Andrew Liesch

Andrew Liesch joins as a Senior Research Analyst with a focus on regional and community banks and will be working with Brett Rabatin in our Financial Institutions Group (FIG) practice.      Prior to joining Benchmark, Andrew was Head of Bank Strategy at Travillian Group advising community bank executives.  He spent the previous 18 years at Piper Sandler and its predecessor firm Sandler O’Neill covering regional and community banks.    A CFA Charterholder, Andrew is a graduate in Economics from Carleton College in Minnesota.   Andrew and family reside in San Francisco, CA.