Financial Services >> Sector Roundtables >> May 21, 2001
JOSEPH A. STIEVEN is Senior Vice President and Director of the Financial
Institutions Research Group at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. Mr.
Stieven formally established the company's coverage of the bank and
thrift industries when he joined Stifel in 1985. He is widely quoted by
both regional and national publications and has been a member of the
Wall Street Transcript's Midwest Regional Banking Panel in each of the
past 15 years. In addition, he has been recognized as the top analyst in
the country for the Midwest region by the American Banker. He has worked
on over 100 bank and thrift transactions over the past decade.
Additionally, he has managed nine financial institution equity trusts,
raising over $200 million and gaining national recognition. Prior to
joining Stifel, Nicolaus, he was an analyst/examiner with the Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He was responsible for designing and
programming the cash flow analysis programs which were used by the
Federal Reserve in reviewing merger/acquisition applications. He holds a
BSBA and an MBA, both with concentrations in finance, from the
University of Missouri-St. Louis. He previously has or currently serves
on the Board of Directors of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, the University
of Missouri-St. Louis Alumni Business Board, and the St. Louis
University High School Advancement Board. Profile
DAVID A. GEORGE, CFA, is an Equity Analyst at A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
He is a member of the Association of Investment Management and Research,
AIM Bank and Financial Analysts Association, and the St. Louis Society
of Financial Analysts. Prior to joining Edwards, Mr. George was a
Commercial Lender for eight years, holding positions with Fifth Third
Bancorp and Huntington Bancshares. He received his BA from the College
of Wooster. Profile
BRADLEY S. VANDER PLOEG is a Research Analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co.
in Chicago where he is responsible for overseeing coverage of commercial
banks, savings and loans, specialty finance companies and mortgage
finance REITs. Previously, he was associated with Merrill Lynch & Co.
Mr. Vander Ploeg received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from the
University of Chicago at Urbana-Champaign. Profile
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