LOS ANGELES,
June 12, 2017
/PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG),
one of the world's leading financial institutions,
today announced the continued enhancement of its Public
Finance business with the hiring of Lisa
Smith, a 25-year industry veteran.
A Managing Director based in Los
Angeles, Ms. Smith will be responsible for managing the
overall banking relationships with state and local government
clients and prospects. This includes originating and structuring
term loans, lines of credit, standby bond purchase agreements, and
letters of credit, as well as delivering a complete suite of
banking services and products.
She will report to Kevin
Dunphy, Managing Director, and MUFG's Head of Public
Finance.
"Lisa's client-centric focus to public finance is
consistent with MUFG's long-standing approach to this dynamic and
challenging market," Mr. Dunphy said. "With Lisa on board, MUFG has
added a respected professional who has spent more than two decades
in the municipal investment banking business. We believe our
clients will benefit from Lisa's talent and experience."
Ms. Smith adds deep financial advisory experience to a
public finance team that already boasts a wide range of expertise
from investment banking, municipal research, monoline insurers,
regulatory organizations, large municipalities, and credit-rating
agencies. A leader in the industry, MUFG has extended
more than $11 billion worth of credit
to its public finance clients.
Over the course of her career, Ms. Smith has managed more
than $40 billion in transactions,
structured several pioneering financings, and provided analytical
expertise for a variety of issuers. She joins MUFG from Siebert,
Cisneros, Shank & Co. LLC where she was a Managing Director and
Head of the West Region.
In 2002, Ms. Smith co-founded the financial advisory firm
Gardner, Underwood & Bacon which was acquired by Loop Capital
Markets in 2011. She has also worked at First Interstate Bank,
Société Générale, Donaldson Lufkin
& Jenrette, and Stone & Youngberg.
Ms. Smith has a B.A. in economics from Amherst College, and an MBA in finance from the
UCLA Anderson School of Management. In 2012, she was awarded
the "She is Our Hero" honor by Women in Public Finance, a
professional networking organization for women in the public
finance industry.
About MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation
Headquartered in New
York, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation is a financial
holding company and bank holding company with total assets of
$149.7 billion at March 31, 2017. Its main subsidiaries are MUFG
Union Bank, N.A. and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. MUFG Union Bank,
N.A. provides an array of financial services to individuals, small
businesses, middle-market companies, and major corporations. As of
March 31, 2017, MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
operated 365 branches, comprised primarily of retail banking
branches in the West Coast states, along with commercial branches
in Texas, Illinois, New
York and Georgia, as well
as two international offices. MUFG Securities Americas Inc. is a
registered securities broker-dealer which engages in capital
markets origination transactions, private placements,
collateralized financings, securities borrowing and lending
transactions, and domestic and foreign debt and equities securities
transactions. MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation is owned by The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Group, Inc. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.,
which is one of the world's leading financial groups. Visit
http://www.unionbank.com or
http://www.mufgamericas.com for more
information.
About MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,
Inc.)
MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.) is one of the
world's leading financial groups, with total assets of
approximately $2.7 trillion (USD) as
of March 31, 2017.
Headquartered in Tokyo and with
approximately 350 years of history, MUFG is a global network with
more than 2,200 offices in nearly 50 countries. The
Group has more than 140,000 employees and about 300 entities,
offering services including commercial banking, trust banking,
securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and
leasing. The Group's operating companies include Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
(Japan's leading trust bank), and
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan's largest securities firms. Through
close partnerships among our operating companies, the Group aims to
"be the world's most trusted financial group," flexibly responding
to all of the financial needs of our customers, serving society,
and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.
MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo,
Nagoya, and New York (MTU) stock
exchanges. Visit
www.mufg.jp/english/index.html.
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