Roger M. Widmann Mr. Widmann has been an active member of the US financial community as a lawyer, venture capitalist and investment banker since 1964.
He was a Principal of the investment banking firm of Tanner & Co., Inc. from 1996 to 2004, providing advice and negotiation and evaluation services to corporations ranging from Fortune 200 companies to mid-sized firms. From 1986 to 1995, Mr. Widmann was a Senior Managing Director of Chemical Banking Corporation. He established the Bank’s fee-based corporate finance business in 1986. He was responsible for projects ranging in the United States, South America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Widmann was a founder and CEO of First Reserve Corporation, the largest independent energy investing firm in the U.S. He was also Senior Vice President with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, responsible for the firm’s global investment banking business. He has also been a Vice President with New Court Securities Corporation (now Rothschild, Inc.), completing a series of venture capital and merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Widmann began his career in 1964 as an SEC trial attorney. |