Thomas Hughes

Bio

Mr. Hughes is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Gleacher & Company. Mr. Hughes has most recently been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LNR Property LLC, a diversified commercial real estate finance company. Mr. Hughes is also a Co-Founder of Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust. Prior to his role at LNR Property, Mr. Hughes served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Clinton Group, a New York-based hedge fund. From 2001 to 2005, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Asset Management and was a member of the Deutsche Bank Group Executive Committee. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Hughes held a number of senior positions with Merrill Lynch. He began his career at Merrill Lynch in 1984 as a mortgage backed securities trader and was named Head of MBS Trading in 1987, where he rebuilt and expanded the mortgage department. During his tenure at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Hughes also became the global head of equity derivatives and convertible bond trading and in 1999 became the head of a newly created unit, Global Securities Financing. He has served as a member of the board for organizations and corporations including Soleil Corporation, the International Monetary Fund and Hospital for Special Surgery and continues as a board member of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and The United States Merchant Marine Academy. Mr. Hughes has been nominated by the Board of Directors at the recommendation of the Committee on Directors and Corporate Governance. Mr. Hughes graduated from The United States Merchant Marine Academy, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.