Bio

Tom Hayes is a Managing Director and Co-Head for the Investment Banking group with more than 20 years of experience. He specializes in structuring mergers and acquisitions, evaluating strategic alternatives, and facilitating public and private offerings of equity and debt for financial institutions. He has completed well over 100 transactions for financial institutions including public and private offerings of debt and equity, both buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, branch purchases and sales, valuations and other financial advisory services. He has consistently been ranked as of the nation’s most active M&A bankers in the financial services space according to S&P Capital IQ. Tom was also a recipient of the 2016 Emerging Leaders Award, given annually by the M&A Advisor. Prior to joining D.A. Davidson, Tom served as a financial analyst with D.A. Davidson through the firm’s summer internship program. He also served as an intern for U.S. Sen. Max Baucus. He is the former Chairman of Holy Spirit Catholic School’s endowment board and a past member of the school’s board. Tom graduated with high honors from the University of Montana with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, emphasis in finance, and a minor in economics.