Eric Zimny

Managing Director, Co-Head of Corporate Origination, Loan Capital Markets, EMEA
SMBC EMEA

Biography

With over 25 years of Loan and Debt Capital Market experience, Eric is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Corporate Origination, Loan Capital Markets, EMEA at SMBCE responsible for the origination and structuring of loans for corporates and financial institutions across the full regional and borrower spectrum. Before joining SMBC in 2011, he was employed at Commerzbank New York, Frankfurt and London, where he held various head positions including loans and bonds origination. Eric is a certified Attorney at Law and is holding a Diploma in Corporate Governance. Eric is also a member of a group of authors that triennially publish a practical textbook on syndicated lending for borrowers, banking professionals, lawyers and auditors in German language.

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Underwriting and syndicating loans in 2023: Balancing structure with liquidity and price

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2022

• Africa’s loan market under the microscope: unpacking supply, demand and the impact of COVID-19

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2021

• Syndicated loan markets: Can banks bridge the gap between borrower demands for better pricing and longer tenor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Turkey 2021 Virtual Conference

• Underwriting and syndicating loans in Turkey: Who is lending, at what price and on what terms?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2020 - Virtual Conference

• How are syndicated loan bankers balancing structure and liquidity to meet client pricing expectations

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• How have banks’ approach to lending in the syndicated market changed in the COVID era?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Saudi Arabia 2019

• Loan Financing in Saudi Arabia: How can borrowers and lenders work together to extract maximum mutual benefit?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2019

• Underwrite-to-distribute vs. Club vs. Bilateral: How to lend in Africa in 2019
• Chairman’s opening remarks

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk East Africa 2018