Terrance Philips

Terrance is a senior banker and private equity lending professional of leading global financial institutions. Specialist in building institutional brands, developing coverage teams with a focus on serving private capital from within a broader financial institution.  Terrance executed over $30 billion in private equity credit transactions. As a senior team member at Citi Private Bank that established and developed Citi Private Bank’s Asia coverage of private equity firms and Financial Professionals Segmentation, including private equity, hedge fund and traditional asset managers. Founding team member of Silicon Valley Bank’s strategic arm for global development “SVB Global”. Delivered leadership to the firm’s global banking ambitions in the emerging markets through relationship development, deal sourcing and contributed to corporate development in the emerging markets.  Excels in collaboration across business units and delivering products and services to demanding clients from complex platforms with inherent inefficiencies.

Terrance is also the author of Planet VC. Planet VC provides readers a roadmap for understanding the financial, political, and economic framework of global innovation from its Silicon Valley origins through its evolution into new markets and countries globally. The book provides this through the lens of Silicon Valley venture capitalists and industry leaders via their own experiences and deals while setting the stage for the industry’s direction for the years to come.

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