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Daniel J. McClory
Dan McClory has provided US, European and Asian corporate finance and investment banking advisory services totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions to small- and mid-cap clients, and serves as a Managing Director of the Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC. He leads the Hunter Wise Small Cap Equities practice, whose client list has included 50+ US, EU and Chinese companies, primarily existing public issuers who seek growth capital and to act on M+A opportunities.
Mr. McClory has completed IPOs on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market for US and international clients, as well as listings and fundraises on the US Over the Counter Markets. Hunter Wise and McClory have advised numerous OTC, LSE-AIM and LSE Official List issuers in a wide range of corporate finance activities.
Dan has also originated more than $180 million in small-cap issuer placements for London- and Dublin-listed institutional investment trusts. In addition to the US OTC Markets and AIM, over the years he has also listed companies on the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange, the Nuovo Mercato in Milan, the Neuer Markt in Frankfurt, and the SWX New Market in Zurich.
He was formerly with CIGNA Securities, where he earned the Chartered Financial Consultant designation (ChFC) from The American College, and the Ford Motor Company, where he served as a Zone Sales Manager for the Ford and Lincoln Mercury Divisions. Dan is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University, earning a BS in English and a MA in Language and International Trade, and was a three-time captain of the school's NCAA Division I varsity cross country team. He was also named an Outstanding Young Alumnus of EMU. Mr. McClory's 2008 gift of $1,000,000 to the Eastern Michigan University Men's and Women's Track and Cross Country programs was the largest contribution in EMU Athletic Department history.
McClory was recently named a Director of the USA Track & Field Foundation Board, which is chaired by Nasdaq OMX CEO Bob Greifeld. The USATF Foundation, headquartered in Indianapolis, provides a means to attract and guide funds to new and innovative track and field programs with an emphasis on providing opportunities for youth athletes, emerging athletes and anti-doping education.
Dan is a Member of the Corporate Finance Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW). In 2007 he was among the first group of investment banking professionals worldwide to be awarded the prestigious Corporate Finance Qualification (CF) sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the ICAEW. Dan is also a member of the Association of Chinese Finance Professionals, the Hedge Fund Association, the US-China Chamber of Commerce, the Royal Over-Seas League and the British-American Business Council.
Mr. McClory has been a member of the speaking faculty at the Reverse Merger Conference, the PIPEs Conference Europe, the Industry Summit on PIPEs, the Alternative Exits Conference, the Summit on Alternative Capital Raising, and the China International Private Equity Forum.