Direction

Derek Neldner est chef de la direction et chef de groupe, RBC Marchés des Capitaux et membre du Groupe de la direction. Il supervise les activités de la division à l’échelle mondiale et, de concert avec le Comité administratif des Marchés des capitaux, établit la stratégie de croissance des services Grande entreprise et services de banque d’investissement et Marchés mondiaux de RBC dans le monde entier. Il compte parmi les membres du Groupe de la direction, chargé de définir l’orientation stratégique globale de RBC.

Arrivé à RBC en 1995, il a assumé de nombreuses responsabilités au sein de l’entreprise et a également été chef, Services mondiaux de banque d’investissement avant d’occuper son poste actuel. M. Neldner possède une vaste expérience qui couvre tous les aspects des services de banque d’investissement, notamment les fusions et acquisitions, ainsi que le financement par emprunt et par émission d’actions. Il continue d’offrir une couverture et des conseils de haut niveau à un certain nombre des clients les plus importants de l’entreprise.

M. Neldner se passionne depuis longtemps pour la philanthropie et se dévoue pour la collectivité. Outre son rôle au sein du conseil consultatif de la School of Business de l’Université de l’Alberta, il est bénévole auprès de diverses organisations caritatives, notamment au sein du Cabinet de la campagne 2023 de Centraide United Way à titre de président du secteur financier, et membre du conseil d’administration de l’organisme The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Foundation.

M. Neldner est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en commerce (finance) de l’Université de l’Alberta et possède le titre d’analyste financier agréé (CFA) du CFA Institute. Il est marié, a quatre enfants et vit à Toronto.

Troy Maxwell is Chief Operating Officer of RBC Capital Markets with global responsibility for all operational and administrative matters of the firm, including optimizing cost base management and financial resources, and leading the response to regulatory change. Previously, Troy was Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of RBC Capital Markets and Technology & Operations, where he oversaw all finance services to RBC’s wholesale business and technology and operations platform.

Troy is a champion for diversity-related initiatives at RBC and an active member of the community. Since 2009, he has served as the executive sponsor of RBC’s Advancement of Women in Leadership committee, a global leadership forum responsible for driving actions to improve representation of senior women at the bank. Additionally, Troy is a senior advisor for RWomen, RBC Capital Markets’ internal forum dedicated to fostering the development and career aspirations of women. Troy has played a key role in RBC’s annual United Way campaign for several years and acts as Co-Chair of RBC’s national Major Individual Gifts Committee. He is also a member of the United Way Toronto & York Region’s Major Individual Giving Cabinet.

Prior to joining RBC, Troy was Chief Financial Officer of CIBC World Markets and a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he led the financial institutions and corporate treasury risk management consulting and advisory business.

Troy is a Chartered Professional Accountant, and holds an Honours BA and a Master's Degree in Accounting from the University of Waterloo.

Celine Boffo is MD & SVP, HR for RBC Capital Markets where she leads the design and execution of an integrated talent strategy for the business globally. In addition, Celine provides leadership and oversight for all HR activities in the U.S. in support of the five RBC businesses operating in the region, including City National Bank. She sits on the Operating Committee (OC) for Capital Markets, the US Executive Committee, and the Human Resources OC.

Celine has built her career on a foundation of business transformation, people strategies and organizational effectiveness. Her passion for developing and executing impactful people, talent and culture strategies brought her to RBC HR in 2013 and she has since held a number of senior positions including Head of HR for the 25,000 advisors and leaders serving clients across RBC’s Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking distribution network and VP, Talent Management where she was globally responsible for executive and high potential employee development as well as diversity and inclusion in leadership. In her previous role, she led the global HR team supporting RBC’s Wealth Management and Insurance businesses across 3 continents.

Before starting her corporate career with CGI, a Canadian IT services firm with global operations, she earned her Ph.D. in Management from HEC Montreal. At CGI, Celine headed up the organizational change management center of expertise and consulted on organizational design, development and change across industries. She then led enterprise-wide change management and governance programs at Rogers Communications before returning to consulting.

Celine is a Board member of Easter Seals Canada, a charitable organization that provides services and support to promote access, inclusion and opportunities to Canadians living with disabilities.

Manish Bhandari is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RBC Capital Markets. In his role, Manish leads the Finance teams for Capital Markets globally and has responsibility for providing strategic counsel to the business and its senior executive team, promoting a robust financial controls and management culture, and enabling long-term value creation. He also has oversight for financial and performance management frameworks and policies for Capital Markets. Manish is a member of both the Capital Markets and CFO Group Operating Committees.

Manish has more than 20 years of deep institutional and consumer banking experience with cross-functional leadership across lines of business, risk and finance. Prior to joining RBC, he was Chief Financial Officer of MUFG Americas with responsibility for finance and strategy for the Americas Wholesale Business across Banking, Markets and Transactional Banking, overseeing multiple legal entities, regulatory jurisdictions as well as operational process improvements. Prior to this, Manish held progressively senior roles with Citigroup, including as Chief Financial Officer of its Global Corporate and Investment Bank, where he applied a client centric mindset across financial controls, strategy, innovation and regulatory policies.

Manish earned his Bachelor of Science in Petrochemical Engineering from the University of Pune in India, and his MBA from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management.

As SVP, Global Head of Market & Counterparty Credit Risk within Group Risk Management, Andrew is responsible for the enterprise-wide oversight and governance of market, counterparty credit, and liquidity risk as well as global model risk management and validation. As the Chief Risk Officer for RBC Capital Markets, Andrew and his team are responsible for driving strong risk governance practices aligned with enterprise standards, promoting a strong risk culture and providing risk insights and understanding to the business. Andrew is a member of the Group Risk Management and Capital Markets Operating Committees.

Andrew has held progressively senior roles across GRM and RBC over his 19 years with the bank. Most recently, as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk, he was responsible for leading the strategic management of risk, including defining and quantifying RBC’s risk appetite, leading our enterprise wide stress testing efforts to ensure financial resiliency, identification and management of emerging risk and acted as COO for the GRM function. Prior to that, Andrew led Global Credit and Cash Management for Wealth Management.

Andrew has an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University with a specialization in Finance and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Toronto Metropolitan University.

Trevor Gardner is Head of Global Investment Banking Coverage and is a member of the Capital Markets Operating Committee. He has 25 years of capital markets experience with RBC, including roles in Toronto and Calgary in Investment Banking and Equity Capital Markets. Before taking on his current role he was Co-Head of Canadian Energy Investment Banking between 2014 and 2019. He is an executive member of RBC Capital Markets Canadian Diversity Leadership Council.

Trevor has significant experience working with directly with clients on a broad range of transactions, including mergers & acquisitions and debt and equity financing. In his current role he is actively engaged in senior client coverage and providing advice to clients across industries.

Trevor has been deeply involved in several community initiatives, including Chair of the Board of Directors for YMCA Calgary and serving as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. He has also been active in coaching youth hockey and baseball. In 2020, Trevor served as Co-Chair of RBC’s national employee giving campaign.

Originally from Saskatchewan, Trevor graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University with Honours, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Bobby Grubert is the Global Head of Digital Solutions & Client Insight (DSCi³) for RBC Capital Markets. He is responsible to drive Digital, Data & AI initiatives across the organization to best service our clients. In this role, Bobby is accountable to foster innovation and accelerate development of solutions to provide unique advice and insights for our clients. 

Prior to this role, Bobby was instrumental in driving the electronification of our Global Equities franchise. He helped implement Aiden, an award-winning algorithmic trading platform, in partnership with Borealis AI. Bobby began his career as an energy trader in 1996 and has held multiple senior roles across the organization.

Bobby is a member of the RBC Capital Markets Operating Committee, RBC Global Markets Operating Committee, and a founding member of the RBC U.S. Capital Markets Diversity Leadership Council. He lectures MBA’s and Executives at MIT Sloan. He is active in the community and is an Executive Board Member of the Ronald McDonald House NY and former Chairman.

Dominic Hudson leads our investment banking sector, product and country teams across Europe and APAC, and is a member of the RBC Capital Markets Operating Committee.

Dominic is responsible for executing the regional growth strategy for our investment banking franchises in Europe and APAC, focused on achieving our client, revenue and market share goals, building upon our existing robust client franchise and deepening our incredibly strong bench of talent.

Dominic began his career as a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young. He then held roles at Deutsche Bank and Rothschild before joining RBC in 2006 to lead our infrastructure, transport and utilities team in Australia. In 2012, he was appointed as Head of Investment Banking Asia-Pacific and then chief country officer Head for RBC Capital Markets Australia in 2015.

Dominic was appointed to the newly-created position of Head of European Sector Coverage in 2018, relocating to the UK. In this role, he was instrumental in the growth of our ten industry teams providing strong connectivity across sectors, products and European country teams, before assuming his current role of Head of Investment Banking, Europe and APAC in November 2022.

Jonathan Hunter is Head of Global Markets for RBC Capital Markets, and has been a member of the RBC Capital Markets Operating Committee since 2008. He is also on the board of RBC’s U.S. Intermediate Holding Company (IHC).

Jonathan has been with RBC for more than 30 years, joining its Dealer Trainee Program in 1991. Since then, he has held progressively senior roles within Capital Markets, including Global Co-Head, Fixed Income and Currencies (2006-2011), based in New York, and Global Head of Liquid Products (2002-2006), based in London. He most recently held the role of Global Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities since 2011 before his appointment to Head of Global Markets in November 2020.

Today, Jonathan leads a team of close to 2,000 professionals within Global Markets, collectively comprised of Sales & Relationship Management, Digital Solutions & Client Insights, Central Funding, Equities, Spread, and Macro business lines. Global Markets is a significant contributor to RBC Capital Markets earnings, and is focused on driving best-in-class client solutions across multiple asset classes through digital innovation and thought leadership.

Jonathan recently completed an eight-year term as a member of the Board of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).

Jonathan is also actively involved in RBC’s diversity, mentorship and recruitment initiatives, and is a member of RBC Capital Markets’ Canadian Diversity Leadership Council. In 2018, he was formally recognized by the Women in Capital Markets organization as a Champion of Change in acknowledgement for his ongoing efforts to advance women in the workplace.

In addition, Jonathan is a key participant and contributor in RBC’s many community and charitable initiatives, including the RBC Race for the Kids, RBC Trade for the Kids, and he serves as a member of the United Way’s Major Individual Givers cabinet as part of RBC’s annual Employee Giving Campaign.

With Jonathan’s focus on digital transformation, he was recently named to the Advisory Board of the newly designed Smith’s Master of Financial Innovation & Technology (MFIT) program at Queen’s University. He also served as Chair of the Board of Trustees, and sat on the Board of Governors, for The Bishop Strachan School in Toronto from 2015 to 2021.

Jonathan earned his Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Finance) from Queen’s University in 1991, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Sian Hurrell is Head of Capital Markets Europe and Global Head of Sales, Relationship Management and Structuring within Global Markets. As part of these roles, Sian collaborates with global business heads across Capital Markets to develop, align, and execute strategy and to ensure effective governance of the European capital markets business. Sian also leads the development and execution of the Global Markets client strategy.

Sian joined RBC in August 2013 and has held a wide range of roles including Head of European Fixed Income and Currencies, Global Head of FX, and Head of Global Markets Europe. Sian has considerable experience in delivering Global Markets products and solutions to a wide array of clients including corporates, pension funds and asset and wealth managers. Sian has over 30 years of experience working in capital markets in the UK and APAC in a variety of management, sales, and distribution roles. Prior to RBC, Sian worked at Royal Bank of Scotland (now NatWest Markets) as Head of European Financial Institution Sales.

Sian is a member of the Capital Markets Operating Committee (OC), Global Markets OC, European Executive Committee (EC) and chairs the Capital Markets Europe EC. Sian is also one of the Executive Sponsors of the European Global Markets Analyst and Associate Council. Sian has also represented RBC on a number of industry boards including the FICC Market Standards Board, the Bank of England’s Joint Steering Committee, the Bank of Canada’s Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee, the International Capital Markets Association and recently completed a seven year term as a member of the Board of International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) where she served as Chair of the Nominations Committee.

Sian has a BA Hons degree from the University of Leeds in the UK

Lindsay Patrick is Managing Director and Head of Strategy, Marketing and Sustainability at RBC Capital Markets and a member of the firm’s Operating Committee.

Lindsay is responsible for the advancement of the RBC Capital Markets’ business, brand, and marketing strategy, supporting the firm’s overall growth and performance ambitions. She is a senior adviser on ESG matters to the Group Executive and the wider RBC enterprise, providing insight and guidance in respect of our Capital Markets client base and the transition to net zero. Lindsay also oversees the Sustainable Finance Group, and with her global team, spearheads the provision of solutions and advice for RBC’s institutional and corporate clients across all areas of sustainable finance that incorporates both environmental and social perspectives.

Lindsay has over two decades experience in investment banking, spanning trading floors across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. She began her career with RBC Capital Markets in Investment Banking in Toronto and spent 10 years across variety of positions in Global Equities with a global bank in London before returning to RBC Capital Markets in 2016.

Lindsay is passionate about talent development and is active in advancing important initiatives related to Diversity and Inclusion.  Within RBC, she is a mentor to numerous colleagues, supporting their growth and development across the bank.

Lindsay received her MBA with Honours in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, her BBA with Honours in International Business from Bishop’s University, is a CFA Charterholder and completed the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing. Lindsay sits on the Advisory Board for the Institute of Sustainable Finance and is recognized as leader in sustainability in Canada as a Clean50 Honoree. She is an active volunteer within her local community and serves on the Board Directors for the Oakville Community Foundation. Lindsay is married and the proud mother of four boys.

Daniel Rosenbaum is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets, Head of the Central Funding (CFG) business division and Chairman of the RBC (Barbados) Trading Bank Corporation and RBC CMA LLC subsidiaries. As the Head of CFG, Daniel is responsible for overseeing a global secured financing business which delivers balance sheet solutions to its clients as well as managing investment and market making strategies.

Daniel joined RBC Capital Markets in 1999 in New York as member of the firm's Global Arbitrage and Trading business. He was transferred to London in 2000 where he developed a European trading business as well as co-founded the CFG business. In 2005 he relocated to the Bahamas to develop the firm's Caribbean platform before being transferred back to New York in 2010. 

Daniel holds a BS in Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a MS in Operations Research from Princeton University.

Patti Shugart is Managing Director and Head, Global Corporate Banking and a member of the Operating Committee at RBC Capital Markets. In her role, Patti oversees a team of approximately 600 professionals globally who specialize in lending, trading credit, loan portfolio management and transaction banking for our corporate and institutional clients. She also chairs the Loan Portfolio Review Committee and the Commitments Committee which determine the firm’s global lending decisions.

Patti is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion. She sits on the firm’s Capital Markets Global Diversity Leadership Council, is a co-founder of RWomen, a global internal forum dedicated to fostering and developing female talent, and she chairs  VersaFi’s Advisory Council.  She is RBC’s Executive Sponsor for the United Way’s Women United group, is a past United Way Cabinet Member, and a past Executive Champion for the Toronto RBC Race for the Kids. Patti has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to the industry through the Champion of Change award from VersaFi in 2016. She was named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women by Women's Executive Network in 2015 and 2017, and received VersaFi’s Award for Leadership in 2010.

Patti also sits on the Advisory Board for the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and is Co-Chair of the Global Advancement Board at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. She has an MBA from the University of Toronto (Rotman) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queen’s University.

Matthew Stopnik is Head of Global Investment Banking. He joined RBC Capital Markets in January 2015 as the Co-Head of Financial Sponsors. Prior to joining RBC, Matthew spent 20 years at UBS Investment Bank where his most recent role was serving as its U.S. Head of Financial Sponsors.

At RBC, Matthew is responsible for U.S. Investment Banking. He shares responsibility for coverage of banking clients and prospects, including corporate finance industry groups, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, leveraged finance, and loan and high-yield capital markets teams. Matthew is also responsible for managing RBC’s relationships with some of the largest and most active private equity firms in the world. He serves on the firm’s Global Capital Markets and U.S. Regional Operating Committees and he is a member of the firm’s Commitments Committee.

Matthew is Vice Chair and a member of the Board of Trustees of the TEAK Fellowship, a member of the Board of Youth, INC. and a David Rockefeller Fellow of the Partnership for New York City. He received a B.A from the University of Michigan. Matthew and his wife live in New York City with their two children.

Jim Wolfe is the Head of Global Investment Banking Capital Markets. He joined RBC in June 2008 after spending 15 years at Bear Stearns where he served as Senior Managing Director in the Leveraged Finance Group.

Jim became Co-Head of U.S. Investment Banking in June 2018. He shares responsibility for coverage of banking clients and prospects, including corporate finance industry groups, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, leveraged finance, and loan and high-yield capital markets teams. He also serves on the Global Capital Markets and U.S. Regional Operating Committees and he is a member of the firm’s Commitments Committee.

Over the past 26 years, Jim has completed transactions of all sizes across the full spectrum of industry sectors. In his previous role, Jim was responsible for the firm’s leveraged finance business in the U.S and Europe, leading an experienced team of specialized professionals to help clients raise the capital in connection with corporate acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and refinancings.

Jim received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Southern California and MBA from Wharton. He served on the Board of Trustees at Greens Farms Academy in Westport, CT from 2012 to 2018 and he and his wife served as chairs of the Parents Executive Committee of Bowdoin College from 2014-2019.

Vito Sperduto is the Head of RBC Capital Markets U.S. and a member of the Global Capital Markets Operating Committee. He collaborates closely with RBCCM’s global business heads to develop, align, and execute business strategies for sustained growth across all of RBCCM’s businesses. Acting as a strategic and trusted advisor to his clients, Vito leverages his considerable relationships and experience to help them achieve their business goals. He promotes cross-business coordination and collaboration in support of RBCCM’s overall strategy and works diligently to advance RBC’s pan-U.S. initiatives. Vito also focuses on RBCCM’s brand building, talent development, and mentoring initiatives. He is especially passionate about helping local communities prosper through his extensive charitable endeavors.

Vito has over 30 years of investment banking experience and has advised on over 200 transactions valued at over $250 billion. Prior to his current role, he was the Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, responsible for the firm’s overall M&A efforts across all sectors. Vito has extensive experience in originating and executing transactions in general industrials and diversified services (with a focus on aerospace, defense, and government services), communications, media and entertainment, technology, business services, and consumer and retail sectors.

Before joining RBCCM, Vito was a Managing Director and Head of Software M&A coverage for CIBC World Markets in New York, where he worked across the defense, consumer, business services, and technology sectors. He previously worked for SoundView Technology Group, Smith Barney, and Kidder, Peabody.

Vito is a member of RBC’s Global Capital Markets Operating Committee, U.S. Executive Committee, U.S. Regional Operating Committee and the board of RBC Capital Markets, LLC. He is an active leader of RBC’s community service programs, including serving as captain of RBC's New York Race for the Kids and co-executive sponsor of RBC PRIDE USA. Vito is the Chairman of the Board of Play Rugby USA, an organization that uses rugby as a tool to mentor over 5,500 NYC children ages 8 to 18. He earned his A.B. from Harvard University in Computer Science/Engineering Sciences.

Michael Cook is Vice Chairman of Global Investment Banking, RBC Capital Markets Australia. Michael serves as a senior ambassador of RBC Capital Markets, working closely with the investment banking team to build relationships with clients in Australia.

Michael brings considerable experience and an extensive network to RBC. He spent 19 years with Macquarie in a number of senior roles and 15 years with Bankers Trust, which Macquarie acquired in 1999.

During his time at Macquarie, Michael was appointed Head of Corporate Advisory and Co-Head of Corporate Finance, which ultimately became Macquarie Capital. He also spent seven years with Macquarie in New York with a focus on building the firm's private equity buy-side and infrastructure businesses. On his return to Australia in 2014, Michael chaired Macquarie’s Client Coverage Group with a broad sector focus and responsibility.  His recent experience covers the Industrials, Healthcare, Technology, Real Estate, Infrastructure and FIG sectors.

Josh Critchley is a Vice Chair of the Global Investment Banking Group. He is focused on developing and enhancing key senior client relationships to support the continued growth of our investment banking franchise, primarily in the UK and Europe.

Josh joined RBC in September 2009 to lead the build-out of our European investment banking and equities platforms within Capital Markets, following roles at Goldman Sachs from 2004 to 2009 and Merrill Lynch from 1993 to 2004.

He has taken on increasingly senior roles in his time at RBC, starting as Head of European ECM and Corporate Broking, becoming Co-Head of European GIB in 2011 and sole Head in 2014, and most recently holding the position of Head of European and APAC Investment Banking.  He was a member of the Capital Markets Operating Committee from 2015 to 2022. Josh has personally advised many of the firm’s corporate clients in Europe and has been responsible for the origination and execution of a significant number of transactions in a variety of industries, including for financial, consumer, telecommunication, healthcare and industrial companies.

Josh holds a BSc from City University Business School, London. He has a longstanding commitment to philanthropy with particular involvement with Great Ormond Street Hospital, the NSCPCC, UCL Academy School and the Zoological Society of London.

Andrew Federer is Vice Chairman, RBC Capital Markets and is a member of the Global Investment Banking Management Committee, the Equity Commitments Committee and the Mezzanine Finance Committee. He is responsible for senior client relationships and for providing advisory and deal execution services for the firm’s global clients, including: mergers and acquisitions, leveraged loan and high yield financings, bond issuance, and IPOs and secondary offerings.

Andrew has an extensive and broad range of transactional experience having advised a number of North America's largest corporate issuers and private equity firms. He also previously served as Head of Corporate Finance in Canada with responsibility for the management and direction of a number of teams, including: Communications, Media & Telecom, Financial Institutions, Consumer and Industrial Products, Financial Sponsors, Infrastructure Coverage, and Infrastructure (PPP) Project Finance.

Andrew is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Art Gallery of Ontario, Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of The Bishops Strachan School and Co-Chairman of the RBC Capital Markets Foundation.

Since October 2010, Michael Fortier is Vice Chairman, RBC Capital Markets. Prior to joining the Royal Bank of Canada, he had been active principally in the fields of banking, politics and law.

Over the past 25 years, Michael has worked as a senior relationship banker for several Wall Street (Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse) and Canadian (TD Securities) investment banking firms and worked in Canada and the UK for one of the leading Canadian law firms (Norton Rose).

Between January 2006 and November 2008, Michael served as Canada's Minister of Public Works and Minister of International Trade. Throughout this period, he also acted as the Minister responsible for Greater Montreal. Michael also chaired Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party leadership campaign in 2004 and the Party's 2004 and 2006 federal election campaigns.

Michael sits on the boards of CAE and Pomerleau. He also served from 2012 to 2015 as a member of United Technologies’ International Advisory Council. He is active with many philanthropic organizations, including as Chairman of Ste Justine Hospital’s Foundation since 2012. He has also accepted numerous pro bono assignments from municipal, provincial and federal governments, notably negotiating the return of Formula One racing to Canada.

Michael lives in Montreal with his wife Michelle and his six children.

Larry Grafstein has been Deputy Chairman of Global Investment Banking at RBC Capital Markets since September of 2018. In his 30 years on Wall Street, he has advised clients on nearly $1 trillion of completed transactions. His experience spans all industries and geographies and includes some of the largest and most complex M&A, restructuring, equity and privatization deals.

His clients over the years have included AerCap, AT&T, BAT, Charter Communications, Creative Artists Agency, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Hutchison Whampoa, Intel, Jabil,  Juniper, Leucadia, Level 3, Microsoft, Mosaic, Sprint, Time Warner, TPG, Visteon and Vodafone.  Recently he advised CSX on its response to activist investor Mantle Ridge, IBM on its acquisition of Truven, and Molson Coors on its acquisition of its Miller Coors JV. He advised on the restructurings of WorldCom and Nortel, two of the largest done to date.   

He has worked on behalf of the Governments of Canada and Ontario regarding their investments in Chrysler and General Motors after the financial crisis and advised on the landmark privatizations of Telefonos de Mexico and Telstra of Australia. He recently represented Statewide Mobility Partners, a consortium of investment funds, on the divestiture of Indiana Toll Roads, one of the largest infrastructure sales in US history.  In 2014 he helped settle the strike and consumer boycott at Market Basket Supermarkets in New England through the sale by certain members of the Demoulas family of their ownership stake and resolution of their 20-year control dispute.

Larry is a graduate of Harvard University (B.A.), Oxford University (M.Phil, Balliol College, Rhodes Scholar), and the University of Toronto (J.D.). He is co-chair of his Harvard class and has served on the board of a number of public companies and philanthropic institutions, including the US board of Upper Canada College and the board of trustees of Horace Mann School in New York.

Kent Savagian is a Vice Chairman in the Global Investment Banking Group and Head of the Los Angeles Office. Kent is a widely recognized expert in complex advisory, financing and out-of-court restructuring transactions with almost 30 years of experience. Kent has spent much of his career advising media clients as well as West Coast based private equity clients. To date, Kent has worked on over $250 billion of financing assignments across a broad range of products including leverage finance, equity, investment grade and film/content financing, and in excess of $150 billion of advisory work for clients in his career.

Kent previously served as a Managing Director at Moelis & Company and Credit Suisse where he advised corporate clients including the Walt Disney Company, Euro Disney SCA, Sony Entertainment, Penton Media, Media Rights Capital, Pixar Entertainment and Scripps Networks. He has also worked with most West Coast private equity clients including Oaktree Capital, Ares Capital, Leonard Green Partners and Aurora Capital. Prior to Moelis & Company, Kent ran the highly successful Los Angeles Office at Credit Suisse from 2005 through 2011, and prior to Credit Suisse worked in the Los Angeles Office of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette.

Kent holds a BS in Economics from Brigham Young University and an MBA in Finance from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management. He is on the board of the California Chamber of Commerce and served on the Executive Board in 2013, Chairs the Audit and Finance Committee at St James’ Episcopal School and is currently involved in the Los Angeles Area Council for the Boy Scouts of America. 

Sian Hurrell is Head of Capital Markets Europe and Global Head of Sales, Relationship Management and Structuring within Global Markets. As part of these roles, Sian collaborates with global business heads across Capital Markets to develop, align, and execute strategy and to ensure effective governance of the European capital markets business. Sian also leads the development and execution of the Global Markets client strategy.

Sian joined RBC in August 2013 and has held a wide range of roles including Head of European Fixed Income and Currencies, Global Head of FX, and Head of Global Markets Europe. Sian has considerable experience in delivering Global Markets products and solutions to a wide array of clients including corporates, pension funds and asset and wealth managers. Sian has over 30 years of experience working in capital markets in the UK and APAC in a variety of management, sales, and distribution roles. Prior to RBC, Sian worked at Royal Bank of Scotland (now NatWest Markets) as Head of European Financial Institution Sales.

Sian is a member of the Capital Markets Operating Committee (OC), Global Markets OC, European Executive Committee (EC) and chairs the Capital Markets Europe EC. Sian is also one of the Executive Sponsors of the European Global Markets Analyst and Associate Council. Sian has also represented RBC on a number of industry boards including the FICC Market Standards Board, the Bank of England’s Joint Steering Committee, the Bank of Canada’s Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee, the International Capital Markets Association and recently completed a seven year term as a member of the Board of International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) where she served as Chair of the Nominations Committee.

Sian has a BA Hons degree from the University of Leeds in the UK

Vito Sperduto is the Head of RBC Capital Markets U.S.

He is responsible for the bank’s overall M&A effort across all industry sectors. Historically, he has extensive sector experience with origination and execution of transactions in industrials (with a focus on aerospace, defense and government services), communications, media and entertainment, technology, and business services.

Vito has over 27 years of investment banking experience, during which he has advised on over 150 transactions with a combined value exceeding $100 billion.

Prior to RBC, Vito was most recently Managing Director and Head of Software M&A coverage for CIBC World Markets in New York, where he worked across the defense, consumer, business services and technology sectors.

He has previously worked for SoundView Technology Group, Smith Barney and Kidder, Peabody.

Vito earned his B.A. from Harvard University in Computer Science / Engineering Sciences.

John Thurlow is the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Capital Markets and RBC Clear. Based in Jersey City, New Jersey, Mr. Thurlow is responsible for all operational, control and administrative aspects of RBC’s U.S. Capital Markets businesses and has local management responsibility for all Technology, Operations and Functions groups. Mr. Thurlow is also the Chief Operating Officer for RBC U.S. Holdings LLC, RBC’s U.S. Intermediate Holding Company (IHC) in which he works closely with the IHC CEO and all U.S. business leaders in driving collaboration opportunities across our U.S. operations. 

Mr. Thurlow joined RBC in May of 2015 from Credit Suisse, where he held dual roles as the COO for Credit Suisse’s Americas Equities businesses and the Head of Front Office Controls for Credit Suisse’s Global Equities business. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Thurlow spent 16 years at Merrill Lynch, where he held various Financing, Operational and COO positions within Merrill’s Treasury, Equity Derivatives and Prime Brokerage divisions in New York, Hong Kong and Australia. He began his career in commercial banking during which he held a variety of Credit and Operations roles.

Mr. Thurlow is active in RBC’s Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and in the Jersey City community. He is the Executive Sponsor OF RBC’s Vets Network ERG working closely with select veteran organizations in both New York and New Jersey. Mr. Thurlow serves as a member of the National Board of the All Stars Project, an afterschool development program for inner-city kids across 6 major cities in the U.S., including Jersey City, Newark and New York. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the New Jersey City University (NJCU) School of Business and actively supports The Boys and Girls Club of Hudson County, both located in Jersey City.

Mr. Thurlow received his B.A. in Finance and International Business from Pace University in New York, and his M.B.A in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Additionally, he holds Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.

Blair Wark is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for RBC in Asia-Pacific and Chief Operating Officer (COO), RBC Capital Markets Asia-Pacific. As CFO he leads the Asia-Pacific finance team and oversees all finance services to the Asia-Pacific business platforms, including valuations, financial and product control, and performance management. As COO, he oversees the regulatory obligations and business operations, and leads the functional, operational, and financial aspects of Capital Markets in the region. Blair is actively involved in regional diversity initiatives and is Chair of the Australia Diversity Council.

Blair joined RBC in 2010 as a Director, Head of Finance. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience in banking in London, New York, and Australia, having held roles with Price Waterhouse, Halifax plc, Banco Santander, and Lloyds International. Blair studied at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia with B Bus. Major and Law sub-Major.