St. Paul Adds Investment Banker as Exec. VP

The St. Paul Cos. have named investment banker and securities analyst Samuel G. Liss executive vice president-business development, a newly created position in the company.

Liss had been a managing director at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1994 to 2001, serving in a senior investment banking relationship, advisory and execution role in CSFB’s Financial Institutions Group, including leadership of its asset management industry practice.

Before 1999, he was an analyst covering the finance, brokerage, asset management and insurance sectors. Liss was a senior analyst at Salomon Brothers from 1980 to 1994.