Jeff Pranaitis

Jeff is a Managing Director in Stifel’s Diversified Industries Investment Banking Group investment banking group. Jeff has over 25 years of investment banking and related experience with extensive transaction credentials in security, industrials, and business services sectors.

Prior to joining Stifel, Jeff was the Global Head of Security, Safety & Protection services at Jefferies from 2015 to 2019. Prior to joining Jefferies, Jeff led the development of the security services investment banking practice at Raymond James and its predecessor organization, Morgan Keegan, which was ranked as the leading advisory practice to the security and defense industry by Global Security Finance. He also developed and led the security industry investment banking practice at Lehman Brothers. Jeff began his investment banking career at Wasserstein Perella.

Jeff received an MBA from the University of Chicago with honors, Beta Gamma Sigma.