Ellery McLanahan, Principal,  is a native of New York City who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.  After attending Brooks School in Massachusetts, Ellery served two years on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps.  Four years at Yale University followed, during which he assumed leadership roles in a number of important undergraduate activities and received a BA degree.

Following Yale, Ellery joined Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., a division of J.P. Morgan & Company, at 23 Wall Street in New York City, working directly across the street from the New York Stock Exchange.  After an extensive training program in all areas of commercial finance, Ellery worked for two years in the International arena covering the bank’s important relationships with major Canadian corporations and banking institutions.

From Wall Street, Ellery entered the investment banking and stock brokerage business, initially with Equitable Securities in their Houston Texas office. Subsequently as vice president and branch manager of both W.E. Hutton & Co. and Dean Witter Reynolds, he oversaw extensive revenue producing offices for these large New York Stock Exchange investment banking and brokerage firms.

Ellery’s experience in long term financing through both equity placement and corporate/municipal debt issuance has enabled him to adapt his skills in today’s fast moving financial world.  He founded Resource Business Services (RBS) to leverage this expertise and provide a unique service to clients.  As a small private firm, RBS offers personalized and confidential access to a variety of funding sources providing capital to finance the growth and meet the operating needs of both large and small commercial clients.

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Ellery is a former licensed commodity broker with trading experience at Merrill Lynch Commodities as well as being Vice-President and Office Manager of Dean Witter's futures  trading office in Houston.