Michael Brabant is a Managing Director and Head of Corporate & Executive Services Group for Jefferies’ Wealth Management Group and is the senior member of the firm’s top wealth management team in New York. Mike has been honored as one of the Top 100 Financial Advisors in New York in Barron’s annual rankings numerous times since since 2011. He also was recognized by Barron’s as one of the Top 100 Financial Advisors nationwide in 2015. Prior to Jefferies, Mike was a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Management Group at Deutsche Bank, and a Director in the Wealth Management Group at Credit Suisse. He started his wealth management career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, which was acquired by Credit Suisse in 2000. At CSF in addition to leading one of the top wealth management teams, Mike served as New York Branch Manager in 2001 and 2002. Prior to CS/DLJ, Mike was in a variety of roles in investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Prior to business school, he designed radar systems for Hughes Aircraft Corporation in Los Angeles. Mike received his BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley and his MBA from Columbia University Business School.