John R. Clarke

John R. Clarke is CEO and Director of Investment Banking at Midtown Partners, a leading Small Cap Investment Bank in New York City.  Prior to joining Midtown, Mr. Clarke was President and Managing Director of Investment Banking for H.C. Wainwright & Co.  During Mr. Clarke’s tenure at Wainwright, the firm became the 3rd and 4th leading U.S. placement agent in number of closed PIPE transactions for the years 2004 and 2005, respectively (source Placementtracker.com).  From early 2004, Mr. Clarke served as both the General Securities Principal and the Financial Operations Principal for the firm.

Prior to H.C. Wainwright, Mr. Clarke held the position of producing Branch Manager for several NYSE member firms.  Since entering the securities industry in 1984, Mr. Clarke has worked with 100s of small public companies and helped raised more than $500 Million in directly placed private capital.  In addition, Mr. Clarke has advised private companies in going public via IPOs and the reverse merger process.

In 2007, Mr. Clarke appeared twice as a guest on CNBC financial television shows.

Mr. Clarke was a featured testimonial on Tony Robbins 'Personal Power II' infomercial for success in the field of Finance in the early 1990's.

Mr. Clarke holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the E. Claiborne Robbins School of Finance at the University of Richmond.