Mr. Sagiv Shiv, Ph.D., has been Senior Managing Director of Advisory Services Group at National Holdings Corporation since January 2016. Mr. Shiv served as a Managing Director at INTL FCStone Securities Inc. Mr. Shiv is the head of INTL FCStone Securities Inc's Global Advisory and M&A: Technology, Media & Telecom practice. Previously, he has served as a Senior Managing Director of Investment Banking and Head of Advisory Practice at National Securities Corporation. Mr. Shiv served as the Head of Advisory & Restructuring Services at Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. He also served as a Managing Director of Technology at Merriman Capital, Inc. Mr. Shiv has served as a Managing Director at Punk, Ziegel & Company which he joined in 2001. Prior to joining the firm, from 1999 to 2001, Mr. Shiv worked at Ryan Beck & Co., Inc. where he served as a Director. From 1997 to 1999, he worked at Josephthal & Co., Inc., where he served as a Vice President. Mr. Shiv served as the Chief Financial Officer for both the Plastiflex Group, from 1993 to 1997 and The Petroglas Group from 1987 to 1993. He has 25 years of industry experience in international business, international treasury management, mergers and acquisitions and project finance. Mr. Shiv served as a Director of Media Sciences International Inc., from January 21, 2003 to May 11, 2004. He is an Associate Editor of Nanotechnology, Law & Business Journal. Mr. Shiv is a member of the American Finance Association and the Financial Management Association. He has 25 years of industry experience in international business, international treasury management, mergers and acquisitions and project finance. He is a visiting professor of financial engineering at the IESE Graduate School of Business. Mr. Shiv earned a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Finance and Commercial Economics from Pacific Western University.