Jefferies LLC has hired Rex Green and Jonathan Carey as managing directors and global co-heads of Automotive Aftermarket Investment Banking.
They will jointly lead an eight-person team focused on serving automotive aftermarket companies from suppliers and distributors to retailers and professional installers in every niche of the $300 billion global automotive aftermarket. The team is based in the firm’s Boston office.
Green and Carey have jointly focused on the automotive aftermarket since 2002, and established BB&T’s Automotive Aftermarket industry practice in 2004.
Green has more than 25 years of industry experience and was most recently managing director responsible for a number of investment banking groups at BB&T Capital Markets. Prior to joining BB&T, he was a managing director at Advest Inc., and prior to that, was partner-In-charge of corporate finance for the New England region of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. Green received his Masters of Business Administration from The Stern School at New York University and his Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.
Carey has more than 14 years of industry experience and was most recently managing director and head of the automotive aftermarket investment banking practice at BB&T Capital Markets. Prior to joining BB&T, he was in the investment banking group at Advest Inc. and prior to that he began his career with Ernst & Young LLP. Carey received his Masters of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor of Arts from The George Washington University.