Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 20, 2002
DON A. BUCHHOLZ is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board of Directors of SWS Group, Inc., a publicly-owned holding
company with subsidiaries engaged in providing securities
clearing, securities brokerage, investment banking and investment
advisory services. Mr. Buchholz co-founded SWS Securities
(formerly Southwest Securities) as a Dallas-based securities
broker/dealer and New York Stock Exchange member firm in 1972.
Professionally, Mr. Buchholz is an allied member of the New York
Stock Exchange and an associate member of the American Stock
Exchange. He previously served as a member of the Board of
Governors of the New York Stock Exchange. He also served on the
Boards of Directors of the Securities Industry Association (SIA)
and the National Association of Securities Dealers. In addition,
he served on the Executive Committee of the SIA's South Central
District and as President of the Texas Stock and Bond Dealers
Association. Active in community affairs, Mr. Buchholz currently
serves as an Advisory Director for Security Bank, Garland, Texas,
and as a member of the Dallas County Community College Foundation
Board. For the University of North Texas, Mr. Buchholz serves as
a Director on the UNT Foundation Board as well as on the Board of
Advisors for the UNT College of Business Administration. From
1978 to 1997, he served as a member of the Board of Trustees of
the Dallas County Community College District. Mr. Buchholz served
as President of the Board of Trustees of the Garland (Texas)
Independent School District. In addition, he served two terms
(1990 through 1996) on the Baylor University Hankamer School of
Business Advisory Board, including as Chairman in 1995-96. Most
recently, he served as a member of the Board of Directors for the
Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Mr. Buchholz also
recently served as Chairman of the Board for First Savings Bank
in Arlington,Texas, and as a Director for the Old Red Courthouse,
Inc. Mr. Buchholz formerly was a licensed CPA. He holds a BBA
Degree from the University of North Texas in Denton and has
received many awards through the years, including two from the
University of North Texas: the 'Outstanding Alumnus Service
Award' in 1999 and the 'Distinguished Alumnus Award' in 2001. Profile
Mr. Buchholz: SWS is primarily in the securities processing
business. We are a 30-year-old company whose core business has
been the
