Stephen Cosham
Consultant

Stephen Cosham is an experienced banker having spent more than 20 years in both international and investment banking including 14 years overseas.

Stephen began his career in 1975, with Natwest, before accepting in 1979 a Royal Air Force commission and training as a pilot. Stephen returned to banking in 1982 joining the Merchant Banking Group of Marine Midland Bank, (now part of HSBC), in London, before moving to New York in 1984. In New York, he established a secondary market trading desk for syndicated loans and, subsequently, as a Director assumed responsibility for the liquidation of the international loan portfolio for the group.

In 1990, Stephen joined Citibank, as a Vice President, to form an emerging market debt sales function. Stephen transferred to Hong Kong in 1992 to establish an Asian emerging market sales desk and later, as a Managing Director, he assumed responsibility for all security sales in North Asia.

Stephen returned to London in 1998, to manage the emerging market syndicate desk for Citibank before transferring, as a Director, to a similar role at Salomon Smith Barney as part of the merger to form Citigroup.

Stephen has been training in all areas of Capital Markets since 2001. At BG Consulting, he specializes in debt capital markets, credit derivatives, asset securitisation and foundation courses.