MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 23, 2009--
Piper Jaffray Companies today announced that Virginia Gambale has been
elected to serve on the company’s board of directors. Gambale is founder
and managing partner of Azimuth Partners LLC.
“We are pleased to have Virginia join our board of directors,” said
Andrew Duff, chairman and CEO of Piper Jaffray Companies. “Her
securities industry knowledge, business development vision and global
insights will serve to inform our board’s strategic perspective.”
At Azimuth Partners LLC, Ms. Gambale operates globally as an investor
and advisor, developing growth strategies and business partnerships, and
orchestrating exits for technology and business service companies. She
has held leadership positions at Merrill Lynch, Marsh & McLennan,
Bankers Trust Alex. Brown and Deutsche Bank. She serves as a director
for JetBlue Airways and three private companies: Knoa, 29West, and
Kurtosys Ltd., where she serves as chairman.
About Piper Jaffray
Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC) is a leading, international middle
market investment bank and institutional securities firm, serving the
needs of middle market corporations, private equity groups, public
entities, nonprofit clients and institutional investors. Founded in
1895, Piper Jaffray provides a comprehensive set of products and
services, including equity and debt capital markets products; public
finance services; mergers and acquisitions advisory services; high-yield
and structured products; institutional equity and fixed-income sales and
trading; and equity and high-yield research. Piper Jaffray headquarters
are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with offices across the U.S. and
in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Piper Jaffray & Co. is the firm's
principal operating subsidiary. (www.piperjaffray.com)
Since 1895. Member SIPC and FINRA.
© 2009 Piper Jaffray & Co., 800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 800, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55402-7020
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