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David B. Moore, CFA

President

In addition to his duties as President of Marathon Capital Holdings, Inc. (MCH), David is a Director of both Embarcadero Bank in San Diego, California and First NBC Bank in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to founding MCH, David spent four years as a Vice President with Castle Creek Capital LLC, a San Diego-based private equity/merchant banking firm that specializes  in  investments  in the  bank  and  thrift industries.   David’s duties  at  Castle Creek  included evaluating new investment opportunities, sourcing, analyzing,  negotiating  and  closing  mergers  and acquisitions  on   behalf of  Castle  Creek’s  portfolio companies as  well  as  raising  capital for  the  firm’s portfolio companies.  David  joined  Castle  Creek  in 2000  from  Podesta & Co.,  a Chicago-based broker/dealer,  where  he  spent  two  years  as a sell-side equity  research  analyst  covering  community  banks  and  thrifts  located

             primarily  in  California  and  the  Midwest.   Previously  David  spent  two  years  as  a  buy-side  equity  research analyst with a Washington,  D.C.-based     investment management  and merchant banking organization specializing in the financial services industry.

 

David is a graduate of the Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary (MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma), the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Georgetown University, and Virginia Commonwealth University (BS, Magna Cum Laude). In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, is a member of the CFA Institute and is a FINRA registered General Securities Representative (Series 7 and 63).  David is the author of Analyzing and Investing in Community Bank Stocks, which can be downloaded from this site’s “Articles & Links” page (the soft-cover version of the book is currently sold out).

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