Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 29, 2002

Robert Garrison Ii – Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc (smhg)

ROBERT E. GARRISON II is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc. Mr. Garrison co-founded Harris, Webb & Garrison Investment Bankers, where he served as Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Banking, and Pinnacle Management & Trust, where he served as Chairman, CEO and Director. Mr. Garrison also serves as a Director of Teraforce Technology Corp., First Capital Bankers, Inc., FirstCity Financial Corp. Inc., Somerset House Publishing and as a Director and member of the Finance Committee of the Memorial Hermann Hospitals Systems. Previously, Mr. Garrison was President and CEO of Medical Center Bank & Trust Company, a Managing Partner of Lovett Mitchell Webb & Garrison (a division of Kemper Securitites Group, Inc.), and a Director of Research for Underwood Neuhaus and Co., an investment banker. He has over 35 years' experience in the securities industry and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief overview of the history and evolution

of Sanders Morris Harris Group?

Mr. Garrison: Sanders Morris Harris Group is a financial services

company headquartered