Charney will join Tom O’Mara, Co-Head of Equities, in overseeing the Company’s domestic and international equity sales and trading businesses. He is based inNew Yorkand reports to Jeffrey Solomon, Chief Executive Officer of Cowen and Company, Cowen’s broker-dealer business.
'Dan’s leadership will be a valuable asset as we continue to grow our equities sales and trading business globally', said Solomon. 'His diverse experience over his twenty year career and proven track record of building equity distribution platforms will be helpful as we enhance our sales and trading operations. Dan is a tremendous addition to our team and we look forward to the contributions that both he and Tom will make to the success of our equities franchise'.
Charney joins Cowen from Jefferies where he was most recently Managing Director and Head of Global Electronic Trading Services as well as Head of U.S. Salestrading. Before joining Jefferies, Charney was a Managing Director and head of West Coast equity distribution at UBS Securities and he held various other positions in the financial services sector earlier in his career. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at University of California Berkeley.


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