Areas of Expertise
Our Corporate Banking professionals have expertise in structuring and executing transactions across the credit ratings spectrum and offer all forms of credit solutions, including:
- Revolving Lines of Credit
- Term Loans
- Performance & Standby Letters of Credit
- Bridge & Acquisition Loans
- Margin Loans
- Leases
- Capital Call
With over 200 professionals located in our major business hubs around the globe, we are uniquely positioned to deliver a full suite of financing solutions to our client base.
Corporate Banking Industry Coverage
Ralph Sehgal is Managing Director and Deputy Head of Global Corporate Banking, a business with offices across Canada, the US, Europe and Australia. He leads a team of professionals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver that provide client coverage across a broad range of industries and also sits on a number of internal committees, including the Corporate Banking/Global Credit Operating Committee.
Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets in 2009, Ralph spent 13 years at CIBC World Markets in a number of roles, the most recent of which was Managing Director and Team Leader covering large corporate clients. Ralph also spent a number of years living and working abroad in Finland, Switzerland and England for Credit Suisse.
Ralph is a former member of the United Way Toronto's MIG Cabinet. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph holding a Combined Honors degree in Management and Economics, as well as Queen’s University where he earned a Master of Business Administration degree. Ralph also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Patrick Shields is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets and Head of Corporate Banking in New York. He leads a team of bankers that deliver relationship coverage, credit product structuring and transaction execution across the credit ratings spectrum. Sectors covered include industrials, consumer, healthcare, municipals, infrastructure, power & utilities, financial services, media, telecommunications, and technology.
He also provides senior level coverage for several corporate relationships including automotive clients. He has been actively involved in the auto sector since 1995.
Mr. Shields is a member of the Global Loan Commitments Committee, US Regional Operating Committee and Corporate Banking Global Operating Committee.
Since joining RBC Financial Group in 1990, he has held various account coverage and management positions, working in Corporate and Investment Banking offices in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and New York. Prior to joining RBC, Mr. Shields worked for five years as a middle market lender at Manufacturers Hanover. He holds an MBA from Loyola University at Chicago and Bachelors of Science in Accounting from D'Youville College.
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Ken is a Managing Director/Group Head, Corporate Banking, heads up Corporate Banking in Europe and Australia, and is a member of the European Operating Committee. Ken moved to London in April 2017 and prior to his current responsibilities, he lead the Corporate Banking business in New York for Communications, Media, Entertainment, Technology, Healthcare and Consumer.
Ken has worked in financial services for over 25 years. In 2005 he transitioned to the New York office of RBC Capital Markets, having spent four years with RBC in Toronto. Prior to that, Ken held senior corporate banking and investment banking positions with TD Securities in Toronto.
Ken received his MBA from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
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Ralph Sehgal is Managing Director and Deputy Head of Global Corporate Banking, a business with offices across Canada, the US, Europe and Australia. He leads a team of professionals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver that provide client coverage across a broad range of industries and also sits on a number of internal committees, including the Corporate Banking/Global Credit Operating Committee.
Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets in 2009, Ralph spent 13 years at CIBC World Markets in a number of roles, the most recent of which was Managing Director and Team Leader covering large corporate clients. Ralph also spent a number of years living and working abroad in Finland, Switzerland and England for Credit Suisse.
Ralph is a former member of the United Way Toronto's MIG Cabinet. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph holding a Combined Honors degree in Management and Economics, as well as Queen’s University where he earned a Master of Business Administration degree. Ralph also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Patrick Shields is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets and Head of Corporate Banking in New York. He leads a team of bankers that deliver relationship coverage, credit product structuring and transaction execution across the credit ratings spectrum. Sectors covered include industrials, consumer, healthcare, municipals, infrastructure, power & utilities, financial services, media, telecommunications, and technology.
He also provides senior level coverage for several corporate relationships including automotive clients. He has been actively involved in the auto sector since 1995.
Mr. Shields is a member of the Global Loan Commitments Committee, US Regional Operating Committee and Corporate Banking Global Operating Committee.
Since joining RBC Financial Group in 1990, he has held various account coverage and management positions, working in Corporate and Investment Banking offices in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and New York. Prior to joining RBC, Mr. Shields worked for five years as a middle market lender at Manufacturers Hanover. He holds an MBA from Loyola University at Chicago and Bachelors of Science in Accounting from D'Youville College.
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Ken is a Managing Director/Group Head, Corporate Banking, heads up Corporate Banking in Europe and Australia, and is a member of the European Operating Committee. Ken moved to London in April 2017 and prior to his current responsibilities, he lead the Corporate Banking business in New York for Communications, Media, Entertainment, Technology, Healthcare and Consumer.
Ken has worked in financial services for over 25 years. In 2005 he transitioned to the New York office of RBC Capital Markets, having spent four years with RBC in Toronto. Prior to that, Ken held senior corporate banking and investment banking positions with TD Securities in Toronto.
Ken received his MBA from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
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Mr. McArthur is a Managing Director and for the past 7 years has been providing Investment Banking senior coverage to the oilfield services sector in Canada. In addition to these responsibilities, Ian McArthur is Head, Corporate Banking - Energy, Canada. In this role, he leads a team of 9 professionals in providing the loan requirements and associated debt products to oil&gas/utility/pipeline/oilfield services industry sectors. Mr. McArthur also chairs the Energy Operating Committee which provides industry oversight to the energy lending activities globally.
Mr. McArthur has been with the firm for over 25 years. Prior to taking on his current responsibilities in February 2008, Mr. McArthur was Managing Director and Head, Project Finance, a group he was associated with for some 15 years. Mr. McArthur holds the degrees of MBA (honours) from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary.
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Jim is a Managing Director and Head of US Energy Corporate Banking for RBC Capital Markets. Jim joined RBC in August 2008 and has over 25 years of corporate finance experience in the Energy industry. Previously, Jim has held senior management positions with Bank of America, Societe Generale and Bank of Nova Scotia as well as a position within the energy industry as Vice President and Treasurer of Link Energy, a crude oil gathering and transportation company.
Jim serves on educational and charitable boards including the Alumni Advisory Board of the McCombs School of Business at UT-Austin and the Forge for Families which assists underprivileged children in Houston. Jim graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986 with a BBA in Finance.
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Ken is a Managing Director/Group Head, Corporate Banking, heads up Corporate Banking in Europe and Australia, and is a member of the European Operating Committee. Ken moved to London in April 2017 and prior to his current responsibilities, he lead the Corporate Banking business in New York for Communications, Media, Entertainment, Technology, Healthcare and Consumer.
Ken has worked in financial services for over 25 years. In 2005 he transitioned to the New York office of RBC Capital Markets, having spent four years with RBC in Toronto. Prior to that, Ken held senior corporate banking and investment banking positions with TD Securities in Toronto.
Ken received his MBA from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
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Ralph Sehgal is Managing Director and Deputy Head of Global Corporate Banking, a business with offices across Canada, the US, Europe and Australia. He leads a team of professionals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver that provide client coverage across a broad range of industries and also sits on a number of internal committees, including the Corporate Banking/Global Credit Operating Committee.
Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets in 2009, Ralph spent 13 years at CIBC World Markets in a number of roles, the most recent of which was Managing Director and Team Leader covering large corporate clients. Ralph also spent a number of years living and working abroad in Finland, Switzerland and England for Credit Suisse.
Ralph is a former member of the United Way Toronto's MIG Cabinet. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph holding a Combined Honors degree in Management and Economics, as well as Queen’s University where he earned a Master of Business Administration degree. Ralph also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Patrick Shields is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets and Head of Corporate Banking in New York. He leads a team of bankers that deliver relationship coverage, credit product structuring and transaction execution across the credit ratings spectrum. Sectors covered include industrials, consumer, healthcare, municipals, infrastructure, power & utilities, financial services, media, telecommunications, and technology.
He also provides senior level coverage for several corporate relationships including automotive clients. He has been actively involved in the auto sector since 1995.
Mr. Shields is a member of the Global Loan Commitments Committee, US Regional Operating Committee and Corporate Banking Global Operating Committee.
Since joining RBC Financial Group in 1990, he has held various account coverage and management positions, working in Corporate and Investment Banking offices in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and New York. Prior to joining RBC, Mr. Shields worked for five years as a middle market lender at Manufacturers Hanover. He holds an MBA from Loyola University at Chicago and Bachelors of Science in Accounting from D'Youville College.
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Ken is a Managing Director/Group Head, Corporate Banking, heads up Corporate Banking in Europe and Australia, and is a member of the European Operating Committee. Ken moved to London in April 2017 and prior to his current responsibilities, he lead the Corporate Banking business in New York for Communications, Media, Entertainment, Technology, Healthcare and Consumer.
Ken has worked in financial services for over 25 years. In 2005 he transitioned to the New York office of RBC Capital Markets, having spent four years with RBC in Toronto. Prior to that, Ken held senior corporate banking and investment banking positions with TD Securities in Toronto.
Ken received his MBA from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
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Ralph Sehgal is Managing Director and Deputy Head of Global Corporate Banking, a business with offices across Canada, the US, Europe and Australia. He leads a team of professionals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver that provide client coverage across a broad range of industries and also sits on a number of internal committees, including the Corporate Banking/Global Credit Operating Committee.
Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets in 2009, Ralph spent 13 years at CIBC World Markets in a number of roles, the most recent of which was Managing Director and Team Leader covering large corporate clients. Ralph also spent a number of years living and working abroad in Finland, Switzerland and England for Credit Suisse.
Ralph is a former member of the United Way Toronto's MIG Cabinet. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph holding a Combined Honors degree in Management and Economics, as well as Queen’s University where he earned a Master of Business Administration degree. Ralph also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Bio
Patrick Shields is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets and Head of Corporate Banking in New York. He leads a team of bankers that deliver relationship coverage, credit product structuring and transaction execution across the credit ratings spectrum. Sectors covered include industrials, consumer, healthcare, municipals, infrastructure, power & utilities, financial services, media, telecommunications, and technology.
He also provides senior level coverage for several corporate relationships including automotive clients. He has been actively involved in the auto sector since 1995.
Mr. Shields is a member of the Global Loan Commitments Committee, US Regional Operating Committee and Corporate Banking Global Operating Committee.
Since joining RBC Financial Group in 1990, he has held various account coverage and management positions, working in Corporate and Investment Banking offices in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and New York. Prior to joining RBC, Mr. Shields worked for five years as a middle market lender at Manufacturers Hanover. He holds an MBA from Loyola University at Chicago and Bachelors of Science in Accounting from D'Youville College.
Bio
Ken is a Managing Director/Group Head, Corporate Banking, heads up Corporate Banking in Europe and Australia, and is a member of the European Operating Committee. Ken moved to London in April 2017 and prior to his current responsibilities, he lead the Corporate Banking business in New York for Communications, Media, Entertainment, Technology, Healthcare and Consumer.
Ken has worked in financial services for over 25 years. In 2005 he transitioned to the New York office of RBC Capital Markets, having spent four years with RBC in Toronto. Prior to that, Ken held senior corporate banking and investment banking positions with TD Securities in Toronto.
Ken received his MBA from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
Bio
Ralph Sehgal is Managing Director and Deputy Head of Global Corporate Banking, a business with offices across Canada, the US, Europe and Australia. He leads a team of professionals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver that provide client coverage across a broad range of industries and also sits on a number of internal committees, including the Corporate Banking/Global Credit Operating Committee.
Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets in 2009, Ralph spent 13 years at CIBC World Markets in a number of roles, the most recent of which was Managing Director and Team Leader covering large corporate clients. Ralph also spent a number of years living and working abroad in Finland, Switzerland and England for Credit Suisse.
Ralph is a former member of the United Way Toronto's MIG Cabinet. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph holding a Combined Honors degree in Management and Economics, as well as Queen’s University where he earned a Master of Business Administration degree. Ralph also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Bio
Ken is a Managing Director/Group Head, Corporate Banking, heads up Corporate Banking in Europe and Australia, and is a member of the European Operating Committee. Ken moved to London in April 2017 and prior to his current responsibilities, he lead the Corporate Banking business in New York for Communications, Media, Entertainment, Technology, Healthcare and Consumer.
Ken has worked in financial services for over 25 years. In 2005 he transitioned to the New York office of RBC Capital Markets, having spent four years with RBC in Toronto. Prior to that, Ken held senior corporate banking and investment banking positions with TD Securities in Toronto.
Ken received his MBA from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
Bio
Ralph Sehgal is Managing Director and Deputy Head of Global Corporate Banking, a business with offices across Canada, the US, Europe and Australia. He leads a team of professionals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver that provide client coverage across a broad range of industries and also sits on a number of internal committees, including the Corporate Banking/Global Credit Operating Committee.
Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets in 2009, Ralph spent 13 years at CIBC World Markets in a number of roles, the most recent of which was Managing Director and Team Leader covering large corporate clients. Ralph also spent a number of years living and working abroad in Finland, Switzerland and England for Credit Suisse.
Ralph is a former member of the United Way Toronto's MIG Cabinet. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph holding a Combined Honors degree in Management and Economics, as well as Queen’s University where he earned a Master of Business Administration degree. Ralph also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Bio
Patrick Shields is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets and Head of Corporate Banking in New York. He leads a team of bankers that deliver relationship coverage, credit product structuring and transaction execution across the credit ratings spectrum. Sectors covered include industrials, consumer, healthcare, municipals, infrastructure, power & utilities, financial services, media, telecommunications, and technology.
He also provides senior level coverage for several corporate relationships including automotive clients. He has been actively involved in the auto sector since 1995.
Mr. Shields is a member of the Global Loan Commitments Committee, US Regional Operating Committee and Corporate Banking Global Operating Committee.
Since joining RBC Financial Group in 1990, he has held various account coverage and management positions, working in Corporate and Investment Banking offices in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and New York. Prior to joining RBC, Mr. Shields worked for five years as a middle market lender at Manufacturers Hanover. He holds an MBA from Loyola University at Chicago and Bachelors of Science in Accounting from D'Youville College.
Bio
Ken is a Managing Director/Group Head, Corporate Banking, heads up Corporate Banking in Europe and Australia, and is a member of the European Operating Committee. Ken moved to London in April 2017 and prior to his current responsibilities, he lead the Corporate Banking business in New York for Communications, Media, Entertainment, Technology, Healthcare and Consumer.
Ken has worked in financial services for over 25 years. In 2005 he transitioned to the New York office of RBC Capital Markets, having spent four years with RBC in Toronto. Prior to that, Ken held senior corporate banking and investment banking positions with TD Securities in Toronto.
Ken received his MBA from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
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John is a Managing Director and Head, Canadian Real Estate Corporate Banking with RBC Capital Markets. John's primary focus is real estate lending (including revolving loans, bridge loans, term loans, construction loans, commercial mortgages etc.) to REITs, REOCs, Private Equity Funds, Pension Funds and Institutional Investors in Canada.
John holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance and is a Chartered Professional Accountant / Certified Management Accountant.
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Ken is a Managing Director/Group Head, Corporate Banking, heads up Corporate Banking in Europe and Australia, and is a member of the European Operating Committee. Ken moved to London in April 2017 and prior to his current responsibilities, he lead the Corporate Banking business in New York for Communications, Media, Entertainment, Technology, Healthcare and Consumer.
Ken has worked in financial services for over 25 years. In 2005 he transitioned to the New York office of RBC Capital Markets, having spent four years with RBC in Toronto. Prior to that, Ken held senior corporate banking and investment banking positions with TD Securities in Toronto.
Ken received his MBA from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
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Patrick Shields is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets and Head of Corporate Banking in New York. He leads a team of bankers that deliver relationship coverage, credit product structuring and transaction execution across the credit ratings spectrum. Sectors covered include industrials, consumer, healthcare, municipals, infrastructure, power & utilities, financial services, media, telecommunications, and technology.
He also provides senior level coverage for several corporate relationships including automotive clients. He has been actively involved in the auto sector since 1995.
Mr. Shields is a member of the Global Loan Commitments Committee, US Regional Operating Committee and Corporate Banking Global Operating Committee.
Since joining RBC Financial Group in 1990, he has held various account coverage and management positions, working in Corporate and Investment Banking offices in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and New York. Prior to joining RBC, Mr. Shields worked for five years as a middle market lender at Manufacturers Hanover. He holds an MBA from Loyola University at Chicago and Bachelors of Science in Accounting from D'Youville College.
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