Mr. Reed joined Gleacher & Company in 2002 as a Managing Director focused on mergers and acquisitions. The bulk of Mr. Reed’s career has been spent at PaineWebber, most recently as a Managing Director and Group Head of Mergers and Acquisitions. During Mr. Reed's six year tenure as Group Head, PaineWebber's M&A group completed approximately 300 transactions, aggregating about $77 billion in value. During his 14 years at PaineWebber, Mr. Reed’s accomplishments also include leading the Consumer Products and Retail Group and acting as the Chairman of the Fairness Opinion Committee. Mr. Reed left PaineWebber in early 2000, leading a group of bankers to Robertson Stephens to concentrate on building the firm’s East Coast M&A practice. At Robertson Stephens, Mr. Reed was Head of the Semiconductor Capital Equipment and eServices M&A Group and a Co-Head of East Coast M&A. Mr. Reed holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a BA in Economics from Princeton University.