Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 16, 2004

GILBERT SCHARF – MAXCOR FINANCIAL GROUP INC (MAXF)

KEITH E. REIHL has been a Director of Maxcor Financial Group Inc. since April 1997, and Chief Operating Officer of the company from November 2001 to date. From August 1997 to November 2001, Mr. Reihl was Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Reihl also served as Treasurer of the company from August 1997 through November 1998. Mr. Reihl also is the Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of Euro Brokers and a number of its subsidiaries, as well as a member of such companies' respective boards of directors. Prior to being appointed Chief Operating Officer of such companies in November 1996, Mr. Reihl had served since 1983 as the Chief Financial Officer of Euro Brokers and a number of its subsidiaries. Prior to that time, Mr. Reihl was employed for nine years by Price Waterhouse LLP, serving lastly as Senior Audit Manager. Mr. Reihl is a Certified Public Accountant and received his BA degree in Accounting from Elizabethtown College in 1974. Profile
GILBERT D. SCHARF has been Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Maxcor Financial Group Inc. since its inception in 1994. Since April 1993, Mr. Scharf has been a Director and Secretary of Niagara Corporation, a holding company with operating subsidiaries in the business of manufacturing cold drawn steel bars. From 1985 to January 1989, Mr. Scharf was a Managing Director of Lazard Brothers & Co. Ltd. in London, where he was responsible for establishing and managing capital market activities. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Scharf was the General Partner of Mendez, Scharf & Co., a private investment partnership. From 1978 to 1983, Mr. Scharf was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where he managed all corporate and international bond trading and new issue commitments and the money market department, and was co-chairman of the risk management committee. Upon consummation of the company's August 1996 acquisition of Euro Brokers, Mr. Scharf became the Vice Chairman of Euro Brokers and is currently the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Euro Brokers, as well as of a number of its subsidiaries. Mr. Scharf earned a BA degree from Duke University. He is Chairman of the Board's Executive Committee. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with an overview of Maxcor Financial Group?

Mr. Scharf: Maxcor Financial Group is the holding company for our two

primary lines of business. The first is our