Andrew S Duff

Bio

Andrew S. Duff became chairman and chief executive officer of Piper Jaffray Companies following completion of our spin-off from U.S. Bancorp on December 31, 2003. He also has served as chairman of our broker-dealer subsidiary since 2003, as chief executive officer of our broker-dealer subsidiary since 2000 and as president of our broker-dealer subsidiary since 1996. Duff joined the Piper Jaffray Institutional Fixed Income Sales department in 1980 and was promoted to manager of Institutional Sales and Trading in 1994. He then served as president of the Individual Investor Services and Capital Markets areas until 1996. From 1996 through 2003, Duff served as president of Piper Jaffray and vice chair of U.S. Bancorp for the Wealth Management Group from 1999 through 2003. Duff holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and attended the Advanced Executive Program at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Duff currently serves on the board of directors of the University of St. Thomas College of Business Strategic Board of Governors, is the president of the Walker Art Center Board of Trustees, and is an advisor to the board of directors of Great Clips, Inc.