Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.

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    Tom Bell is a Director at Assured Guaranty and works in the Public Finance Group out of San Francisco.� Tom is responsible for the procurement and analysis of public finance transactions in the Western Region in an area covering 19 western and mid western states.�� Tom has over 20 years of experience in public finance and has previously worked at both MBIA and Ambac.���Tom is a member of the California Society of Municipal Analysts and the San Francisco Municipal Bond Club as well as a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.�� Tom holds a bachelors degree in Finance from the State University of New York and a Masters degree in Economics from Pace University.�

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    On March 24, 2014, Sam Solomon joined the RISD community as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer after having spent the past 25 years working at Northeastern University in various roles, most recently as their Treasurer and Director of Finance.As CFO, he oversees the Budget, Controller, Procurement, Institutional Research and Risk Management areas of the college, in addition to working with the Audit, Finance and Investment committees of RISD's Board of Trustees.�Originally from the Boston area, Sam received his undergraduate degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and his MBA and Ph.D. from Northeastern.� He is a Chartered Financial Analyst with a particular focus on investment analysis and portfolio management.

  • Scott Monroe is a Director in Fitch Ratings’ global infrastructure and project finance group (GIG) in San Francisco. Scott joined Fitch in 2007 and focuses predominantly on transportation ratings and analysis. Prior to joining GIG he was a member of Fitch’s tax-supported and water/sewer groups and authored special reports on California local governments.Scott earned a BS in business administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and is a CFA Charterholder. In addition, he is a member of the California Society of Municipal Analysts and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.

  • Kin Wong has been with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) since 2010. Mr. Wong is a Vice President in the Public Infrastructure and Finance Group at SMBC. He is responsible for origination, credit analysis, and negotiation of terms and provisions on legal documentation of prospective transactions including letters of credit, direct purchase loans and lines of credit. Prior to joining SMBC, Mr. Wong spent more than six years as a Director in the Public Finance Group at XL Capital Assurance, a monoline bond insurance company, underwriting municipal bond insurance. Mr. Wong started his career at Standard and Poor’s Ratings Group where he spent six years rating all types of Public Finance credits, ranging from municipal leases, tax backed obligations and revenue supported bonds followed by four years at Financial Guaranty Insurance Company as a bond insurance underwriter.Mr. Wong received his Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute under the University’s five year accelerated program.Kin is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts organization and the Municipal Analysts Group of New York.

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    Eliot Jamison joined Macquarie in 2011 and has worked in PPP and infrastructure financing for eight years. Prior to joining Macquarie, Eliot was a principal at Infrastructure Capital Partners where he advised project developers, government agencies and institutional investors on transportation, energy and other infrastructure projects. Previously Eliot was a member of Babcock & Brown’s North American Infrastructure Group where he worked on a wide range of P3 and infrastructure projects. Eliot has also held positions in the M&A group at Merrill Lynch, private equity investing at Bessemer Partners and providing strategic and financial advice to public and private sector clients at Origo Inc.