MINNEAPOLIS
&
NEW YORK
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 5, 2022--
Piper Sandler Companies
(NYSE: PIPR), a leading investment bank, is pleased to announce the hiring of
Christopher Grady
. He is joining the
New York
office as a director in the financial services group as part of the insurance investment banking team.
“We are thrilled to have Chris join the
Piper Sandler
insurance investment banking team. Having worked closely with Chris over many years, we have enormous respect for his deal acumen and integrity. His experience successfully executing insurance distribution M&A transactions, in particular, is unparalleled,” said
John Butler
, managing director and co-head of insurance investment banking at
Piper Sandler
.
Grady will be focused on advising clients on strategic M&A and executing M&A and capital raising transactions for insurance distribution clients. Previously, Grady was the head of corporate development for
Marsh McLennan Agency
, where he was responsible for leading strategy, corporate development, principal investment and M&A activity. In his time with
Marsh McLennan Agency
, he completed 80 transactions including over 70 acquisitions of insurance distribution firms in the
U.S.
and
Canada
. Grady holds a Master of Business Administration degree from
NYU Stern School of Business
and a bachelor’s degree in finance and corporate accounting from
Ithaca College
.
“I’m very excited to join
Piper Sandler
and continue to build on the tremendous success they’ve had across the insurance industry.
John Butler
and
George Johns
have built an incredible team and I’m looking forward to bringing my expertise into the fold,” said
Christopher Grady
, director at
Piper Sandler
.
The
Piper Sandler
insurance investment banking group is an industry thought leader providing financial advisory and capital raising services to insurance underwriters, brokers, third-party administrators and other insurance services companies. The team completed 31 M&A and strategic advisory and capital raising transactions in 2021 representing
$4.0 billion
in aggregate M&A deal value and
$4.0 billion
in aggregate capital raised.**
**Source:
S&P Global Market Intelligence
. Representative transactions do not reflect all
Piper Sandler
insurance transactions for the period. Full deal value credited to underwriter; PSC’s aggregate capital raised metric does not include deal values of capital markets advisor roles.
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