Joseph J. Grano

Joseph J. Grano, Jr. is Chairman and CEO of Premier Alliance Group Inc., a cybersecurity and regulatory risk mitigation company, and Chairman and CEO of Centurion Holdings LLC. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Grano was Chairman of UBS Financial Services Inc. In 2002, Mr. Grano was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Mr. Grano joined PaineWebber in February 1988 as President of Retail Sales and Marketing, and became President of PaineWebber Group in December 1994. As President, he oversaw the acquisition of Kidder, Peabody in 1995 and J.C. Bradford in 2000. Mr. Grano was instrumental in helping to bring about the merger of PaineWebber with UBS in 2000, when he was named President and CEO of UBS PaineWebber, and the following year was named Chairman and CEO. Prior to joining PaineWebber, Mr. Grano was with Merrill Lynch for 16 years, holding various senior management positions. Before joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Grano served in the U.S. Special Forces — Green Berets.