Canaccord Genuity has appointed Thomas (Tom) Murphy as a managing director to lead its aerospace and defense investment banking activities within its United States investment banking platform.
Mr. Murphy has more than 25 years of experience advising clients across equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, debt advisory, special situations, financial sponsors, and private companies.
Before joining Canaccord Genuity, he served as the head of aerospace and defense at Fifth Third Securities in New York City from 2023 to 2024. Prior to that, he spent three years as a managing director and co-head of aerospace and defense investment banking at Lincoln International in New York City. From 2017 to 2019, he was the global head of Baird’s aerospace and defense group, and from 2008 to 2017, he was a managing director with Stifel Financial in its aerospace and defense group. Mr. Murphy holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from Georgetown University.
Now based in Canaccord Genuity’s New York City office, Mr. Murphy will cover a range of A&D sectors, including aerospace services, machining and engines, defense products, communications and intelligence, defense technology, and security products and services. His focus will be on client development and transaction execution for aerospace, defense, and security companies, particularly those commercializing emerging technology applications.
Canaccord Genuity (TSX: CF) provides institutional and corporate clients with investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, research, and sales and trading services from offices in North America, the UK and Europe, Asia, and Australia.
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