MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 17, 2014--
Piper Jaffray
(NYSE: PJC), a leading investment bank and asset management firm, announced that
William Fitzgerald
joined its
board of directors
, effective immediately.
Fitzgerald is currently the chairman and chief executive officer of
Ascent Capital Group, Inc
., a NASDAQ-listed publicly traded holding company whose business operations are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary,
Monitronics, Inc.
, which is one of the largest residential security alarm monitoring companies in
the United States
.
“Bill’s experience as a CEO of a sector-leading, publicly traded company, and the broad strategic and operating experience he has from his 30 years in the media and telecommunications industries will be of significant benefit to our Board and shareholders. We are very pleased to have Bill as a director,” said Piper Jaffray Companies chairman and CEO,
Andrew Duff
.
Fitzgerald has been the chairman and chief executive officer of Ascent (formerly known as
Ascent Media Group
) since 2000. He previously served as senior vice president of
Liberty Media Corporation
from
July 2000
to
December 2012
. Before that, he served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for AT&T Broadband (formerly known as
Tele-Communications, Inc.
) from 1998 to 2000, and as executive vice president, corporate development of
TCI Communications, Inc.
, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tele-Communications, from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Fitzgerald was previously an investment banking partner at
Daniels & Associates
(now
RBC Capital Markets
), and he began his career at
The First National Bank of Chicago
as a commercial banker. Fitzgerald has previously served on the board of directors for
Expedia, Inc.
,
TripAdvisor, Inc.
and
Cablevision Systems Corporation
.
Fitzgerald received a bachelor’s degree from
Indiana University Kelley School of Business
and a master's degree in finance and marketing from the
Kellogg School of Business
at
Northwestern University
.
About
Piper Jaffray
Piper Jaffray
is a leading investment bank and asset management firm serving clients in the U.S. and internationally. Our proven advisory teams combine deep industry, product and sector expertise with ready access to capital. Founded in 1895, the firm is headquartered in
Minneapolis
and has offices across
the United States
and in
London
and
Zurich
.
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Pamela Steensland, 612-303-8184
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