Jack Bannister joined SVB Leerink‘s equity capital markets franchise as a managing director. He will partner with healthcare and life sciences companies to raise capital and position them for success in the public markets.

Bannister will be based in SVB Leerink’s New York office and will report to Rahul Chaudhary, senior managing director and head of equity capital markets for SVB Leerink.

“Jack brings tremendous talent and experience to his new role as managing director on our team,” Chaudhary said. “This expanded team will allow us to bring our capital markets expertise to a broad range of new clients alongside our recent investment banking hires while continuing to deepen our relationships with existing corporate and investing partners.”

Prior to joining SVB Leerink, Bannister spent eight years with Goldman Sachs, where he served as vice president of the healthcare equity capital markets team. Bannister began his career as an equity analyst with T. Rowe Price in Baltimore.

“I am thrilled to join Rahul and the broader SVB Leerink team,” Bannister said. “The franchise has tremendous momentum and I look forward to working with clients to provide strategic and execution-related advice.”

SVB Leerink is an investment bank specializing in healthcare and life sciences.