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NEW Patricia Lewis managing portfolio risk. Business, Corporates, Financiers & Entrepreneurs
2020 Prior to this, Patricia worked in the Syndicated and
Managing Director & Head of European
Loans and Special Situations Sales, Leveraged Finance businesses in the US in Corporate
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Investment Banking, where she was responsible for
structuring, underwriting and executing bank loan, bridge
loan and bond financings for financial sponsors and mid-
Patricia Lewis has more than 23 years’ experience in market to investment-grade corporate clients.
investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in She has a BSc in Applied Economics and Business
Global Banking and Markets, holding a variety of positions Management from Cornell University, an MBA in International
within the fixed income credit businesses in London, New Finance and Marketing, and a Certificate in Private Equity.
York and Charlotte. Patricia serves as a mentor to women entrepreneurs in low
In her current role as Head of European Loans and and middle-income countries via the Cherie Blair Foundation’s
Special Situations Sales in Global Markets, Patricia is Mentoring Women in Business Programme.
responsible for developing and maintaining relationships She has also been an active member in the Junior League
with institutional investors, learning their investment of London, a volunteer organisation of women that delivers
strategy, asset allocation and business objectives to community programmes focused around homelessness,
better service their investment needs and assist them in education and literacy, and employability and life skills.

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