Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 16, 2004
KEITH E. REIHL has been a Director of Maxcor Financial Group Inc. since
April 1997, and Chief Operating Officer of the company from November
2001 to date. From August 1997 to November 2001, Mr. Reihl was Chief
Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Reihl also served as Treasurer of
the company from August 1997 through November 1998. Mr. Reihl also is
the Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of Euro Brokers and a number
of its subsidiaries, as well as a member of such companies' respective
boards of directors. Prior to being appointed Chief Operating Officer of
such companies in November 1996, Mr. Reihl had served since 1983 as the
Chief Financial Officer of Euro Brokers and a number of its
subsidiaries. Prior to that time, Mr. Reihl was employed for nine years
by Price Waterhouse LLP, serving lastly as Senior Audit Manager. Mr.
Reihl is a Certified Public Accountant and received his BA degree in
Accounting from Elizabethtown College in 1974. Profile
GILBERT D. SCHARF has been Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Maxcor Financial Group Inc. since its inception in
1994. Since April 1993, Mr. Scharf has been a Director and Secretary of
Niagara Corporation, a holding company with operating subsidiaries in
the business of manufacturing cold drawn steel bars. From 1985 to
January 1989, Mr. Scharf was a Managing Director of Lazard Brothers &
Co. Ltd. in London, where he was responsible for establishing and
managing capital market activities. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Scharf was
the General Partner of Mendez, Scharf & Co., a private investment
partnership. From 1978 to 1983, Mr. Scharf was a Managing Director at
Morgan Stanley, where he managed all corporate and international bond
trading and new issue commitments and the money market department, and
was co-chairman of the risk management committee. Upon consummation of
the company's August 1996 acquisition of Euro Brokers, Mr. Scharf became
the Vice Chairman of Euro Brokers and is currently the Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Euro Brokers, as well as of a
number of its subsidiaries. Mr. Scharf earned a BA degree from Duke
University. He is Chairman of the Board's Executive Committee. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with an overview of Maxcor Financial Group?Mr. Scharf: Maxcor Financial Group is the holding company for our two
primary lines of business. The first is our