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Hightower’s recapitalization brings board changes, including the departure of founder Elliot Weissbluth.
Chicago-based Hightower added former BNY Mellon Pershing CEO Lisa Dolly to its board of directors, and named CEO Bob Oros as chairman, a position previously held by Hightower’s founder and former CEO, Elliot Weissbluth until December 2020.
Since its recapitalization, Hightower’s founder and former CEO, Weissbluth, has retreated from the company. He stepped down from the CEO role in August 2018, but served as chairman until the end of last year.
Also joining the board is Hightower advisor Darrell Horn. Dolly and Horn join the current board, which also includes directors from the firm s private equity investor: Gurinder Ahluwalia, executive advisor to Thomas H. Lee Partners and co-founder and CEO of 280 CapMarkets; Ganesh Rao, managing director; and Ed Shahnasarian, principal, sit on the board. The PE firm took a controlling stake in Hightower in 201