Piper Jaffray Elects Sherry Smith to Board of Directors
January 27 2016 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC), a leading investment bank
and asset management firm, announced that Sherry M. Smith joined
its board of directors, effective today.
Most recently, Smith was the executive vice president and chief
financial officer of SUPERVALU, INC. (NYSE: SVU) where she also
held the role of vice president, senior vice president of finance
and corporate controller from 1998 to 2002 and treasurer from 2002
to 2005. She is currently an independent director at both Deere
& Company and Tuesday Morning Corporation along with a
committee member at Realogy Holdings Corp.
“With over 25 years of experience in the consumer packaged goods
industry and her various high-level leadership roles, she will
bring a new perspective to the group,” said Piper Jaffray
Companies chairman and CEO, Andrew Duff. “We are eager to
welcome Sherry to the Board of Directors.”
With Smith’s addition, the nine person board will be comprised
of three women with B. Kristine Johnson and Lisa Polsky serving
alongside her. This furthers Piper Jaffray’s effort to grow in
diversity following a 2012 award from the 2020 Women on Boards
organization, and has made the Honor Roll list for four consecutive
years from 2011-2014. This award is presented to companies that are
committed to board diversity and have at least 20% women serving on
their board.
Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. Cloud
State University.
About Piper JaffrayPiper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC) is
an investment bank and asset management firm headquartered in
Minneapolis with offices across the U.S. and in London, Zurich and
Hong Kong. Securities brokerage and investment banking services are
offered in the United States through Piper Jaffray & Co.,
member NYSE and SIPC, in Europe through Piper Jaffray Ltd.,
authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, and in
Hong Kong through Piper Jaffray Hong Kong Limited, authorized and
regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission. Asset
management products and services are offered through three separate
investment advisory affiliates registered with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission: Advisory Research Inc., Piper Jaffray
Investment Management LLC and PJC Capital Partners LLC.
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