Neal Thomas is a Managing Director, Head of U.S. Sales and Trading and has spent 13+ years with Imperial and 45+ Years in the industry. Prior to Imperial, Neal spent 13 years at Drexel Burnham Lambert, including 1990-1993 where he was responsible for liquidating the junk bond portfolio under the supervision of the RTC. Neal joined the Argosy Group then CIBC World Markets as a Senior Managing Director in the Leveraged Finance Group.