Stifel Financial Corp. announced a number of organizational changes that will better align the firm's management structure with its ongoing growth strategies.  Effective August 7, 2018, David Sliney was appointed Chief Operating Officer, and Jim Marischen was appointed Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Marischen will take over the CFO role from James Zemlyak, who will now focus exclusively on leading the firm's Global Wealth Management business, which he has been the head of since 2011.  Mr. Zemlyak will remain Co-President of Stifel Financial Corp. with Victor Nesi, who will continue to lead Stifel's Institutional Group.

As part of the announced organizational changes, Mr. Sliney's appointment as Chief Operating Officer of Stifel Financial Corp. will give him oversight of technology, operations, and platform development.  This is the latest step in Mr. Sliney's long and distinguished career at Stifel, which he started in 1992. Mr. Marischen will take over the CFO role from Mr. Zemlyak, who had served as CFO since 1999.  As CFO, Mr. Marischen has principal authority over accounting matters.  He most recently served as Stifel Financial Corp.'s Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Risk Officer with responsibilities including oversight of corporate accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, and enterprise risk management.