Global Hunter Securities Expands Industrials Practice
Michael Shlisky, CFA Joins Research; Scott Isherwood Joins Investment Banking
NEW YORK, March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Hunter Securities (GHS), a full-service investment bank focusing on natural resources-related sectors, is pleased to announce the expansion of its industrials practice with the hiring of Michael Shlisky, CFA, in research and Scott Isherwood in investment banking. Mr. Shlisky joins as Director and Senior Industrials Analyst and Mr. Isherwood joins as Managing Director and Head of Industrials Investment Banking. As an energy-focused firm, GHS understands that the industrials sector is an integral component of the energy value chain.
Mr. Shlisky joins GHS from a bulge bracket Institutional Investor (II)-ranked industrials research team. His focus includes machinery and related sectors such as engineering & construction and agricultural processing. Mr. Shlisky was most recently at JP Morgan and was previously at RBC Capital Markets and Oppenheimer. Mr. Shlisky received an MBA from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science in Management and International Business from New York University.
Mr. Shlisky joins Walt Liptak, GHS Managing Director and Senior Industrials Analyst, who launched the company's industrials research team in April of 2013. Mr. Liptak and our industrials research associates currently cover 30 industrials companies and closely track the 90 companies in the GHS Industrials Universe, which are highlighted in our weekly GHS Industrials Insights publication. Mr. Shlisky will help the team expand its coverage to more than 50 companies this year and introduce more value-added industrials research products.
Mr. Isherwood has accumulated more than 25 years of experience advising on transactions ranging from M&A and defense advisory to debt and equity capital-raising in both the public and private markets. Prior to joining GHS, he was Partner, Managing Director and Head of the Industrials Group at Morgan Joseph TriArtisan. Mr. Isherwood was a founding member of Morgan Joseph in 2002 and was responsible for corporate coverage of a broad range of industrial, manufacturing, distribution, and related industrial services and infrastructure companies. Previously, he was Managing Director and founding member of the Industrial Manufacturing Group at Furman Selz/ING Barings and was responsible for all Industrials-related corporate finance clients. Prior thereto, Mr. Isherwood worked at Salomon Brothers from 1991 through 1997 after beginning his career with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1986. Mr. Isherwood received an MBA from the University of Southern California and his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.
Commented Ed Lainfiesta, President of GHS, "The high-caliber talent that Mr. Shlisky and Mr. Isherwood bring to the table reflects our commitment to delivering superior research and investment banking services to institutional and corporate clients. As an energy-focused firm, we have a clear perspective of the coming industrial revolution in the U.S., supported by an increasingly abundant supply of natural resources. Industrials companies in the U.S. stand to benefit and we believe our industrials team will help clients deliver superior results to their stakeholders."
About Global Hunter Securities
Headquartered in New Orleans, LA, GHS is a full service investment bank focusing on natural resources-related sectors including Energy, Shipping and Industrials. GHS provides insightful research, innovative capital raising and financial advisory and restructuring services supported by a nation-wide sales and trading staff. GHS has offices in Calgary, Chicago, Ft. Worth, Houston, New York, New Orleans and Orange County, CA. For more information about GHS, please visit www.ghsecurities.com.
Contact:
Justin Cable
Director of Research
(949) 274-8055
[email protected]
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