Mr. Angelo Lekanides has 30 years of experience in the securities industry. Over that time his experience has spanned across a broad spectrum of different activities in the industry. He has advised high net worth individuals and companies in regards to products ranging from equities, bonds and options to investments typically reserved for institutional investors such as secondary and private offerings. He has worked with a wide array of clients to create, grow, diversify and hedge wealth management portfolios. Mr. Lekanides now focuses the majority of his time structuring equity compensation plans for both public and private companies and he runs the trading desk for the Corporate and Executive Services Department. He has been with Maxim Group since its inception. He was previously employed as an executive manager with Investec Ernst & Company, an international specialist bank headquartered in South Africa and the UK. Mr. Lekanides holds a B.A. in Economics from St. John’s University.