Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

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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    Roland Merchant is a Senior Vice President of Eastdil Secured, LLC, a wholly owned Real Estate Investment Bank of Wells Fargo. Mr. Merchant has over 10 years of experience in finance, sales and real estate investment banking. He is primarily responsible for the marketing and valuation of secondary commercial mortgage whole loans, B-Notes and mezzanine debt. He has been involved in over $8 billion of loan sale and valuation transactions for clients including TIAA-CREF, Bank of American/Merrill Lynch, Prudential Mortgage Capital, MetLife Insurance and the FDIC. Prior to joining Eastdil Secured, Mr. Merchant was an investment banking associate in the Capital Markets Group at Cushman and Wakefield and the Leveraged Finance Group at Merrill Lynch. Mr. Merchant holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. from Dillard University.

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    Eugene S. Weil is a co-founder and CEO of Milestone Advisors LLC, a specialty finance focused investment bank headquartered in Washington DC, and sits on its Board of Directors. Prior to founding Milestone, Mr. Weil was a Managing Director of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Company, Inc. (“FBR”). At FBR, Mr. Weil had significant responsibility for the firm’s day-to-day financial services practice. In addition, Mr. Weil had primary responsibility for building and supervising the group’s M&A and e-Finance investment banking practices, completing approximately 50 transactions during his tenure with the firm. While at FBR, Mr. Weil led several financial institution buyout deals under a streamlined transaction/financing structure that was pioneered by his team. He was previously Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Hovde Financial, Inc., a financial services M&A boutique and private hedge fund manager. Mr. Weil began his career as a corporate attorney at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Juris Doctor from The Washington University School of Law.

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    Jeffrey M. Levine, is a Principal of Milestone Advisors, LLC, and Managing Director in Milestone’s Financial Institutions Group, where he represents clients in the purchase and sale of mortgage companies, banks, thrifts and other financial service companies. Mr. Levine has extensive transaction experience in the mortgage banking industry and has participated in most of the corporate transactions executed over the past fifteen years, representing a combined servicing volume in excess of $500 billion. Notable transactions include: the sale of First Horizon Home Loans to MetLife Bank, American Home’s mortgage servicing business to WL Ross & Company, the sale of New York Mortgage Trust’s retail lending business to IndyMac Bank, the sale of Royal Bank of Canada’s US mortgage banking operations to New Century Financial Corporation, the sale of Leader Mortgage Company to U.S. Bank, the acquisition by Wells Fargo Home Mortgage of GE Capital Mortgage’s Servicing Operation and Production Platform, the purchase of Mellon Mortgage Company by Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, the acquisition of Atlantic Mortgage & Investment Corporation by ABN Amro Mortgage Group, Inc., Union Planters Mortgage’s acquisition of the wholesale lending division of Colonial Mortgage Company, and the sale of Mellon Mortgage’s 26 retail residential mortgage origination branches to Chase Manhattan Mortgage. Prior to joining Milestone, Mr. Levine was Managing Director of BayView Financial Advisory Services, a boutique investment banking firm specializing in the mortgage banking industry. Mr. Levine spent 11 years at BayView and, from 1998 to 2002, managed BayView’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice. Milestone acquired BayView’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice in November 2002. Mr. Levine has over 20 years’ experience in the mortgage banking industry and prior to joining Bayview in 1991, was the manager of mortgage warehouse lending at Southeast Bank, N.A. Mr. Levine has been a guest lecturer at the Mortgage Banker’s Association’s School of Mortgage Banking and its Chief Financial Officers and Financial Analysis Conferences, as well as FHLMC’s School of Mortgage Finance. His articles have appeared in national trade publications including Community Banker and Mortgage Servicing News.Mr. Levine received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Florida. Active in many philanthropic and community service causes, Mr. Levine is Treasurer of Jewish Community Services, Inc., a leading South Florida non-profit agency. Mr. Levine and his wife, Dalia, live in Aventura, FL.

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    Rilla Delorier is the chief marketing and client experience officer for SunTrust Banks, Inc. �She is responsible for the company�s advertising, direct marketing, brand management, sponsorships, client analytics, cross-channel strategy, web solutions, line of business marketing, corporate communications and client loyalty programs.� With a focus on leveraging client insight to enhance the bank�s operations, Delorier and her team use client feedback and analytics to design client experiences that reinforce the SunTrust brand promise and increase loyalty. She was named to this position in June 2008. �Previously she was the Director of Marketing for SunTrust Wealth and Investment Management. �In that role, Delorier developed and executed segmentation strategies for affluent, wealthy, high-net worth and institutional clients. �Prior to joining SunTrust, she founded The CAGR Marketing Group, a firm specializing in driving results through client acquisition, growth and retention programs. �From 1999 through 2005, Delorier was chief marketing officer for PNC Advisors, where she was responsible for marketing and product management across PNC�s consumer and institutional investment businesses. Delorier also managed PNC�s Women�s Financial Services Network, one of the industry�s most successful women�s marketing programs. �She began her professional career as a consultant with Bain and Company. �Delorier earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from The University of Virginia. �She was recognized in 2011 and 2013 by American Banker as one of the Top 25 Women to Watch in Banking.� Delorier serves on the Board of Directors for the Bank Administration Institute (BAI).

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    Shelaghmichael Brown has more than 30 years experience in financial services. She currently serves as Executive Vice President, consumer finance with Compass Bank. She reports directly to Compass’ CEO. In this capacity, she is responsible for managing, developing and implementing strategies designed to grow and increase the profitability and efficiency of the company’s retail banking operations which includes its more than 580 branch distribution system, alternative delivery channels such as personal computer and telephone banking, traditional consumer and small business credit and deposit products, mutual funds, brokerage services, marketing and all of the operations of Compass’ former Consumer Finance business unit. For the full-year of 2007, the Retail Banking Division (including the former Consumer Finance division) contributed total revenues of approximately $1.1 billion.Prior to this position, Ms. Brown served as an EVP of Compass’ Consumer Finance business unit and was a member of the company’s Executive Management Committee and the Compass Bank Board of Directors. In this capacity, she was responsible for managing, developing and implementing strategies designed to grow and increase the profitability and efficiency of the company’s credit card business, debit card services, merchant services and the mortgage business throughout Compass’ six-state footprint. In addition, she also was responsible for the company’s extensive dealer financial services business that stretches across the southeastern and southwestern United States. For the full-year of 2007, Consumer Finance contributed total revenues of approximately $300 million.Prior to joining Compass Bank, Ms. Brown served as president and CEO at differnet organizations, including JPMorgan Chase and Chase Bank of Texas. She serves on the board of many organizations, including CanCare, Chapelwood United Methodist Church, Graduate of the American Leadership Forum, YWCA, and Consumer Credit Counseling Service. Ms. Brown has a Masters of Business Administration from University of Chicago.