Ray Sprong

International investment and structured-finance leader with experience across 16 countries. Career developed through European management, deal origination and structured-finance roles at international banks and global corporates, followed by 10 years as Founder & Managing Director of a boutique financial solutions firm. Career experience encompasses €2Bn+ of financing and transaction activity and 100+ financings, programs and transactions.

Combining origination, investment and credit analysis, structuring and execution across institutional funding platforms, private credit, asset-backed, leasing, receivables finance, warehouse and portfolio funding and securitization.

Founder & Managing Director - RS Financial Solutions

(2016-01)

Boutique platform - Built and leads an independent European financial-solutions firm focused on complex financing, capital raising and structured transactions for corporates, sponsors and investors.

• Takes mandates from opportunity assessment and capital strategy through lender positioning, credit structuring, negotiation, documentation and closing
• Connects borrowers and asset owners with banks, private-credit funds, institutional investors, insurers and specialist lenders
• Structuring toolkit includes private credit, asset-backed and receivables finance, warehouse facilities, securitization, project and asset finance, real estate and special situations

European Head of Structured Finance & Leasing - HNA TIP Trailer Services Europe

(2011-01 - 2016-12)

Pan-European platform - Built and scaled a structured-finance and customer-finance platform across 16 countries for large-scale asset deployment and commercial growth.

• Structured a €100M cross-border securitization program that developed into a €265M+ funding platform across 10+ markets
• Built teams and workstreams across credit, asset management, compliance, operations and equity-funding infrastructure
• Optimized the funding structure and reduced funding costs by 60%, supporting competitiveness and scalability

European Director, Sales & Business Development - Philips Medical Capital

(2010-01 - 2011-12)

• Originated €100M+ annual vendor-finance programs across 16 countries for high-value medical infrastructure, including CT and MRI equipment
• Opened new territories and implemented financing strategies for public and private healthcare institutions

Executive Director, Global Accounts Sales - Atradius

(2009-01 - 2010-12)

• Led global-account origination and structured receivables and credit solutions for multinational corporates
• Designed structures to unlock liquidity while aligning with institutional risk requirements

European Director, Business Development - CIT Bank - London

(2007-01 - 2009-12)

• Scaled a vendor- and structured-finance platform, growing deal flow and institutional distribution
• Managed teams across 10 countries and oversaw credit, due diligence, compliance and asset management

European Director, Business Development - Barclays Bank - London

(2005-01 - 2007-12)

• Built vendor- and structured-finance programs with international corporates across 10 countries
• Led origination, structuring, credit, due diligence and asset-management workstreams while developing bank relationships for program distribution

Director, European Business Development - Fin-Tech MarketLease - London

(2004-01 - 2005-12)

• Advised European banks on online equipment-lease processing and helped establish portfolio-finance capabilities for manufacturers

Head of Customer (Vendor) Finance - EMEA - Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Europe

(2001-01 - 2004-12)

EMEA finance platform - Built a vendor-finance platform across 16 countries, covering origination, funding and execution for a network of 100+ dealers.

• Developed investor-relations, trade-finance, floorplan and credit-insurance programs supporting equipment deployment and market expansion

Head of Pricing - Europe, Africa & Middle East - Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Europe

(1998-01 - 2001-12)

• Led regional pricing, forecasting and go-to-market initiatives across a network of 100+ distributors