Former Treasurer of Starbucks, Drew Wolff, Joins Academy Securities’ Advisory Board

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Academy Securities, a registered broker-dealer, certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE), and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), today announced the addition of Drew Wolff to its Advisory Board.

Mr. Wolff is the former Treasurer of Starbucks Coffee Company as well as CFO of their International and Channel Development divisions, serving in this capacity from 2014 to 2020. Mr. Wolff has over 20 years of experience in senior financial and strategic planning roles in large retail banks with operations worldwide. Most recently, Mr. Wolff served as a Director at the Seattle Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Mr. Wolff also worked at Washington Mutual and Barclays in London.

“This valued addition to our Advisory Board instantly enhances Academy’s ability to serve our corporate clients by adding a teammate that has been in the same seat at a Fortune 500 firm,” stated Chance Mims, CEO of Academy Securities. “We are honored to have Drew and his expertise on board.”

Mr. Wolff commented on his joining Academy Securities, “I’m very pleased to be able to join Academy and help not only support their growth as a top-notch Broker Dealer but also to help support their social mission of providing careers in finance to our returning veteran heroes.”

Mr. Wolff holds degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Michigan. Before entering the business world, he served as a Naval officer on board several nuclear submarines. He is currently an Audit Committee Member at BECU Credit Union in Washington.

“We are humbled to add an advisory board member of Drew’s caliber and even more excited by the opportunity to enhance our mission of providing meaningful careers on Wall Street to veterans,” said Phil McConkey, President of Academy Securities.

About Academy Securities

Academy Securities is a preeminent disabled veteran owned investment bank with strength in capital markets, public finance, fixed income and equity trading. Leadership and staff have had intensive military training prior to entering and gaining in depth financial services experience in global capital markets. We are mission driven with a high ethical code, a solid sense of accountability and strive for excellence in the pursuit of our clients’ success. Intellectual assets, strong visionary leaders and a proud team commitment bring out the best in each other for the benefit of our clients. Academy is our nation’s first and only post-9/11 disabled veteran owned investment bank and is a certified as a DVBE, SDVOSB, and MBE. The firm has a strong top and middle tier client base served by a national platform with offices in New York, Chicago, San Diego, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Chapel Hill, Kansas City, Sacramento and South Norwalk. Information about Academy Securities is available at www.academysecurities.com.

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Michael Boyd, 646-736-3995

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mboyd@academysecurities.com