gavin previously held investment banking roles at Piper Jaffray & Co., Credit Suisse First Boston, and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, concentrating on mergers and acquisitions throughout. He began his Wall Street career in Deutsche Bank’s leveraged finance group.
Gavin holds a BA from Claremont McKenna College, graduating with dual degrees in economics and accounting.