Stephen McPhie, CA
In his current position as partner of RSD Solutions, Stephen advises companies and banks internationally on various aspects of financial strategy and risk mitigation.
From 2000 to 2004, Stephen worked in London for Italy’s largest bank. Latterly, in the financial engineering group, he successfully created innovative cross border financing structures which included private equity instruments with embedded derivatives. Previously he structured and distributed primary market debt and traded distressed and near par debt in secondary markets.
Prior to 2000, Stephen held various positions in the USA, Canada and the UK with a “big 5” Canadian bank. His experience stretches from structuring and distributing leveraged and investment grade corporate transactions, to relationship management, par and distressed secondary market trading, structured credit derivative products, work-outs and credit and financial mandates, structuring and negotiating transactions (including leveraged, project finance, recapitalization of distressed situations, etc.) as well as negotiating complex legal documentation.
Stephen holds a BA in Economics from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has qualified as a Chartered Accountant in both the United Kingdom and Canada. In this respect he worked for one of the large accounting firms carrying out assignments in the fields of audit, consultancy (including business valuations) and taxation.