photo of George E.A. Barbar George E.A. Barbar
Managing Director
Institutional Sales and Trading

Ft. Lauderdale, FL
+1 954.377.2272

Areas of Focus: Government Agency Trading and Underwriting

Profile:
  • Co-Head of the Government Agency Trading and Underwriting department
  • Responsible for underwriting, distribution and secondary trading of Government Agency Securities (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac & The Federal Home Loan Banks)
  • Established Mesirow Financial's underwriting business in March 2010 and has since originated $7 billion in new issue agencies through July 2011
  • Previously was a vice president at LaSalle Bank focusing on CD and agency trading and underwriting, and a vice president at Pershing LLC in agency trading and underwriting
  • Holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses
Education:
  • B.A., Wheaton College
  • M.B.A., Florida Atlantic University
Affiliations:
  • South Florida Bond Traders Association, co-founder and president
  • National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias, vice president and board member
  • Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, chairman of benevolence committee
  • Westminster Academy Alumni Association, board member