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NEW YORK, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Greenhill & Co., Inc. (NYSE:
GHL), a leading independent investment bank, announced today that John P.
Frazee, Jr. will join the Firm as a Senior Advisor. Mr. Frazee, who has had a
distinguished career in the telecommunications industry and served on boards
of directors in a variety of other industries, will focus on expanding
Greenhill's advisory activities.
Mr. Frazee is the retired President/COO and Director of Sprint Corporation
and the retired Chairman and CEO of Centel Corporation, which merged with
Sprint in 1993.
Mr. Frazee spent over 35 years in the telecommunications
industry, starting his career with the Bell system in 1966 before joining
Centel in 1972. Later, he became the Chairman and CEO of PageNet, a wireless
messaging company, until 1999 when the company was sold to Arch
Telecommunication.
Mr. Frazee is a director of Verde Realty, LLC, Cabot Microelectronics
Corp. (Nasdaq: CCMP), C-SPAN and Children's Choice Learning Centers, LLC. He
previously served as Chairman of the Board of C-SPAN. He is a former director
of Dean Foods, EMS Technologies, Nalco Chemical Company, Midway Airlines,
Harris Bancorp, PageNet, Homestead Village, Inc., and Security Capital Group,
and was a public director of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).
Robert F. Greenhill, Chairman of Greenhill, said "Jack has deep expertise
in the telecom sector and broad experience across many other industries. Our
clients and partners will benefit from his experience and judgment."
Mr. Frazee said, "I have known several of the Greenhill partners and have
great respect for the breadth and expertise of the Firm they have built. I
believe companies will increasingly choose an independent firm like Greenhill
when considering complex merger and acquisition transactions."
Greenhill & Co., Inc. is a leading independent investment bank that
provides financial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions and
restructurings and manages merchant banking funds. It acts for clients
located throughout the world from its offices in New York, London, Frankfurt,
Toronto and Dallas.
Contact: John D. Liu,
Chief Financial Officer
Greenhill & Co., Inc.
(212) 389-1800
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