Mr. Coburn joined Gleacher & Company in May 2003. Mr. Coburn is responsible for the management of the firm's equity underwriting and private placement business. Previously, Mr. Coburn was with the Citigroup, Global Capital Markets, and Institutional Investor Group. Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Coburn was Head of Equity Capital Markets at PaineWebber, where he was responsible for the solicitation and execution of the firm's equity underwritings, amounting to $10 billion in total business, including approximately $1 billion in lead managed transactions. He was also a member of the firm's operating committee and was Co-Head of its equity commitment committee. Prior to his work at PaineWebber, Coburn spent more than 10 years at Smith Barney Inc., serving as a Managing Director within the firm's Equity Capital Markets division, where he managed the institutional executions of over 100 lead managed underwritings in multiple industries. Mr. Coburn has served as Chairman of the Securities Industry Association Syndicate Committee and was previously a board member of the Investment Association. He holds an MBA from Columbia University and an AB from Brown University.