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MIHIR JOBALIA

Managing Director, Technology Investment Banking - Cantor Fitzgerald

Mihir is a Managing Director in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Cantor Fitzgerald and is based in Silicon Valley.  Mihir serves and expands relationships with clients in the Technology sector with a focus on public and private capital markets and M&A advisory services. Mihir has over 23 years of experience in executing mergers and acquisitions, private placements, divestitures, recapitalizations, IPOs, follow-on offerings, and delivering fairness opinions. Prior to joining Cantor Fitzgerald, Mihir served for ~10 years as the Co-Head of the Technology Corporate Finance group at KPMG in Silicon Valley.  Mihir started his career at Raymond James and has also worked at ThinkEquity Partners and Morgan Keegan.

Mihir has a BS (Chemical Engineering; with high honors) from University of Florida, a MS (Chemical Engineering) from University of Houston and a MBA (with concentrations in Finance and Accounting) from University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

OUR MODERATOR

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CHRISTOPHER BROWN, CFA, CAIA

Northern California Regional President - BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Christopher Brown is Northern California Market President for BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Chris oversees a group of specialists based in San Francisco and Menlo Park to advise some of the most successful individuals and families in Northern California, helping them to enhance their wealth for generations to come. He plays an influential role in driving BNY Mellon’s business impact and growth in the community.

Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, Chris delivers the training and tools that support the development of thoughtful wealth management and cash flow strategies to meet clients’ long-term goals. Chris’s uncompromising integrity enables him to foster an environment of collaboration where colleagues and clients can both thrive and succeed.

Before joining BNY Mellon, Chris was Market Team Lead for J.P. Morgan Private Bank. His previous experience includes serving as a West Coast Head and Investment Officer for Veritable LP, a multibillion-dollar private investment office.

Chris earned a B.A. from Haverford College, where he was  the varsity’s men's lacrosse captain and one of the top-10 graduating student-athletes. He holds an M.B.A from the University of California Berkeley.

Passionate about childhood education, Chris has served as a board member of several Bay Area non-profits and currently serves on the board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland.

Chris currently resides in San Francisco with his wife, Jordan, and two children.