BB&T Capital Markets added three senior bankers to its investment banking team. David Keys joins as a managing director and head of the newly formed Healthcare Group, Dave Endom joins as vice president in the Healthcare Group and Tim Lufkin joins as a managing director in the Financial Sponsors Group.

Keys has spent the majority of his 20-year career in financial services, including 15 years in investment banking and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining BB&T Capital Markets, he launched the healthcare group at Matrix Capital Markets, a Richmond, VA-based boutique investment bank. Previously, he was a partner at Creswell Partners. Earlier in his career he was an investment banker at Harris Williams & Co. and Piper Jaffray.

Endom, based in Alexandria, VA, has more than 15 years of investment banking and finance experience in several industries completing a broad range of transaction types including sell-side mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, debt financings and secondary offerings. Prior to joining BB&T Capital Markets, he helped launch the healthcare group at Matrix Capital Markets with Keys. His prior experience includes serving as director of financial planning for KIPP DC, where he closed on more than $160 million in real estate debt financing and the acquisition of more than 410,000 square feet of educational facilities. Earlier in his career he was an investment banker at Harris Williams & Co. and a consultant at Arthur Andersen.

“For the past year we have been looking for the right bankers to build a successful middle market Healthcare practice,” said Bruce M. Kelleher Jr., head of BB&T Capital Markets’ Investment Banking. “We have been impressed with the success and reputations of David Keys and Dave Endom for some time and think they are an ideal strategic and cultural fit for our organization.”

Lufkin brings more than 20 years of investment banking and sponsor coverage experience to BB&T Capital Markets. Prior to joining BB&T Capital Markets, he was a managing director at American Capital in the firm’s Sponsor Finance Group. Other positions include managing director at Morgan Joseph TriArtisan, where he originated and executed middle market M&A deals for private equity backed companies. Lufkin is based in New York.

“I am confident the wealth of deal experience and long-standing private equity relationships Tim brings to our firm will serve as a catalyst for continued growth in our M&A business. I am very pleased to have him as part of our team,” Kelleher said.

BB&T Capital Markets offers a full spectrum of capital and advisory solutions including equity and debt underwriting, merger and acquisition advisory and corporate banking to middle market companies, municipalities and private equity firms nationwide.