BTIG hired JT Herman as head of Mergers and Acquisitions within its Investment Banking division. He will be based in San Francisco.

“We are pleased to welcome JT to the firm. He is an accomplished industry veteran with significant expertise and a successful track record for deal completions,” commented Scott Kovalik, co-founder and CEO of BTIG. “JT has a vision and business plan to build out a full-scale mergers and acquisitions team, bringing key specialists to our Investment Banking division. The new team he is creating is crucial to complete our product offering for corporate clients.”

Herman joins BTIG in a newly-created role at the firm. Prior to BTIG, he was a managing director at GCA, where he led the firm’s Industrials and Industrial Technology division. Earlier in his career, he was a managing director at Goldman Sachs, where he led the firm’s West Region Industrials unit. Prior to his career in investment banking, he was a captain in the United States Air Force.

“BTIG has established an impressive foundation in Investment Banking. I am excited for the opportunity to build a mergers and acquisitions team within one of the fastest-growing Investment Banking platforms on Wall Street,” said Herman. “Our plan is to align ourselves alongside the firm’s existing verticals, providing key services to BTIG’s rapidly-expanding list of advisory clients.”

BTIG is a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services.