Thomas F. O'Neill joined ADM’s board of directors in November 2004 and serves as chairman of its audit committee.
O’Neill is chairman of the holding company of First Allied, a San Diego-based broker dealer, and chairman of Ranieri Partners Financial Services Group, which acquires and manages financial-services companies. Both companies are subsidiaries of Ranieri Partners Management, LLC, a New York investment advisory firm.
From 1988 to 2010, O’Neill was a founding principal of the investment banking and brokerage firm Sandler O’Neill + Partners L.P., where he advised bank and thrift clients on strategic transactions and financing. Previously, he had served as a managing director at Bear Stearns and as co-manager of the bank’s Financial Services Group. He began his Wall Street career at L.F. Rothschild & Co. in 1972.
O’Neill serves on the board of directors of NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., where he is chairman of the finance committee and a member of the executive committee. He also serves as a director of Misonix, Inc., a publicly traded medical-equipment manufacturer.
O’Neill is a graduate of New York University and a veteran of the United States Air Force.
