Full Name
Gregory Samuels
Job Title
Senior Vice President and Head of Investment Banking
Company
Sygnus Capital Limited
Speaker Bio
Gregory is a Partner with Sygnus Capital Group where he serves as Senior Vice President & Head of Investment Banking. In this role, he leverages his diverse skillset, creative thinking and deep financial and engineering expertise to devise innovative financial solutions for corporate and sovereign clients. This includes providing solutions for clients who are looking to access capital from the Sygnus alternative investments fund companies (SCI, SRF, CCRF, and Deneb) and the broader capital markets.
Prior to joining Sygnus, Gregory served as Head of Treasury & Trading at Scotia Investments where he was responsible for the management of the firm's treasury,
investment and trading operations and had over JA$70 billion under his management. In addition, he successfully raised over JA$8 billion in financing for local corporate clients as interim Head of the Capital Markets business (August 2013 to October 2014). Gregory spent 6 years at CIBC FirstCaribbean prior to Scotia Investments. There, he worked in the Corporate Investment Banking division as part of the origination deals team that provided investment banking and advisory services to clients in the region with transactions of over US$2.0 billion in deal size. Next, he held the position of Associate Director, Client Solutions Group and was responsible for providing
structured products and derivative hedging solutions to large corporate and government clients in the English & Dutch Speaking Caribbean.
Before his successful career in Investment Banking, Gregory started out his profession as an Engineer. His legacy in engineering includes 6 years at Royal Dutch Shell PLC, as well as leading the expansion of Shell Gas Jamaica’s on-island operations, which included the delivery of several large infrastructure projects. Gregory holds an MBA in Banking & Finance, a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering, and a Certificate in Project Management. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the CFA Society of Jamaica.
Prior to joining Sygnus, Gregory served as Head of Treasury & Trading at Scotia Investments where he was responsible for the management of the firm's treasury,
investment and trading operations and had over JA$70 billion under his management. In addition, he successfully raised over JA$8 billion in financing for local corporate clients as interim Head of the Capital Markets business (August 2013 to October 2014). Gregory spent 6 years at CIBC FirstCaribbean prior to Scotia Investments. There, he worked in the Corporate Investment Banking division as part of the origination deals team that provided investment banking and advisory services to clients in the region with transactions of over US$2.0 billion in deal size. Next, he held the position of Associate Director, Client Solutions Group and was responsible for providing
structured products and derivative hedging solutions to large corporate and government clients in the English & Dutch Speaking Caribbean.
Before his successful career in Investment Banking, Gregory started out his profession as an Engineer. His legacy in engineering includes 6 years at Royal Dutch Shell PLC, as well as leading the expansion of Shell Gas Jamaica’s on-island operations, which included the delivery of several large infrastructure projects. Gregory holds an MBA in Banking & Finance, a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering, and a Certificate in Project Management. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the CFA Society of Jamaica.
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