William B. Buchanan Jr.

Mr. Buchanan served as the Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Capital Markets for seven years until founding Brookline. He also served as Head of Equity Capital Markets, Co-Head of U.S. Corporate Finance, and Head of the Commitment Committee at Lazard Frères & Co. Prior to Lazard, Mr. Buchanan served on the Executive Committee as Head of Capital Markets at SG Cowen & Co., and also served as Vice President of SG Cowen Ventures. He started his career at Credit Suisse First Boston in Equity Capital Markets.

Mr. Buchanan received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.