Hugh "Skip" McGee III

Hugh E. "Skip" McGee III (born 1959) is an American investment banker who was formerly a senior executive at Lehman Brothers and Barclays.[1] He is presently co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Intrepid Financial Partners, a power and energy focused merchant bank.[2]

Education

McGee graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in civil engineering in 1981,[3] and received a JD with honors from the University of Texas School of Law.[4]

Career

McGee began his career as a banker in the energy sector in 1987.[5]

Lehman Brothers

He joined Lehman Brothers' natural resources group in 1992.[6] He was co-head of Lehman Brothers' global energy practice in Houston,[7][8] organising the $3.4 billion rescue of energy trader Williams Cos. in 2002.[9]

In December 2002 McGee became global head of investment banking in New York, succeeding Bradley Jack who was promoted to co-Chief Operating Officer with Joe Gregory.[6][9] He was in charge of equity, debt, and mergers and acquisitions, and he introduced a new system that rewarded bankers for solving clients' problems instead of selling products, and a new slogan, "Investment banking is a team sport."[9] Banking at Lehman under McGee returned revenues of $11.6 billion in 2004, but was still under pressure from President and Chief Operating Officer Joseph M. Gregory for better performance; McGee disagreed with Gregory's management of Lehman.[10]

In September 2007, McGee was reportedly "routinely waiving aside risk limits on all manner of deals".[11] As the 2008 financial crisis intensified and Lehman suffered its first net loss, McGee led the executive committee to convince Chairman and CEO Richard Fuld to oust Gregory and CFO Erin Callan; Callan had previously worked under McGee just six months ago. On June 12, 2008 Gregory was replaced as president and COO by Bart McDade, who had been previously serving as head of Equities.[12][13]

McGee was involved in negotiations for Lehman with Warren Buffett in March 2008 over a possible investment,[14] and then with Barclays president Robert Diamond regarding a possible merger in September 2008, shortly before Lehman filed for bankruptcy.[15]

Barclays

McGee joined Barclays Capital as head of Global Investment Banking at the end of that month,[16] and managed the merger of Lehman Brothers' investment bank team into Barclays Capital.[17] He helped Barclays achieve a $3 billion profit in the first quarter of 2009.[10] McGee headed the investment banking executive committee, and reported to Roger Jenkins, chief executive of private equity at Barclays Capital.[17] In 2010, McGee noted that the markets were focussing on "plain vanilla" options rather than "esoteric CDOs."[18]

McGee was promoted to chief executive of Barclays Americas in 2013, in an effort to stem the departure of key staff in New York City. The parent Barclays initially approved high retention pay to keep New York personnel, but in the light of falling profits this caused increasing public criticism in the UK and a shareholder revolt, leading Barclays to rein in bonuses thereafter.[19] In March 2014, McGee earned a $15 million bonus in stock, which was around double of what the Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins received. McGee left Barclays Capital on April 29, 2014, before the Dodd-Frank Act rules would take effective that required Barclays to set up a new New York-based holding company for its American operations.[20][21][22]

Intrepid Financial Partners

In May 2015, McGee established Intrepid Financial Partners, a specialist merchant bank that works with companies and investors in the Energy sector to provide merger & acquisition and restructuring advice and make equity and debt investments.[23]

McGee is on the advisory councils of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin,[24] and the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton.[25]

Personal life

McGee has three children with his wife Susie.[26]

References
  1. Raghavan, Anita (15 September 2008). "Up For Grabs: Lehman's Hot Bankers". Forbes. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. "Hugh "Skip" McGee III Launches Intrepid Financial Partners, a New Merchant Bank Focused on Energy Sector". BusinessWire. May 8, 2015.
  3. "Lehman Brothers promotes McGee". E-Quad News. Princeton. 15 (2). Winter 2002–03. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  4. "Hugh (Skip) E. McGee III". Barclays Capital. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  5. "Lehman gives McGee new role". Financial News. 19 December 2002. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  6. Wright, William (19 December 2002). "New Lehman investment banking head underlines M&A growth". Financial News. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  7. "Energy IPOs: A New Blockbuster on Wall Street". BusinessWeek. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  8. Mehra, Nina (26 May 2000). "Lehman' Grant Porter relocates to London". Financial News. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  9. "Lehman's New Street Smarts". BusinessWeek. 19 January 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  10. Ward, Vicky (2010). The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0470540862.
  12. Ward, Vicky (October 20, 2009). "Business: Lehman's Desperate Housewives &#124". Vanity Fair. VanityFair.com. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  13. Truell, Peter (November 27, 1996). "Pettit Resigns as President Of Lehman Brothers Firm". The New York Times.
  14. Williams, Mark (2010). "Time Runs Out". Uncontrolled Risk: Lessons of Lehman Brothers and How Systemic Risk Can Still Bring Down the World Financial System. McGraw Hill Professional. p. 160. ISBN 978-0071638296.
  15. MacIntosh, Julie (5 October 2008). "Behind the scenes of a collapse". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  16. "Lehman's McGee, Donini get senior BarCap roles". Reuters. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  17. Wu, Amy (17 October 2008). "Barclays-Lehman: A progress report". The Deal. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  18. Onaran, Yalman (4 March 2010). "JPMorgan Tops Goldman in Investment Banking as Fees Swell 13%". Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  23. "Hugh "Skip" McGee III Launches Intrepid Financial Partners, a New Merchant Bank Focused on Energy Sector". BusinessWire. May 8, 2015.
  24. "Advisory Council Member Biographies". McCombs School of Business. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  25. "Bios". The Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  26. McGee III, Hugh E. (2009-11-11), Re: The Tipping Point (PDF), Dealbreaker.com, retrieved 2011-12-25
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