About Us

Richard Vietor has extensive experience in managing global biotech and pharmaceutical research and investment banking, including leadership roles in numerous IPOs, secondary offerings, and mergers. He was Managing Director at Merrill Lynch in the Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group which ranked number one in healthcare-related equity and equity-linked transactions in 2001-2002. Additionally, he was an Institutional Investor-ranked research analyst for 12 consecutive years. Richard also served as a senior executive at Emdeon Corp. (now WebMD, Inc.) and played a major role in the WebMD Health public spinout. He serves on the Board of Directors for several private healthcare companies. He has a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Richard is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

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Larry Kopp serves as Vice Chairman of Griffin Securities, and also is the Managing Member of Globe Capital. Prior to Globe, Larry was a Managing Director of The Russell Company, a premier money management firm with over US$1 trillion under management and consultation, globally, including the top Fortune 50 companies and the largest pension plans in Asia. Before that, Larry served in several senior executive capacities at Citicorp in New York, then the nation's largest global financial services holding company,including as Chairman and CEO of Citicorp Insurance, President and CEO of Integrated Banking, and General Manager of the Bank Credit Card Business. He also served as a venture capitalist and financial advisor at Warburg, Pincus & Co. Inc.; Larry held numerous field and corporate posts at Trans World Airlines (TWA), served as Chair of the Advisory Board for the Business Program in the University of Washington at Tacoma, and is on the Boards and Executive Committees for the World Trade Center, The University of Washington Tacoma Campus Advisory Board, and the Symphony. Larry is also a Trustee of the Washington State Historical Society. He has served on the Board of Directors and Advisory Committee of the Venture Investors Association of New York (formerly, known as the Venture Capital Association of New York). Larry received his (High Honors) B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Stanford University and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

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Bud Carrey has extensive experience as a lawyer in the securities and corporate fields, focusing on securities law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and broker-dealer regulation. He was a partner of the New York law firm of Webster & Sheffield and formerly Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Telemundo Group, Inc. He also served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, where he directed legal and regulatory affairs for the financial services and investment groups. Bud is an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School, where he teaches Securities Regulation and Corporate Finance/Mergers & Acquisitions, and previously taught at Pace University School of Law. He is an arbitrator and mediator for FINRA and NYSE. Bud has been a frequent lecturer and panelist on legal and business organization programs on Securities Regulation, Corporate Governance and Corporate Ethics. Among Bud's several community and professional activities, he is currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nantucket Cottage Hospital, an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital, and was formerly a Trustee of Community Hospital at Dobbs Ferry, NY.

bcarrey@griffinsecurities.com  |  cell 914.693.6066