Pamela (Pam) Snyder is an experienced international investment and corporate banking professional. Midway into her banking career, Pam helped start up a new financial guarantor and took on a leadership role as an underwriter. Here her credit and structuring experience helped clients access new and different investors and at a lower cost of capital. Pam returned to the banking sector and held several leadership roles as a MD, overseeing clients in the insurance, banking and asset management sectors. She advised and executed transactions for both private and public companies on a full range of corporate finance and investment banking products including debt, equity and derivative products, and M&A.
Following over 20 years in banking, Pam brought her banking and investment acumen to the rating agency side to lead various high impact initiatives with institutional investors. Pam led an investor engagement team, initially for the Americas that evolved into a global mandate. developing relationships and an understanding of their analytic needs for portfolio and risk management. She helped launch various ESG initiatives for two rating agencies and worked to provide thought leadership and help shape internal product development based on market needs and knowledge. In tandem with running the team, Pam built and ran an ESG Investor Council to help facilitate critical thinking and insights for various stakeholders, including investors, as they moved forward with their ESG journey. Pam often participated in industry events as a speaker and enjoyed engaging with insurance and bank regulatory stakeholders.
Pam’s current focus and passion is sustainable financing. Pam sees the importance of capital allocation through both the public and banking markets to foster and facilitate climate pledges, as well as business transitions to sustainable companies, that have a positive impact on climate and net zero goals, including a positive social impact. Pam looks to bring an ESG execution lens to capital raising and investor strategy.
Pam lives in Hampton Bays, NY (eastern end of Long Island) with her 2 Golden Retrievers, Gunner and Gucci. She enjoys sailing and standup paddle boarding activities, as well as “beach time” with her Goldens.