John D. Lane - Founder

Mr. Lane entered the securities industry in May 1969 with a bank-trading firm in New Jersey. He formed Lane Capital Markets, LLC in 2001 as an investment banking partnership. Mr. Lane has managed/co-managed over 45 IPO or secondary transactions and has participated in hundreds of underwriting and selling groups since the early 1990’s. Prior to forming Lane Capital Markets, he held the position of Managing Director of Capital Markets at a New York based online firm. Between 1984 - 2000, Mr. Lane held high-level positions at investment banking firms based in Fairfield County, Connecticut. He has been associated with several major firms including Boettcher & Co., Advest & Co. and Dain Rauscher. Mr. Lane has served as officer, director, owner, trader, department manager, corporate finance director and syndicate manager. He has been active in several Fairfield County organizations. Mr. Lane has been quoted in Business Week, Barron’s, Forbes, Investment Dealer Digest, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneurial Magazine and several other business publications. Mr. Lane served as a director of the Regional Investment Bankers Association between 1991 - 1995 and has served as a director and advisor to several other boards. He is active speaking on issues facing the changing securities industry. Having traveled several times to Washington, D.C. he has lobbied on behalf of the securities industry.

Mr. Lane has been an active member of several SIA committees, including the SIA Small Firms Committee, in which he was Chairman in 1994, the SIA Membership Committee, in which he was Chairman for several terms, and also served three years on the SIA Syndicate Committee. He is currently serving as District Chairman for the Security Industry Association in the New England district. In 1996, John traveled to China with the SIA for 17 days as a guest of the Chinese government to meet with banks, brokerage firms and the government to discuss experiences in the capital-raising arena and several topics regarding the securities business.

Mr. Lane is currently an FINRA mediator working to resolve industry disputes. John was appointed to a three-year term and served as the 2002 FINRA District Business Conduct Committee Chairman out of Boston, MA. He has recently completed a three year term on the FINRA Small Firm Advisory Board, which meets and recommends solutions to industry issues and their impact on regional and small broker/dealers. Mr. Lane is serving his 3rd three year term on the FINRA Corporate Finance Committee and has been active in crafting a policy on the hot topic of research analyst payment for deal gathering. Mr. Lane worked for two years toward the restructuring of the recently adopted FINRA’s Corporate Finance Rules. Mr. Lane was elected to a one-year term on the FINRA Advisory Board in 2002, meeting on national issues affecting the securities industry. In September 2002 Mr. Lane was appointed to the FINRA Nominating Committee, and served as Chairman in 2003 representing the Boston District. The Nominating Committee chooses members to serve on the standing FINRA committees. Mr. Lane was appointed, in January 2003, to serve on the newly created FINRA Consultive Committee. FINRA formed the committee to solicit the industry expertise of seasoned market professionals in their effort to establish new standards of practice rooted in measured and appropriate regulation.