Mr Bill Archer

KANDO id: 40521

Bio

Mr. Archer began his career in 1976 at a predecessor of National Westminster Bank as a Relationship Manager focused on the media industry. In 1981, he joined Bankers Trust Company (which ultimately merged with Deutsche Bank), initially as a Relationship Manager in the Media Group, for which he subsequently served as Co-Head. From 1994-1996, he served within Bankers Trust’s private equity unit and was a voting partner on all of the firm’s investments and held primary responsibility for the media industry. After stints within the loan syndications and corporate finance groups, he became Deputy Chief Credit Officer of Bankers Trust, which led to his subsequent appointments as Chief Credit Officer for Bankers Trust Company and Co-Global Head, Non-Investment Grade Credit for Deutsche Bank. In 2002, Mr. Archer joined Goldman Sachs & Co as Chief Debt Underwriter and served as a senior member of the Firmwide Capital Committee and Co-Chair of the Capital Markets Capital Committee. In this capacity, Mr. Archer held responsibility for overseeing the diligence of underwriting commitments and terms of all leveraged credit underwritings. In 2006, Mr. Archer joined Barclays Capital as Head of Leveraged Credit Risk for the Americas and held similar responsibilities, including approval of all capital commitments with respect to leveraged loans, high yield bonds, commodities and interest rate hedging. Mr. Archer holds a BA from Rutgers College and a MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.