The Finish Line, Inc. announced that Jeffrey Sherry has joined the company as vice president, business development and corporate strategy. Sherry comes to Finish Line from Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, an investment bank principally targeting middle market clients.
At Stifel Nicolaus Weisel since the acquisition of Ryan Beck and Company in 2007, he most recently was a director in the consumer and retail investment banking group. With more than 15 years of focus on specialty retail and restaurant clients, Sherry has completed advisory assignments, acquisitions, divestitures and financing transactions for a wide range of high growth companies in the softlines and hardlines retail sectors. In addition to helping to form the middle market investment banking group at Ryan Beck, earlier in his career, Sherry served in analyst roles at both Bluestone Capital Partners and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, where he worked extensively on mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts.
“As we continue to grow as a company, we need diverse resources to help develop new business initiatives for Finish Line,” said Mark Landau, executive vice president, chief business development officer for Finish Line. “Jeffrey brings a strong financial background, leadership and expertise that should be invaluable to our company’s future success.”
Sherry holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
