Citizens Bank has hired Jerry Hullinger as Managing Director and Head of Syndicate.

Hullinger has 25 years of experience in leveraged finance and worked for Wells Fargo / Wachovia Securities for the last 20 years, most recently as a Managing Director responsible for the loan syndicate business across the Wells Fargo platform.

He has deep experience in leveraged syndicate focused on Middle Market and institutional transactions, along with a deep knowledge of the high-yield markets.   

“Jerry has an extensive background that fits Citizens’ current business strategies. His duties will include providing high confidence on underwritten positions, managing all aspects of the marketing, distribution and the closing of left-led Citizens transactions,” said Ted Swimmer, head of Corporate Finance and Capital Markets at Citizens. “He will also be managing the syndicate team, the collection of the market information and data, performing relevant valuation analysis and presenting syndication ideas. We look forward to Jerry bringing his considerable talents and experience to the team.”  

Hullinger has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.