Thomas Sodano
Executive Vice President, Risk Management
Mr Sodano is a highly experienced risk manager with more than 30 years global experience in this function. Before joining FFH in 2005, he was with Citibank New York where he served as Global Head of Risk for the Commercial Banking Group. Prior to his assignment in New York , Mr Sodano was the Global Risk Head for Citigroup's merging Local Corporate Business, based in London.
Mr Sodano started his career with GE Credit Corporation as a Credit Manager before moving to Chemical Bank followed by Midlantic National Bank as Credit Manager. He joined Citigroup Industrial Credit in 1981 and progressed through various positions in this asset-based financing company. He left Citigroup to be the Senior Vice President of Fleet Capital which was involved in the leasing and financing of equipment to middle market and publicly traded entities. The portfolio grew from a non-profitable portfolio of US$300,000 to a US$2b high quality portfolio during Tom's tenure with the company. Mr Sodano rejoined Citigroup as their Global Risk Head for Emerging Local Corporates in 1997 and was involved in helping to set up offices in 18 countries across Latin America, Eastern Europe , South Africa and Asia . He then moved to New York to head the risk function for the Commercial Banking Group.
Mr Sodano holds a MBA in Finance and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Fairleigh Dickinson University .