Bio

Stuart Aylward is a Managing Director at Whitehall, focused on investment banking and US Private Placements. Mr. Aylward has 26 years of investment banking and structured finance experience and has raised over $100 billion in capital (across multiple currencies, structures and markets). Prior to joining Whitehall, Mr. Aylward was Principal of a specialist boutique offering bespoke financial solutions. Between 2014 and 2018, he was Co-Head of Structured Finance at Met Zurich LLP in London. Between 2007 and 2013 Mr Aylward was a Director and Deputy Head of European Syndicate and Debt Capital Markets for Wells Fargo. Prior to this Mr Aylward was an Executive Director for WestLB AG where he held multiple roles within capital markets including 3 years in New York as a co-founding member of the USPP desk.