NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Investment
Banking division of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., a unit of
Oppenheimer Holdings (OPY), is pleased to announce that
Nigel Bell has joined the Firm as a
Managing Director in our Consumer and Retail team. He will be based
at the firm's 85 Broad Street New York headquarters. He will report
to Bruce McCarthy and Marc Thompson, Managing Directors and Co-Heads
of Investment Banking.
"Nigel's domain expertise and client relationships built on 20
years of investment banking experience, combined with our full
breadth of products and resources, will help to support our
middle-market clients' growth objectives," said Bruce McCarthy, Co-Head of Investment Banking.
Bell joins Oppenheimer from Bell Capital Advisory Partners, a
boutique investment bank focused on the consumer, restaurant and
retail sectors, where he was the Managing Partner and Founder.
Previously, he served from 2010 to 2013 as a Managing Director,
Consumer and Retail Investment Banking at Jefferies & Co. At
Jefferies, he performed a broad range of investment banking
services including: M&A, equity capital markets, convertibles,
debt capital markets, syndicated leveraged finance, private
placements and capital structure advisory solutions.
Prior to Jefferies he served at J.P. Morgan Securities as a
Managing Director, Consumer and Retail Investment Banking and led
their Middle Market Consumer, Restaurant and Retail coverage. He
began his career at Rothschild Inc. in their Mergers and
Acquisitions group.
"I look forward to working at Oppenheimer because it offers the
opportunity to work with established professionals in an
environment that enjoys a reputation for best-in-class- service
across the full spectrum of advisory and investment banking
services," Bell said.
"Nigel's considerable experience in the Consumer and Retail
space will substantially bolster the consumer effort at our firm
and we look forward to his presence on our team," added
Marc Thompson, Co-Head of Investment
Banking.
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (Oppenheimer), a principal subsidiary
of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (OPY on the New York Stock Exchange)
and its affiliates provide a full range of wealth management,
securities brokerage and investment banking services to
high-net-worth individuals, families, corporate executives, local
governments, businesses and institutions.
Certain statements in this release may constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve
a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially, as discussed in the Company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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