Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 6, 1998
JOHN SHERMAN JR. became the president and chief executive officer of
Scott & Stringfellow Financial Inc. on January 1, 1996. As president
and CEO, Sherman has overall responsibility for the operations of the
publicly-held holding company and its two subsidiaries, Scott &
Stringfellow Inc. and Scott & Stringfellow Capital Management Inc. He
serves on the board of directors of Scott & Stringfellow Financial Inc.
and Scott & Stringfellow Inc. Prior to becoming president and CEO,
Sherman served as the company's executive vice president and chief
operating officer, and before that as head of administration and retail
sales for Scott & Stringfellow Inc., a regional brokerage and investment
banking firm with 29 offices and approximately 236 investment brokers in
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia. Sherman,
51, joined Scott & Stringfellow as manager of its Kinston, N.C. office
in 1988 and was named the firm's head of branch administration and
retail sales in 1993, and to the board of Scott & Stringfellow Financial
Inc. in January of 1995. He was named executive vice president and
chief operating officer in August of 1995. From 1973 to 1980, Sherman
served as an executive of Wachovia Bank. He joined Wheat First Butcher
Singer's Kinston office as an investment broker in 1980 and later served
as vice president and branch manager. Sherman is a graduate of
Princeton University and holds a master's degree from the Darden
Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. Profile
on Scott & Stringfellow and then bring us up to date. Over the next two
to three years, what do you see as the key
