Gleacher & Company announced Kevin M. Sisson has joined the firm as a managing director in the firm’s investment banking division based in its New York office.

Sisson joins Gleacher & Company with more than 15 years of financial services experience, most recently serving as a senior partner and co-founder of Cyan Partners, a middle market direct lending fund focused on providing unitranche, senior secured and mezzanine debt financing.

Randy Barker, Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets, said, “Kevin’s understanding of complex transactions across a range of sectors will add significant value to our client offering. We welcome him to the team, and look forward to leveraging his years of experience and broad relationships to continue growing the Investment Banking Division.”

Prior to Cyan Partners, Mr. Sisson served as a Managing Director in the Leveraged and Acquisition Finance Group at Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. Previously he was a managing director in the Leveraged Finance Group at Citigroup Global Markets. Earlier, Sisson served as an associate in the Corporate Department at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He began his career as a management consultant at Price Waterhouse.

Gleacher & Company is an independent investment bank that provides corporate and institutional clients with strategic and financial advisory services, including merger and acquisition, restructuring, recapitalization, and strategic alternative analysis, as well as capital raising, research based investment analysis, and securities brokerage services.