Bio

Ted Swimmer is Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Finance and Capital Markets for Citizens Financial Group. A member of the bank’s Executive Committee, his responsibilities include capital markets debt distribution, sales and trading activities, leasing, asset based origination, and structured finance. He is also responsible for all sponsor and leveraged finance origination and the strategic client acquisition group as well as the bank’s Global Markets business, encompassing interest-rate products and foreign exchange. Today, Citizens’ capital markets platform is a consistent top 10 lead arranger of middle market loans and a top 5 lead arranger of sponsor transactions. Swimmer serves on the bank’s Loan Underwriting and the Commercial Banking Executive Management Committees. Before being promoted into his current position, he had been the head of the Capital Markets Group since 2010. He assumed responsibility for the Sponsor and Corporate Finance Groups in 2014. Prior to joining Citizens in 2010, Swimmer managed Wachovia Securities’ Leveraged Finance origination activities. He is Series 7, 63, 79 and 24 certified and holds an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia University and a B.A. in economics and history from Lafayette College.