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"Tom Thees brings tremendous experience to our fixed income effort and I look forward to partnering with him in running our thriving business," commented Tim Cronin, Head of the Fixed Income Division at Jefferies. “As we continue to enhance our platform across many fixed income businesses, Tom’s complementary skills will provide the additional management resources and focus to execute our strategy.”
Richard B. Handler, Chief Executive Officer of Jefferies, added, “Tom is a proven professional whose addition to our Fixed Income Division underscores our commitment to offering a comprehensive suite of sales and trading services for our institutional clients in all market environments.”
“I’m very excited to be part of the fixed income management team at Jefferies and see great opportunity in working with Tim to continue growing the platform,” said Mr. Thees.
Mr. Thees joins an established team of more than 100 professionals serving more than 3,000 institutional clients and trading in more than 3,000 individual issues.
Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Thees was most recently Chief Operating Officer for MarketAxess Corporation. Previously, he was with Morgan Stanley for approximately 17 years, where he held a variety of trading and origination roles, most recently managing director and head of investment grade trading in North America. Mr. Thees also held various positions at Goldman Sachs and Citibank. He was Chairman of the Investment Grade Committee of The Bond Market Association from 2000 to 2005, and served on the BMA Board of Director from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Thees received an AB in International Relations from Georgetown University, where he was a George F. Baker Scholar.
About Jefferies
Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for over 45 years. Headquartered in New York, with more than 25 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management. The firm is a leading provider of trade execution in equity, high yield, convertible and international securities for institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Jefferies & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF; www.jefferies.com).
For further information, please contact:
Tom Tarrant, Jefferies & Company, Inc., 203 708 5989, ttarrant@jefferies.com
Josh Passman, Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek, 212 279 3115, x203, jpassman@cjpcom.com
