Thomas Flanagan

Tom Flanagan is a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Financial Sponsors. He is based in our New York Office, where he brings 30+ years Investment Banking experience. Tom focuses his coverage on large cap and middle market private equity firms, the private equity groups of certain pension plans, and family offices.

Prior to joining Stifel, Tom was Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage at Cantor Fitzgerald. He previously covered sponsors at Jefferies for six years and was a member of the firm-wide Equity Commitment Committee. Prior to Jefferies, Tom spent 12 years with Lehman Brothers, where he headed middle market sponsor coverage and previously led coverage of corporate clients in the consumer and industrial sectors. Tom started his investment banking career at Dillon, Read & Company.

Tom has been active with a number of not-for-profit organizations and was previously President of The Windward School Board of Trustees.

Tom holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. from Lafayette College.