DSG-Network.com: Bio

Howard Landers [hlanders@dsg-network.com] [Howard Landers Portrait]

Howard Landers has been active in the brokerage industry since 1979. He brings clients a particular expertise in broker dealer financial and operations issues.

Based in Miami, Howard spent his first decade in the securities business with Merrill Lynch working in the areas of operations, compliance, trading, and sales. Since then, he has managed the South Florida region for the securities division of Transamerica; managed the U.S. securities division of the German bank Verein und Westbank; co-founded and sold the brokerage firm The Partners Financial Group; and was EVP and a member of the Board of Directors for the publicly traded Shochet Securities, Inc. He has also served as the CEO of Coral Capital Group, a consulting firm specializing in broker dealer formation for foreign institutions.

In addition to consulting, Mr. Landers is President of 1st BridgeHouse Securities, an NASD member firm that provides investment banking services to medium to smaller firms. He is a past (non-attorney) member of the Florida Bar Grievance Committee.