Geoff flynn to head cowen and company’s consumer banking group

New york--(business wire)--cowen group, inc. (“cowen”) (nasdaq: cown) announced today that geoff flynn has re-joined the firm as managing director and head of consumer investment banking. mr. flynn had been the head of consumer investment banking at cowen from 2005 until august, 2010. he is based in san francisco and reports to jeff solomon, cowen’s chief operating officer and head of investment banking. "we welcome geoff back to cowen,” jeff solomon stated. “he is an accomplished banker that successfully advised clients on many important transactions for us in the past and we look forward to recreating those successes around his renewed partnership with owen hart, frank dunlevy and the rest of the team here at cowen.” mr. flynn re-joins cowen from piper jaffrey where he was co-head of their specialty retail investment banking practice. prior to joining cowen in 2005, mr. flynn was with thomas weisel partners where he was a partner and co-head of its consumer practice. mr. flynn, who was one of the founders of thomas weisel partners, began his career at kidder peabody in 1992 and was a key member of the montgomery securities consumer team in the 1990’s. mr. flynn holds a b.a. from cornell university. about cowen group, inc. cowen group, inc. is a diversified financial services firm and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, provides alternative investment management, investment banking, research, and sales and trading services through its two business segments: ramius and its affiliates makes up the company’s alternative investment management segment, while cowen and company is its broker-dealer segment. its alternative investment management products, solutions and services include hedge funds, replication products, managed futures funds, fund of funds, real estate, health care royalty funds and cash management services. cowen and company offers industry focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. founded in 1918, the firm is headquartered in new york and has offices located in major financial centers around the world.
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