Mr. Gleacher was elected Chairman of the Board in June 2009 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Gleacher Partners, Inc.  Mr. Gleacher was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company from February 2010 to October 2010. Mr. Gleacher was the founder of Gleacher Partners, Inc. in 1990 and acted as its Chairman. Previously, Mr. Gleacher founded the Mergers & Acquisitions department at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 1978 and headed Global Mergers & Acquisitions at Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. from 1985 to 1990.   Mr. Gleacher is Chairman of the Institute for Sports Medicine Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, Chairman of the Ransome Scholarship Trust for St. Andrews University in St. Andrews, Scotland, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University.  Mr. Gleacher received an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from Northwestern University.  Mr. Gleacher served as a United States Marine Corp. infantry officer.