Mr. Tepper is a Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at Gleacher & Company.  Mr. Tepper was formerly a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Gleacher Partners and President of Gleacher Fund Advisors.  He joined Gleacher in 1990 and prior to that was a member of Morgan Stanley’s M&A and Merchant Banking departments. Mr. Tepper's clients have included companies in the consumer, industrial and financial services areas, including ConAgra, Garantia, Arthur Anderson, National Westminster Bank and Bank of Scotland. Mr. Tepper holds an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.