Richard Misiano
Chief Executive OfficerRichard Misiano has joined BUCKLER as Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Misiano has over 30 years of Wall Street experience and was most recently the Head of Capital Markets and Prime Brokerage at Mirae Asset Securities LLC.
- Prior to joining Mirae, Mr. Misiano was Managing Director of Global Fixed Income Finance and Repo at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Misiano managed Global Fixed Income Financing and Repo at ING Financial Markets and ING Bank, NV. Mr. Misiano's educational background includes an MBA from the Long Island University Roth Graduate School of Business, and a B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Thomas Conigliaro
Principal Operations OfficerThomas Conigliaro currently serves as the Principal Operations Officer at Buckler Securities LLC, a position he has held since May 2025
- Prior to this role, Thomas was the Director of Operations at Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc. from 2017 to 2020, where he managed operational activities and contributed to the firm's growth. Before joining Mirae Asset, he spent 14 years at BNY Mellon as a Managing Director, overseeing various aspects of the company's operations. Thomas brings a wealth of experience and expertise in financial operations, making him a key asset to Buckler Securities LLC.
Gordon Harper
Chief Financial OfficerMr. Harper has served as the Vice President of Finance and Controller for the Company as well as its external manager, ARMOUR Capital Management LP, since 2015.
- He became a named executive officer of the Company in February 2017. Prior to ARMOUR, Mr. Harper spent 25 years at Deloitte as an audit client service partner, serving banking and insurance clients in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Mr. Harper is a Chartered Professional Accountant Ontario, and a Certified Public Accountant, Illinois.
Carlo Y. Esannason
Chief Compliance Officer, Managing Director - Securities Lending- Mr. Esannason has over 23 years of Wall Street sell side experience across Wall Street. His prior roles include experiences across Capital Markets groups at UBS, Deutsche Bank, Nomura and Hilltop Securities. He joined BUCKLER Securities in 2024.
Paul Joshi
Chief Risk OfficerMr. Joshi has over 25 years of Wall Street experience and was most recently at TradeWeb where he ran DealerWeb's integration of the Nasdaq's Fixed Income eSpeed US Treasury trading platform.
- Prior to joining TradeWeb, Mr. Joshi spent 9 years as the Chief Risk Officer of Nasdaq Fixed Income's trading operations. Mr. Joshi graduated with honors from University of Chicago's Booth School of Business with an MBA in Analytical Finance and Statistics. Mr. Joshi also spent time at University of Rochester's Ph.D. economics program.
Gregory Minard
Managing Director, Head of Repo TradingGregory previously served as Head of Operations & Chief Compliance Officer for KopenTech Capital Markets.
- Prior to working at Kopen Tech, Gregory was a Managing Director at Mirae Asset Securities USA where he worked in repo sales and trading and was part of the initial team tasked with building the broker-dealer. Gregory also worked at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and was an expert witness/advisor in a REIT litigation case. Earlier in his career, Gregory worked at Kidder Peabody and UBS. While at UBS he was a Managing Director running the Credit Repo/Funding business. Gregory received his BA in Economics and MBA-Finance from Long Island University C.W. Post.
Andrew Lazar
Managing Director, Head of SalesMr. Lazar has over 35 years of Wall Street finance experience and was most recently a Managing Director and Senior Rates Salesperson at BMO Capital Markets LLC ("BMO") from 2011 to 2023. Prior to joining BMO, Mr. Lazar was Head of Hedge Fund Sales at Quadriserv/AQS Markets from 2008 to 2011.
- Previously Mr. Lazar was a Director of G10 Rates Sales at UBS Securities LLC. Mr. Lazar's educational background includes an MBA, with Honors, from Regis University and a B.S. in Computer Science from Hofstra University, where he is a member of the Zarb Business School Finance Department Alumni Board.
Seth Goldberg
Managing Director, Head Rates TraderMr. Goldberg has over 32 years of Wall Street finance experience and was most recently a Director - U.S. Government Bond Trader at Natwest Markets Securities ("NMS") from 2022 to 2023.
- Prior to joining NMS, Mr. Goldberg was Director - U.S. Government Bond Trader at Scotia Bank from 2017 to 2020 and from 2009 to 2016 Mr. Goldberg was Director - U.S. Government Bond Trader and Market Risk Officer at TD Securities LLC. Mr. Goldberg's educational background includes an MBA from New York University, a M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University as well as a B.S. in Statistics from Lehigh University.