Kristi Papanikolaw

Kristi Papanikolaw is SVP of Capital Markets at KCSA. In this position, Kristi works closely with the IR Team and clients to make introductions to the investment community and sell-side. Having started her career as a NY Silver Market Maker at Mocatta Metals, now ScotiaMocatta, she then found her passion within the equity markets. Kristi has over 20 years of experience in institutional equity markets, which started at Lehman Brothers. From there, she went on to Natexis Bleichroeder, opening and running their Boston office, as she did at Merriman Curhan Ford. She had also worked at Wunderlich Securities, William O’Neil and Telsey Advisory Group. Throughout her career, Kristi became known for her ability to ‘greenfield’ accounts selling all types of equity products and in just about every vertical and market cap. Kristi is a graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Business Administration and a concentration in Finance.