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Senior Vice President and Board Member

KBW LLC, a Stifel company, operates in the U.S. and Europe through its broker dealer, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. For more than 50 years, KBW has established itself as a leading authority in the banking, insurance, specialty finance, mortgage banking, financial technology, brokerage and asset management sectors. Founded in 1962, the firm maintains industry-leading positions in the areas of research, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Tom Michaud serves as President and CEO of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, an investment bank specializing in the financial services sector. Since joining the firm in 1986 as a credit analyst trainee, he has spent 36 years building the KBW franchise and leading many of its businesses. Tom co-led the firm's rebuilding efforts following 9/11 and in 2006 co-led KBW's IPO. Tom was named Chief Executive Officer in October 2011, assuming direction of all business lines in the United States and Europe. Under Tom’s leadership, KBW has become the nation’s premier investment bank to the financial services industry. The company is routinely recognized for its leadership in mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, and equity research. Tom maintains strong personal relationships with leading industry executives, policy makers, and institutional investors and has been instrumental in executing many of KBW’s largest transactions. More recently, Tom has become an authority on the digitalization of banking and the emergence of fintech. In February 2013, Tom led the firm’s merger into Stifel Financial Corp. KBW is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel and Tom serves as Senior Vice President and a member of Stifel’s Institutional Group Management Committee. Tom is a graduate of Middlebury College where he studied Economics and played baseball. Early in his career, Tom attended night school and earned an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business.