Alternate Liquidity Strategies / Trading

Jim Leonard

Jim brings to Finacity close to 30 years of experience in corporate, trade and structured finance, as well as debt capital markets. For seven years through 2004, he was Head of Marketing to international financial institutions at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi New York. He subsequently spent three years as Director of Origination for Rosemount Capital Management, where he managed the origination, trading and syndication of commodity and trade finance assets for the Rosemount Global Trade Finance Fund in Latin America and Eastern Europe. Jim’s background also includes positions at Citicorp Investment Bank, Global Structured Trade Solutions, Nippon Credit Bank and Goldman Sachs, as well as two years running his own financial consultancy advising international banks and companies on the sourcing, structuring, negotiation and documentation of structured trade and commodity finance, factoring, forfaiting and ABL products. He has a B.S. in Economics from the College of William and Mary, and an MBA in International Finance from NYU, and holds both US and EU citizenship.

Origination

Carlos A. Gonzalez

Carlos has a thirty-year career in International Finance with postings in the London and New York markets and in several Latin American cities including Mexico City, Monterrey, Buenos Aires, Bogotá and Caracas. Carlos is experienced in many aspects of commercial and investment banking including credit analysis, risk mitigation, mergers and acquisitions, debt impairment/workouts, trade finance and forfaiting, commodity finance and structured finance. He has held a variety of management positions with Lloyds Bank, Banamex (Citi), Libra Bank (Chase-led consortium bank), Unibank (Denmark), Santander Investment, Ecoban and ABSA (now Barclays). Carlos has completed graduate studies in Economics (London School of Economics) and Business (London Graduate School of Business Studies).

Thomas K. Heslenfeld

Thomas has 20+ years of commercial and investment banking experience. An expatriate for Algemene Bank in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean for the first part of his career, Thomas’ most recent positions prior to joining Finacity include SVP – ABN AMRO Capital Markets, and Head of International Corporate at ABN AMRO Bank in New York, where he covered large corporates and multilateral organizations. Thomas is multilingual and holds dual citizenship in the EU and the US. He has a BBA and an MBA in International Finance from George Washington University.

Charles Nahum

Based in London, Charles has over 20 years experience in leading international business development and process change initiatives across a range of business sectors including finance, automotive and transportation. Previously based in Paris with Euler Hermes, he successfully managed the post-merger integration of the French Euler Group and German Hermes Group. Also, as the Finacity Board Representative for Euler Hermes, he was responsible for establishing Finacity in its early stages. Prior to working with Euler Hermes, Charles was with Ford Motor Company driving business process re-engineering across all aspects of the customer order to vehicle delivery cycle. During his career, Charles has created a strategy consulting partnership and a new business venture providing unique multimedia services to the property sector. Charles holds an MBA from the London Business School and a Masters degree in Operational Research.

Philip Nuelle

Philip has +20 years of experience in commercial and investment banking, having joined Finacity from Citigroup’s Municipal Finance Group’s credit and derivatives business. Philip’s background includes senior positions with Citigroup’s leasing business, as well as with Citibank Kenya as head of the Corporate Finance business where Citibank established in-country commercial paper and loan syndication markets, as well as having led the privatization of Kenya Airways. Prior to his time in Kenya, Philip was a senior banker in Citigroup’s U.S. Banks Group responsible for relationships with regional and super-regional banks in the Southeast focused on capital markets activity. Philip has a BA in Finance and Economics from Marquette University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Connecticut.

Dan Stadnik

Dan Stadnik joined Finacity in 2010 from VTB Capital where he was the Head of Corporate Securitization, building VTB’s expertise in securitization of commercial assets, ranging from trade receivables, loans and leases to commercial real estate, with the focus on Russia and CIS. Prior to VTB, Dan held a senior origination and structuring role in ABN AMRO’s CEEMEA asset securitization team, successfully executing transactions in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, UAE and Brazil. He moved to this role from ABN AMRO’s European Conduit team where he was responsible for deal origination and structuring. Dan started his career with ABN AMRO in March of 1998 as a member of the Acquisition Finance team in Chicago, and subsequently moved to Amsterdam to assume a position with the Group Risk Management Group, where he was responsible for automotive and diversified industries clients. Dan holds an MBA with concentrations in International Finance and Marketing from DePaul University's Kellstadt School of Business and a B.S. in Finance from the School of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic. Dan is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Bruce Miller

Bruce Miller has over 20 years of experience in securitization, debt capital markets, banking, trade finance, and consulting. He joined Finacity in 2011 from Digital Risk LLC, where he was Senior Vice President & Co-Head of Structured Finance, and advised clients on risk remediation and loss recovery in the structured securities and whole loan markets. From 2004 to 2007, Bruce was Head of the Americas Securitization Group at ING Capital, where he was responsible for the firm’s securitization activities in North and South America, including the operation of the bank’s multi-seller ABCP conduits. Prior to ING, Bruce was a Director at Credit Suisse First Boston, where, over a period of twelve years, he founded and ran the firm’s original ABCP Conduit & Credit Products Group, and held senior positions in Asset Finance, Short and Medium Term Finance / Debt Capital Markets, and Financial Institutions / Trade Finance. Before he joined CSFB, Bruce was Head of the Securitization Group at The Daiwa Bank, where he ran the firm’s U.S. securitization business, developed two multi-seller ABCP conduit vehicles, and agented the bank’s first syndicated structured finance mandates in the U.S. He has advised clients in the securitization of most commercial and consumer asset classes, with particular emphasis on trade receivables. He has originated, structured, had rated, and executed securitized financings in the ABCP conduit, public ABS, private placement, and bank markets. Bruce holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. John’s University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the NYU Stern School of Business. He has taught corporate finance at the undergraduate level and has been a frequent guest speaker at securitization industry conferences.

Michael Brennan

Michael joined Finacity from JPMorgan Chase where he worked in both Commercial Banking and Institutional Asset Management. In the Commercial Bank, he held a Relationship Manager role where he was responsible for business development and client management. In Institutional Asset Management, Michael positioned single and multi-asset class investment solutions with institutional investors. Michael graduated from Fairfield University with a B.S. in Finance.

Arnold Alpert

Arnold brings over 10 years direct experience with trade receivables securitization to Finacity, having joined from Citi’s Capital Markets Origination in Europe. He is based in London and has transactional expertise across a wide range of industries, assets, legal jurisdictions, and funding sources. Arnold’s background includes Origination and Transactor roles within Citi Securitization, where he advised the bank's clients on the structuring of their global receivables programs. Prior to his time at Citi, Arnold monitored trade receivables and asset-backed loan facilities for multi-national banks through field audits with FTI Consulting. His background is in bankruptcy and financial restructuring, having begun his career in Chicago with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Business Recovery Services. Arnold holds a BSBA, MBA, and JD from Washington University in Saint Louis and is a licensed attorney.

Joseph Zalis

Joseph, in his fifth year with Finacity, has spent the majority of his professional career working with structured debt. Prior to joining Finacity’s originations team, Joseph was a senior associate on the firm’s deal execution team. As a senior associate he led a number of the firm’s efforts in trade and consumer asset transactions, with direct experience in corporate due diligence, transaction structuring, modeling and analytics, and legal and rating agency negotiations. Most recently, Joe headed an execution for two pre-merger entities to facilitate a combined program that resulted in an investment grade priced structure that would allow for the inclusion of unique features, including concentrations of obligors in non-investment grade countries. Before joining Finacity, Joseph worked in mortgage structuring and originations. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland, with an honors citation in Total Quality Management.

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