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Mr. Andersen was once referred to by the New York Times as one of the five most creative investment bankers on Wall Street. As a financier for over thirty years who has been involved in deals totaling over $100 billion in value, Mr. Andersen has been responsible for some of the most innovative and notable transactions in the investment banking and high yield bond industries, and he is widely recognized for playing an integral role in the creation of the high yield bond industry. Before founding G.C. Andersen Partners in 1996, Mr. Andersen served as Vice Chairman of PaineWebber from 1990 to 1995. At PaineWebber, he helped propel the bank to record corporate finance revenues and, with the acquisition of Kidder Peabody in 1994, launched the development of its international banking operations. Prior to PaineWebber, Mr. Andersen was head of the Investment Banking Group at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated and one of the most senior executives of the firm. He served on Drexel’s Board of Directors, Investment Banking Executive Committee, and Underwriting Assistance Committee (which reviewed, amended, restructured or approved an average of 600 transactions per year). Mr. Andersen began his career as a securities analyst in the trust department at the National Bank of Detroit, after which he became Vice President of Corporate Finance at Dominick & Dominick, Inc., Partner at Prescott Ball & Turben, and Partner at Wm. D. Witter.
Mr. Andersen has been a guest lecturer and commentator at university forums around the world. He was a member of the faculty of the Saltzberg Seminar and has appeared on business television programs including CNN’s Money Line. Mr. Andersen has written articles for the New York Times and other newspapers and, for several years, authored a weekly column for Inc. Magazine. Mr. Andersen is regularly interviewed by such newspapers and periodicals as the Wall St. Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Fortune Magazine.
Mr. Andersen has been an active participant in academic and public policy circles in the United States and abroad, supporting educational programs and institutions worldwide. He was a founder and trustee of the Garn Institute at the University of Utah, a public service financial think tank designed to promote ideas in cooperation with the corporate and academic worlds and public policy makers. As a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the University of Colorado, he endowed an assistant professorship in communications at the College of Business to promote effective communications skills throughout the curriculum. He is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing, China and on the Advisory Board of the RAND Corporation’s Center for Asia Pacific Policy. Both he and his wife sponsored a project of the Manhattan School of Music to build the 19-story recital hall and dormitory building; this new facility is the cornerstone of a project to solidify the school’s position as a leading international conservatory of music. Mr. Andersen is a member of the Executive Committee for the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of New York and Co-Chairman of the Endowment Campaign.
Mr. Andersen is the lead director of Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX). His previous board memberships include United Waste Systems, United Artists Theatres and Millennium Cell. Mr. Andersen received a BS from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). | 