RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Kildare Financial Group, Inc. today announced the appointment of Kenneth L. Tepper as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. He brings over 20 years of executive leadership in public and private markets in this role, focused primarily upon banking and finance.
Tepper's banking career includes regulatory service with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for intervention and resolution of failed institutions during the nation’s S&L crisis. Private sector roles have subsequently included General Counsel, Director of Mergers & Acquisitions (FDIC-insured commercial bank), President & CEO (Federal Reserve bank holding company) and Chairman (NASD broker-dealer). He was Chairman, President & CEO of TRM Corporation, one of the world's largest convenience banking enterprises with over $2.0 billion of annual transactions in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Canada.
“Kildare is built upon traditional values and long-term relationships that endure and I look forward toward serving the interests of our clients, partners and staff in this new role,” said Tepper, most recently Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group for Cohen & Company, LLC prior to joining Kildare.
Kildare Capital, Inc. is a leading middle-market firm for municipal underwriting and syndications; its corporate finance group provides comprehensive M&A, capital markets, mortgage finance and asset restructuring services. With a portfolio over $15.0 billion, the firm’s auction rate program is nationally ranked “top ten” by MSRB; “With Ken's appointment, we look forward to a strong year for our auction rate operations as well as the other corporate finance segments we serve,” said Chairman Sean M. Sweeney.
Ken Tepper was Chairman of the Republican Pennsylvania State Finance Committee and a Director of the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA). A graduate of Emory University and Villanova University School of Law, he received the "Montgomery Medal" during Operation Iraqi Freedom from the US National Guard Association as TRM CEO. He is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Supreme Court of the United States.
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About the Company: Kildare Financial Group, Inc. is the holding company for Kildare Capital, Inc. a full-service, middle-market investment bank focused upon municipal underwriting, syndications and underserved financial markets. Its corporate finance group provides comprehensive M&A, capital markets, mortgage finance and asset restructuring services; clients include public and private enterprises comprised of hedge funds, money managers, investment advisors and issuers of municipal securities. The firm offers highly effective auction rate programs for student loan asset-backed securities with offices in New York, Philadelphia and Radnor, Pennsylvania. For additional information please visit the company's website at www.KildareCapital.com. This communication is not an offer, or solicitation of any offer to buy or sell any security, investment or other product; securities are offered exclusively through Kildare Capital, Inc.