Derek Downing

Derek Downing currently serves as Managing Director at Stifel Financial Corp., a position held since March 2019, and previously held the role of Director. Prior to this, Derek was Vice President of Operations at First Empire from June 2013 to March 2019 and worked in Fixed Income Operations at Deutsche Bank from March 2010 to May 2013. Derek's career also includes experience as a Senior Design Engineer at Bohler Engineering and as a Project Engineer at Shaw Environmental, Inc. Derek holds a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering from Lafayette College (2000-2004) and an MBA in Finance from the University of North Florida (2009-2012).