Gary Wunderlich, CEO, of Wunderlich Securities announced that Jim Parrish has joined Wunderlich as Co-President of the Firm's Private Client Group (PCG) in the company's Memphis headquarters. Mr. Parrish was with Morgan Keegan (MK) for 23 years. "We are excited to have someone of Jim's caliber join the management team to help take Wunderlich to its next level of growth," said Gary Wunderlich. Mr. Parrish will also be joining Wunderlich's Board of Directors.
"Jim has been a successful mentor for financial advisors for many years and our Private Client Group will benefit from his expertise," said Philip Zanone. Mr. Zanone will serve with Mr. Parrish as Co-President of Wunderlich's PCG.
"I am excited to be working with such a vibrant and rapidly growing firm, a group that emphasizes its Private Client Group as its main business. Wunderlich is riveted on allowing its more than 200 highly competent Financial Advisors to provide first class investment advice," said Mr. Parrish.
Wunderlich Securities has experienced extraordinary growth over the past two fiscal years. The Firm opened 9 new Private Client Group Branches with 60 new Financial Advisors and 3 Fixed Income Capital Markets Offices. Among the more than 190 new investment professionals added during that period were 8 investment bankers and 21 professionals within the Equity Capital Markets Division.
Mr. Parrish served 10 years as President of MK's Private Client Group expanding its infrastructure, advisor force, revenue and profits dramatically. Prior to that promotion, he was branch manager of the Firm's Nashville, Louisville and Bowling Green offices as well as Regional Manager over offices in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, and North Carolina. He entered the investment industry with EF Hutton in Nashville after serving as a small business owner and commercial banker. He received an undergraduate degree from Western Kentucky University and earned an MBA from the University of Kentucky.
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