Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Chicago Mob Linked Alexi Giannoulias heads back to banking with post at BNY Mellon

Crain's Chicago Business reports:
It's back to the future for Alexi Giannoulias.

The banker-turned-politician, who won a statewide race for Illinois treasurer and then lost to Republican Mark Kirk in a bid for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat, is joining the Chicago office of Bank of New York Mellon Corp. as senior adviser for strategic relationships. In the newly created post, Mr. Giannoulias, 35, will take on a business-development role for the New York-based bank's new wealth-management business in Chicago.
No word yet on whether Giannoulias listed Michael "Jaws" Giorango as a character reference for the new job.