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.
Latest NewsMr. Frank Baker is a Managing Director and a Founding Partner of Siris Capital Group LLC (Siris), the successor fund to S.A.C. Private Capital Group LLC (SAC PCG) formed in 2006, a middle market private equity firm focused on deep value, control equity investments around special situations in the telecom, technology and healthcare service sectors. Since inception, Mr. Baker and his partners have invested ~$550 million of capital.Prior to forming SAC PCG, Mr. Baker was a Managing Director at Ripplewood Holdings LLC (Ripplewood), a global private equity firm which had approximately $3 billion of capital under management.Mr. Baker started his career in investment banking as an Associate at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in the Capital Markets Group and as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co. in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group.Mr. Baker has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Since 1986, Tim has been devoted full time to On-Call clients. Prior to joining Ernst & Young in 2002, he was with Arthur Andersen. The Ernst & Young On-Call practice provides knowledgeable, cutting-edge advice to investment bankers and other intermediaries on the theoretical and practical tax and accounting aspects of the financial instruments, capital markets products, merger and acquisition structures, and financing techniques they develop for their clients. Tims particular area of experience has been in merger and acquisition accounting, most recently including SFAS 141 and SFAS 142 issues (including the application of SOP 03-3 to the loan portfolios of acquired financial institutions and the accounting issues involved in FDIC-assisted transactions) and SFAS 141R and SFAS 160 implementation. He has also worked in related areas such as dispositions, joint ventures, spin-off/split-off/carve-out transactions and LBO/ recapitalizations.In his first 15 years of service in public accounting, Tim gained experience in the audits of numerous clients engaged in the manufacturing, leasing, construction and service industries.A member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants, and a CPA in New York and New Jersey, Tim is also a frequent speaker on accounting issues within Ernst & Young and to client groups as well as at outside seminars and technical sessions of various organizations. He is a 1971 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and holds a Bachelors degree in Accountancy.
Mr. Gallagher is a Managing Director at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. He joined KBW in 2011 to coordinate the firms financial sponsor investment banking coverage practice. He is responsible for leading the delivery of the KBW platform to financial sponsors that invest in the depository, diversified finance, and insurance sectors. Mr. Gallagher has developed substantial M&A and capital raising experience across the financial services industry through his involvement in over 100 transactions. Previously, he was employed at Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan, and Sandler ONeill. Mr. Gallagher received a B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University.

