Paul Haley

Paul Haley is a Managing Director at Barclays and heads up the firm’s housing group providing primary coverage to State Housing Finance Agencies across the country.  Paul was previously a Senior Vice President with Lehman Brothers and from 2001-2008, he led our tax exempt banking effort in the Northeast leading the firm to its’ #1 ranking in seven of those years.  Mr. Haley previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts and further served the Commonwealth as a State Legislator and from 1996 to 2000, he served as the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee presiding over the passage of five annual state budgets and numerous capital spending plans including the financing of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, commonly known as “The Big Dig.” After graduating from Harvard with a degree in Economics in 1976, Paul volunteered for service in the U.S. Navy and earned his wings as a Naval Aviator in 1978.  He made several deployments as an F-14 Pilot to the Mediterranean Sea aboard the USS Eisenhower (CVN 69) with a home base at NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach. Upon his release from active duty in 1983, Paul embarked on a 27 year career in the Naval Reserve logging over 1,000 hours as a transport pilot and providing operational planning support to Second Fleet in Norfolk, Virginia.  He served as the Commanding Officer of four separate reserve component entities and his last assignment was as the Deputy Commander, Readiness Command Mid-Atlantic.  As the senior Reserve officer in the region, he served the needs of 21,000 sailors from West Virginia to Maine until his retirement in June of 2007.  His personal military awards include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal and several unit commendations and expeditionary medals.