William Blaire hired Paul Ordinario as managing director, south regional sales manager, and Chris Stella as managing director in equity institutional sales based in New York, as part of its plan to expand its equity business.
Ordinario, who has 25 years experience, was most recently at Truist Securities, where he served as managing director.
His experience also includes senior equities positions at Guggenheim Securities, Lazard Capital Markets, and Cowen and Company.
Stella joins William Blair with more than 14 years of experience and will focus on building further institutional relationships for the firm in the Northeast.
Based in New York, he also joins from Truist, where he spent seven years in equity sales, and has held equities roles with Guggenheim, Lazard, Barclay’s Capital, and Lehman Brothers.
The company has been building its equity business. most recently launching its private shares trading practice with the addition of Anthony Frascotti as head of the business, and managing directors Matt Giunta and Julian Gendels.
In December, the firm added five senior equities hires—managing directors Keith Peterson and Glen Sulam on the firm’s trading desk and Stephen Fahy, Chris Mullin, and Daryl Weber, all managing directors in equity sales
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