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Our Leadership

The People of APS Financial

Talent and leadership are two essential parts of the APS Financial offering. In this competitive market, over saturated with information and opinions, we believe the quality of the individual is what sets an organization apart.

Our firm's leaders have the experience in a wide variety of disciplines and industries. They come from boutiques to multinational organizations with the interest and goal of bringing world-class insights and best practices to our clients.

John Lindquist
Co-CEO, APS Investment Services

John Lindquist serves as the Co-President and Co-CEO of APS Investment Services. Mr. Lindquist is a General Principal, Municipal Principal, Registered Options Principal, and Financial Principal who has served as the Chief Compliance Officer at APS Financial and Asset Management for the past 17 years. Mr. Lindquist spent five years on Wall Street as a compliance examiner before joining APS in 1991. As part of his compliance training, Mr. Lindquist became fully licensed and attended the New York Institute of Finance. He received his Bachelors of Business Degree with a concentration in Finance from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. He is a member of the SIFMA Compliance and Legal Division.

Jeff Sandberg
Co-CEO, APS Investment Services

Jeffrey Sandberg has over twenty-two years of experience in the securities industry, with the last 14 years as a trader for various fixed-income products including high yield corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities & collateralized mortgage obligations, and small business administration securities. Mr. Sandberg spent his first eight years as an institutional broker with Prudential Bach and Paine Webber, covering Fortune 500 Companies, banks, and regional broker-dealers. He has several NASD licenses including series 7, 24, 55 and 63. Currently Mr. Sandberg is an Executive Vice President, responsible for oversight of all sales and sale related activities of the firm.

Samuel Granett
Managing Director, President APS Asset Management

Mr. Granett has been with APS since 1981. In addition to having served as the firm's President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Granett also served as Senior Vice President of the Finance Division of APS Group, Inc. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Granett served six years with a major insurance company. His professional career also includes six years as an officer in the U.S. Army where he received the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for Valor. Mr. Granett holds degrees from Harvard Business School and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Joel Luton
Senior VP, Head of Research

Mr. Luton oversees the research effort at APS Financial and has over 25 years of investment experience. Prior to his affiliation with APS Financial, Mr. Luton had extensive experience in high yield and investment-grade fixed income securities (including both public and private credits), equities, portfolio management, and trading with positions at major financial institutions, including American General Corp. (AIG), Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc. (RBC Dain Rauscher, Inc.), Texas Commerce Bank (JP Morgan Chase). He also was previously affiliated with a Los Angles-based hedge fund that emphasized investments in distressed securities. Mr. Luton served as a key member of a bondholder committee that successfully averted a possible bankruptcy and ultimately provided significant returns to bondholders. Mr. Luton was featured in a headline article in The Dallas Morning News regarding successful investment analysts outside New York City. Since joining APS Financial in 1996, he has been a frequent guest lecturer on high yield and distressed securities for finance classes at the University of Texas. Mr. Luton received his BBA and MBA from the University of Texas, Austin.

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