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Experience and Credentials

Background

Internationally experienced senior executive with thirty years of successful track record in banking and the financial services sector. Strategic thinking and a visionary mindset enabled strong commercial results. Proven accomplishments in building and transforming businesses and driving change. Excellent reputation for client-centricity, focusing on solutions and building high performance teams paired with a strong global network of clients, investors, business partners and peers. Emphasis on sustainable and impact financing and financing solutions.

Strong background in corporate treasury, debt capital markets, securitisation and private debt. Highest work ethic, a can-do-mentality and being a role model for a value driven, inclusive and co-operative leadership style are engrained in Stefan’s personality.

Focus

Stefan leads our Global Structured Finance, Capital Markets & Treasury Services activities and strategy, while further enhancing our distinctive culture and boutique style approach.

Previous experience

Stefan has worked on many ground-breaking and innovative transactions in the global securitisation and structured finance markets, such as first time transactions in China, Turkey and Brazil. He has also done deals across a broad range of asset classes such as auto, consumer lending, SME loans, equipment, infrastructure and sustainability improvement loans and even more esoteric ones.

Before founding ROLF Advisory, Stefan was Global Head of Securitisation and Private Debt at IQ-EQ, Global Head of Balance Sheet Distribution and Securitisation at ING as well as the Head of ABS and Treasurer of the Asia-Pacific region at Volkswagen Financial Services.

Stefan is a frequent speaker at structured finance/capital markets events in Europe, the US and the Asia- Pacific region, and has worked closely with the European Central Bank, national central banks and various supervisory bodies.

Stefan looks forward to hearing from you.

Stefan Rolf

Founder & CEO