Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> August 24, 2009

Consumer & Commercial Finance Companies

Gokhale, Sameer
SAMEER GOKHALE is a Senior Vice President, Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., and covers the specialty finance sector. He joined KBW from Bear, Stearns & Co. where he was Associate Director of Equity Research and followed the specialty finance sector from 2001 to 2006. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Master's degree in Business Administration from Cornell University's Johnson School. Profile
TWST: Sameer, is consumer lending a correct definition of this area or is it

really non-bank lending?

Mr. Gokhale: I would say it's the broader definition. I cover commercial finance