Corporate and Investment Banking Team

Sacha Syne is a seasoned Banker with over twenty (20) years of experience in Banking. He has been with First Citizens Bank for the last thirteen (13) years. Mr. Syne is currently charged with the overall responsibility of the Corporate & Investment Banking Unit. Prior to which he held the positions of the Assistant General Manager of First Citizens Corporate and Investment Banking Unit, Assistant General Manager of First Citizens Investment Services Limited as well as Head – Capital Markets and Head – Government Business within Corporate & Investment Banking Unit. He also has a wealth of experience in trading and advising clients on investments across the major asset classes.

Sacha holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick and an MSc in Financial Management from the University of London.

Mikkel is responsible for providing support to the General Manager in managing the Corporate & Investment Banking Unit and supporting the General Manager in achieving the strategic goals for the Unit. He is primarily responsible for business development and deal pipeline growth for the Private Sector, Capital Markets and Government Business Teams and Deals Execution. Mikkel also monitors operational deficiencies, ensuring that the quality of the accounts is maintained at all times and the highest standard of customer service is rendered to clients, in an effort to retain business for the Bank.

Javan provides support in the structuring and execution of transactions and is also the Team’s liaison for Investor Relations and Internal and External Stakeholders (Trustee, Paying Agent, Regulators, etc). His experience includes Deal Structuring, Corporate Investment Banking and Risk Mitigation with various roles in Risk Adjudication, Corporate Banking and Investment Banking since 2012.

Javan holds a BSc. Economic (Minors in International Relations and Finance) and MSc. International Finance from the University of the West Indies and Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.

Rohini has more than twenty (20) years of banking experience and has worked on the Government and Private Sector teams. Before joining First Citizens, she worked in the Commercial and Corporate Banking Centre at another financial institution.

She pursued an MBA (Oil and Gas specialisation) with the Heriot-Watt University and has commenced certification via the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI).

Maya has been with the Corporate and Investment Banking team since 2014 and has served in relationship and portfolio management roles. She also spearheaded and managed the development of the deals closing and execution function for the Private Sector team.

Maya holds a BSc in Actuarial Science and a MSc in International Finance from the University of the West Indies.

Kershell is a finance professional with over eleven (11) years of experience in investment banking, advisory and asset management. Prior to joining First Citizens, he worked on transactions across various sectors and markets, including debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory.

Kershell holds an MSc in Financial Management from Heriot-Watt University.

Dereck has been involved in the financial services industry for over twenty-one (21) years and managed projects in various industries, locally and regionally.

He attained an MBA in Finance at the University of Lincoln and BSc Economics at the University of the West Indies.

Alana has been with the First Citizens Group for the past thirty (30) years, working in several areas including, Bank Operations, Specialized Securities and Finance and Planning. For the last fifteen (15) years, she has served at the Corporate and Investment Banking Unit, undertaking Corporate and Government lending and portfolio management, for both local and regional clients.

Alana holds an MBA from the Anglia Ruskin University and a CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting.

Felipe has twenty-five (25) years of experience in the financial sector having had responsibility for revenue generation, deal origination and execution. Operating out of Costa Rica as the First Citizens Regional Manager for Central America and LATAM for the last nine (9) years, he brings his wealth of experience.

Felipe is the holder of a BSc in Business Administration from the Universidad Latino Americana in Costa Rica and a Post Graduate Degree in Capital Markets from Universidad de Costa Rica.

Michael has fourteen (14) years of experience in the financial sector, with proven skills in equity investment and financial analysis as per his work with several equity research teams at Wall Street-based investment banks and as an offshore financial analyst for a Private Equity Hedge Fund based in Hong Kong. Over the past six (6) years, Michael has built a career as a Senior Credit Analyst for First Citizens and currently holds the Portfolio Manager position, where he leads a team of three senior credit analysts, overseeing the Bank’s corporate credit portfolio in LATAM.

Michael holds a BSc in Economics from the Universidad de Costa Rica and holds a CICC (Certificate in Commercial Credit) from Moody’s Analytics since 2021.