Adam C. Barkstrom

Mr. Barkstrom joined Sterne Agee in June 2007.
Prior to that, he was with Legg Mason and was regularly quoted in major financial publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Bloomberg News, American Banker and SNL Financial News.
Prior to joining Legg Mason, he was a Vice President in corporate finance in the financial institutions group of Scott & Stringfellow where he provided investment banking and financial advisory services, including merger and acquisition advisory, fairness opinions, capital formation, business expansion / purchase analyses, and stock valuations to community banks in the southeast.
At one time, he was also a Co-director of the Capital Markets group for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and was responsible for monitoring and overseeing the examinations and ongoing risk management, with particular emphasis placed on interest rate risk, funding strategies and trading operations of the most intricately structured financial institutions located within the 5th Federal Reserve District.
Mr. Barkstrom holds a BS in Business Administration from the College of Charleston.
He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.