Baird, an international investment banking, private equity, wealth and asset management group, has appointed Steve Holt as a director in its institutional equity sales group based in Lo
Baird, an international investment banking, private equity, wealth and asset management group, has appointed Steve Holt as a director in its institutional equity sales group based in London.
Holt most recently worked on the US equity sales team at Lehman Brothers in London.
During that time he serviced UK and Irish clients and was the senior revenue producing salesperson on the company’s ICG desk.
Prior to his time at Lehman, Holt served as senior vice president of US equity sales at Prudential Securities and a US equity fund manager with British Gas Pension Fund.
Patrick Spencer, managing director of Baird’s London institutional equity sales group, says: ‘Baird’s mission to meet and exceed clients’ needs, combined with our plans for long-term growth, requires us to have the best and brightest in the business. Steve represents the kind of high calibre individuals our firm aims to both seek and attract.’
Baird’s institutional equity services business increased revenues by 33 per cent in 2007, posting its 13th consecutive year of record revenues.