Chad Abraham

Mr. Chad R.
Abraham is an Independent Director at Columbus McKinnon Corp., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Piper Sandler & Co., and Piper Sandler Cos.
He is on the Board of Directors at Columbus McKinnon Corp., The Blake School and The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota.
Mr. Abraham joined the firm in 1991 as an Investment Banking Analyst.
He spent the next 13 years on the West Coast as a banker in the company's technology investment banking group.
He was promoted to Managing Director and Head of Technology Investment Banking in 1999.
In 2005, he was promoted to Head of Capital Markets and in 2010, he became the Global Co-Head of Investment Banking and capital markets.
Mr. Abraham was previously employed as a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer by Piper Jaffray Cos.
He graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science.