Company Overview of JMP Securities LLC

JMP Group Inc. announced that Thomas Healy joined JMP Securities LLC as managing director and director of New York institutional sales. Healy previously worked in institutional equity sales at Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP, where he handled major New York-area accounts.

JMP Group Inc. announced that Charles Sweeney has joined JMP Securities LLC as a managing director and director of trading. Based in the firm's New York office, Mr. Sweeney will report to Director of Equities Thomas Wright and will have responsibility for JMP Securities' institutional equity trading and sales trading activities. Prior to joining JMP Securities, Mr. Sweeney served as co-head of U.S. equity trading at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

JMP Group Inc. announced that Jeffrey R. Porphy has joined JMP Securities LLC as a managing director in its investment banking division. Based in the firm's New York office, Mr. Porphy will focus on mergers and acquisitions and will serve as head of financial sponsors coverage. Prior to joining JMP Securities, Mr. Porphy was a managing director serving as head of mergers and acquisitions and head of financial sponsors coverage at Cowen & Co. He was previously a managing director at Barclays Capital, where he served as head of corporate advisory mergers and acquisitions and financial sponsor idea generation. Additionally, Mr. Porphy spent 14 years in various capacities at Credit Suisse, most recently as a managing director and co-head of middle-market mergers and acquisitions as well as head of financial sponsors mergers and acquisitions. During his tenure there, he also served as chief operating officer of the global mergers and acquisitions group and the global industrial and services group, the investment banking department's industry group, and as chief operating officer of the European mergers and acquisitions group. Mr. Porphy began his Wall Street career at Lazard Frères & Co.