Mr. Spees is a cofounder and Managing Partner of Granite Capital. He has extensive experience in all facets of the capital markets, including fixed income securities, equities, futures, options and other derivatives. He is involved in all aspects of managing the firm as well as providing wealth management and investment advice to clients. Mr. Spees started his career as a consultant for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in 1980, working in the financial services industry. He began his capital markets career trading fixed income securities and related derivatives in 1985 at Bank of America. Over 16 years he held a number of market making and head trading responsibilities in the government s