BTIG announced today the appointments of Bruce Mackle as Managing Director and Sean Alyeshmerni, D.O. as Director within its Franchise Sales team. Both will focus on expanding and strengthening BTIG’s client relationships within the healthcare sector.

Bruce Mackle brings over 25 years of healthcare-dedicated financial industry experience on the sell-side, buy-side, and as an investor relations advisor. Over the course of his career at firms including Wells Fargo, UBS, and HSBC, Mr. Mackle primarily served as a healthcare trading desk analyst and a healthcare sector sales specialist. Most recently, he worked at LifeSci Advisors, a life science-focused investor relations advisory firm, managing a client portfolio of both public and pre-IPO companies. Mr. Mackle’s buy-side experience includes positions with two healthcare-dedicated funds. He began his career as a healthcare equity research analyst at Gruntal & Co. and UBS.

Prior to joining BTIG, Sean Alyeshmerni, D.O., was a Biotech Investor at CORR Capital, an emerging biotechnology-focused long/short fund. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President, Investment Banking at Citigroup, specializing in healthcare M&A and capital markets transactions. Dr. Alyeshmerni also held investment roles at Alera Partners and Ditch Plains Capital. He began his career as a physician, completing residencies in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry.

“We are thrilled to welcome Bruce and Sean to BTIG,” said Chris Rollins, BTIG’s Global Co-Head of Securities. “Their vast experience and deep industry connections will bring immediate value to our clients and further enhance BTIG’s presence in healthcare.”

BTIG’s Franchise Sales unit is comprised of a team of nearly 20 seasoned industry professionals fluent in the firm’s multi-product offering. Their expertise helps institutional and corporate clients solve their most important investment decisions and navigate the marketplace across periods of great volatility and stability respectively. BTIG’s Franchise Sales team members are based in Boston, Dallas, London, Miami, Minneapolis, and New York.

About BTIG

BTIG is a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services. With an extensive global footprint and more than 700 employees, BTIG, LLC and its affiliates operate out of 20 cities throughout the U.S., and in Europe, Asia and Australia. BTIG offers execution, expertise and insights for equities, equity derivatives, ETFs and fixed income, currency and commodities. The firm’s core capabilities include global execution, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more.

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