Cherrick comes to Wachovia Securities from SG Cowen & Co., where she was head of consumer investment banking. Both in her work at SG Cowen & Co., and throughout her career, Cherrick provided strategic solutions and managed extensive relationships across multiple consumer businesses including specialty retail, restaurants and e-commerce.
“I am very pleased that Michelle has joined our platform. Over the last decade, Michelle has built a national reputation for providing strategic advice to management teams and private equity investors focused on emerging growth consumer companies. Her client relationships and deep sector knowledge will immediately add to our practice,” said Bill Blue, head of the consumer and retail group.
Before joining SG Cowen & Co., Cherrick covered consumer and retail companies for nearly 15 years. Wachovia Securities’ consumer and retail investment banking group is focused on providing corporate finance and strategic advisory services to consumer products, food and beverage, restaurant, grocery and food distribution companies and retailers.
Wachovia Securities is the trade name for the corporate, investment banking, capital markets and securities research businesses of Wachovia Corporation and its subsidiaries, including Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (WCM) and Wachovia Securities International Limited. Wachovia Securities is also the trade name for the retail brokerage businesses of WCM’s affiliates, Wachovia Securities, LLC, Wachovia Securities Financial Networks, LLC, Wexford Clearing, LLC, and First Clearing, LLC.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, is a U.S. broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of the New York Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and the Securities Investor Protection Corp. Wachovia Securities International Limited is a U.K. incorporated investment firm authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
About Wachovia
Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the largest providers of financial services to retail, brokerage and corporate customers, with retail operations from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas, and retail brokerage operations nationwide. Wachovia had assets of $506.8 billion, market capitalization of $80.3 billion and stockholders’ equity of $46.5 billion at March 31, 2005. Its four core businesses, the General Bank, Capital Management, Wealth Management, and the Corporate and Investment Bank, serve 13 million household and business relationships primarily through 3,277 offices in 15 states and Washington, D.C. Its full-service retail brokerage firm, Wachovia Securities, LLC, also serves clients through 693 offices in 49 states and five Latin American countries. Our Corporate and Investment Bank serves clients primarily in 10 key industry sectors nationwide. Global services are offered through 33 international offices. Online banking and brokerage products and services also are available through Wachovia.com.