Paul E. Pliester Senior Managing Director, Institutional Sales and Trading
350 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654  |  312.595.6724  |

Areas of Focus: Fixed-Income Investing and Trading

Profile:

• Head of preferred stock trading, syndicate and sales
• Almost 40 years of experience trading preferred stocks
• Joined Mesirow Financial in 1994 from Kemper Securities
• Previously held senior level positions at various financial services firms including, Raymond James, Shearson Lehman, Paine Webber and Kidder Peabody
• Holds FINRA Series 7, Series 8, Series 24, Series 55 and Series 63 licenses

Education:

• B.A., New York University

Affiliations:

• Preferred Stock Traders Association, co-founder and first president