Scott L. Bok, 56, has served as Chief Executive Officer since April 2010, served
as Co-Chief Executive Officer between October 2007 and April 2010, and served
as our U.S. President between January 2004 and October 2007. He has also served
as a member of our Management Committee since its formation in January 2004.
In addition, Mr. Bok has been a director of Greenhill & Co., Inc. since
its incorporation in March 2004. Mr. Bok joined Greenhill as a Managing Director
in February 1997. Before joining Greenhill, Mr. Bok was a Managing Director
in the mergers, acquisitions and restructuring department of Morgan Stanley
& Co., where he worked from 1986 to 1997, based in New York and London.
From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Bok practiced mergers and acquisitions and securities
law in New York with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Mr. Bok served as Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of GHL Acquisition
Corp. from 2007 to 2009 and as a member of the Board of Directors of its successor,
Iridium Communications Inc., from 2009 to 2013. He has also served as a member
of the Board of Directors of Heartland Payment Systems (2001 — 2005) and
Republic Group Insurance (2003 — 2007).
Kevin M. Costantino, 39, has served as President since 2015, and also is a
member of our Management Committee. Prior to his appointment as President, Mr.
Costantino served as Co-Head of our Australian business. Mr. Costantino joined
Greenhill more than 10 years ago in our New York office, to which he relocated
in July 2015 after a second stay in our Sydney office. He also spent time in
our Chicago office following its 2009 opening, and was involved in our expansion
to Brazil two years ago. Before joining Greenhill, Mr. Costantino was a mergers
and acquisitions lawyer with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York.
David A. Wyles, 47, has served as President since 2015, and also is a member
of our Management Committee. Prior to his appointment as President, Mr. Wyles
served as Co-Head of our European business. Mr. Wyles joined Greenhill 18 years
ago as part of the original team from Baring Brothers that founded our London
office, and was involved in the opening of our Frankfurt office two years later.
He is one of the leading M&A advisors in the UK market, and has also led
numerous major transaction assignments in Continental Europe and globally, including
most of our assignments involving China.
Christopher T. Grubb, 36, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May
2012, and also is a member of our Management Committee. Mr. Grubb also serves
as Co-Head of our U.S. M&A business. Mr. Grubb joined Greenhill in 2006
and was promoted to Managing Director in January 2014. Prior to joining Greenhill,
Mr. Grubb worked in the investment banking group at UBS. Mr. Grubb advises clients
on a variety of M&A and restructuring transactions and also is responsible
for investor relations and a variety of administrative roles at Greenhill.
Patricia Moran, 56, has served as our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since
April 2014, and also is a member of our Management Committee. Prior to joining
Greenhill, Ms. Moran was a partner in the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom, LLP, where she began her career 30 years ago, focusing on mergers
and acquisitions, private equity, restructurings, corporate governance and general
corporate and securities law matters.
Harold J. Rodriguez, Jr., 60, has served as our Chief Operating Officer since
January 2012, served as Chief Administrative Officer from March 2008 until January
2012 and was Managing Director — Finance, Regulation and Operations from
January 2004 to March 2008. Mr. Rodriguez also serves as our Chief Compliance
Officer and Treasurer and is a member of our Management Committee. Mr. Rodriguez
is the Chief Financial Officer of Greenhill’s operating subsidiaries and
from November 2000 through December 2003 was Chief Financial Officer of Greenhill.
Mr. Rodriguez has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Greenhill Capital
Partners LLC since he joined Greenhill in June 2000. Mr. Rodriguez served as
Chief Financial Officer of GHL Acquisition Corp. from 2008 to 2009. Prior to
joining Greenhill, Mr. Rodriguez was Vice President — Finance and Controller
of Silgan Holdings, Inc., a major consumer packaging goods manufacturer, from
1987 to 2000. From 1978 to 1987, Mr. Rodriguez worked at Ernst & Young,
where he was a senior manager specializing in taxation.
Our Board of Directors has six members, two of whom are employees (Robert F.
Greenhill and Scott L. Bok) and four of whom are independent (Robert T. Blakely,
Steven F. Goldstone, Stephen L. Key and Karen P. Robards). In January 2016,
our Board of Directors amended our Corporate Governance Guidelines to provide
for a “Lead Independent Director” and appointed Mr. Goldstone to
this role. A brief biography of each of Messrs. Greenhill, Blakely, Goldstone
and Key and Ms. Robards is set forth below.
Robert F. Greenhill, 79, our founder, has served as our Chairman since the time
of our founding in 1996 and served as our Chief Executive Officer between 1996
and October 2007. Mr. Greenhill was a member of our Management Committee since
its formation in January 2004 until October 2007. In addition, Mr. Greenhill
has been a director of Greenhill & Co., Inc. since its incorporation in
March 2004. Prior to founding and becoming Chairman of Greenhill, Mr. Greenhill
was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smith Barney Inc. and a member of
the Board of Directors of the predecessor to the present Travelers Corporation
(the parent of Smith Barney) from June 1993 to January 1996. From January 1991
to June 1993, Mr. Greenhill was president of, and from January 1989 to January
1991, Mr. Greenhill was a vice chairman of, Morgan Stanley Group, Inc. Mr. Greenhill
joined Morgan Stanley in 1962 and became a partner in 1970. In 1972, Mr. Greenhill
directed Morgan Stanley’s newly-formed mergers and acquisitions department.
In 1980, Mr. Greenhill was named director of Morgan Stanley’s investment
banking division, with responsibility for domestic and international corporate
finance, mergers and acquisitions, merchant banking, capital markets services
and real estate. Also in 1980, Mr. Greenhill became a member of Morgan Stanley’s
management committee.
Robert T. Blakely, 74, has served on our Board of Directors since April 2009.
Since 2008, Mr. Blakely has served as the President of Performance Enhancement
Group, a position he previously held from 2002 to 2003. From February 2006 to
January 2008, Mr. Blakely served as Executive Vice President of Fannie Mae and
from February 2006 to August 2007 as its Chief Financial Officer. From 2003
to 2006, Mr. Blakely served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of MCI. From 1999 to 2002 he served as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Lyondell Chemical. From 1981 to 1999 he served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tenneco, Inc. From 1971
to 1981, Mr. Blakely was with Morgan Stanley. Mr. Blakely is a member of the
Board of Directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation, Natural Resource Partners
L.P. and Ally Financial Inc. (formerly GMAC, Inc.). Mr. Blakely completed a
five year term on December 31, 2011 as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees
of the Financial Accounting Federation, the oversight body for the Financial
Accounting Standards Board.
Steven F. Goldstone, 70, has served on our Board of Directors since July 2004,
where he has been our Lead Independent Director since January 2016. He currently
manages Silver Spring Group, a private investment firm. From 1995 until his
retirement in 2000, Mr. Goldstone was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
RJR Nabisco, Inc. (which was subsequently named Nabisco Group Holdings following
the reorganization of RJR Nabisco, Inc.). Prior to joining RJR Nabisco, Inc.,
Mr. Goldstone was a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell, a law firm in New
York City. He is also the non-executive Chairman of ConAgra Foods, Inc. Mr.
Goldstone served as a member of the Board of Directors of Trane, Inc. (f/k/a
American Standard Companies, Inc.) from 2002 until 2008 and as a member of the
Board of Directors of Merck & Co. from 2008 until 2012. Mr. Goldstone will
serve as a member of the Board of Directors of The Chefs Warehouse, Inc. beginning
in March 2016.
Stephen L. Key, 72, has served on our Board of Directors since May 2004. Since
2003, Mr. Key has been the sole proprietor of Key Consulting, LLC. From 1995
to 2001, Mr. Key was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Textron Inc., and from 1992 to 1995, Mr. Key was the Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of ConAgra, Inc. From 1968 to 1992, Mr. Key worked
at Ernst & Young, serving in various capacities, including as the Managing
Partner of Ernst & Young’s New York Office from 1988 to 1992. Mr.
Key is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. Mr. Key has served
as a member of the Board of Directors of Fairway Group Holdings Corp. since
August 2012 and as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
of Fairway Group Holdings Corp. since April 2013. Mr. Key has also served as
a member of the Board of Directors of Sitel, Inc. from 2007 until 2008, as a
member of the Board of Directors of Forward Industries, Inc. from 2010 until
2012, and as a member of the Board of Directors of 1-800-Contacts, Inc. from
2005 to 2012.
Karen P. Robards, 65, has served on our Board of Directors since April 2013.
Since 1987, Ms. Robards has been a partner of Robards & Company, LLC, a
financial advisory firm. From 1976 to 1987, Ms. Robards was an investment banker
at Morgan Stanley where she served as head of its healthcare investment banking
activities. Ms. Robards currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board and Chair
of the Audit Committee of BlackRock Closed-End Funds. Ms. Robards is also a
member of the Board of Directors of AtriCure, Inc., a medical device company,
where she has served since 2000. From 1996 to 2005, Ms. Robards served as a
director of Enable Medical Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of surgical
instruments, which was acquired by AtriCure, Inc. in 2005. From 2007 to 2010,
Ms. Robards also served as a director of Care Investment Trust, a publicly held
real estate investment trust focusing on investment opportunities in the healthcare
industry.
Greenhill and Co Inc currently has 800 employees.
