Emmett J. Daly

Prior to joining Sandler O’Neill in 2003, Mr. Daly spent three years with Merrill Lynch, where he was a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group, overseeing Merrill's mid-cap bank and thrift practice.
Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he was a Managing Director in Keefe, Bruyette & Woods' Investment Banking Group, where he worked for 13 years.
Mr. Daly's recent transaction experience at Sandler O’Neill includes PNC’s acquisition of Riggs National, Sterling Financial and National City Corp and M&T Bank Corp's acquisition of Provident Bankshares.
In addition, he has assisted in the sale or purchase of a variety of private client firms including Lydian Wealth Management to City National Corporation and Cowen Group to Ramius LLC.
He has also led several significant capital issuances for First Niagara Financial, National Penn Bancshares and Cowen Group.
Mr. Daly holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross.
He is involved in many charitable and community efforts and is a founding member and trustee of Student Partner Alliance, a scholarship and mentoring program that has provided over 1,200 scholarships to high school students in Newark, N.J.
He lives in Summit, N.J.
with his wife and three children.