Mr. Bacon joined CastleOak as Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets and Syndicate with over 20 years of finance experience, and was promoted to Partner and Executive Vice President in 2022. Mr. Bacon has spent the majority of his career advising North American financial institutions in raising capital and liquidity in the global debt and equity capital markets. Prior to joining CastleOak, Mr. Bacon was a Director at UBS Investment Bank working in the Global Capital Markets group where he assisted Treasury/Funding teams with strategic funding initiatives, derivative risk management, structured products and debt repurchases. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Finance from Howard University as well as FINRA series 7, 79, 24 and 63 licenses.