Uche focuses on investment underwriting and portfolio management and is involved in business development, banking relationships and relations with investors and governments. He brings over 20 years of relevant industry experience providing corporate finance advisory to corporations. He is responsible for all aspects of the transaction from initial screening to financial analysis and term sheet negotiation to due diligence, legal documentation and funding. Further he manages corporate relationships post-investment, which includes regular dialogue and strategy sessions with ownership and management and currently sits with the Board of Directors for Norwich Technologies and AFCO Manufacturing.
Prior to Arctaris, Uche worked as a corporate banker with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. covering the Chemicals Sector. He developed a robust deal pipeline based on a consistent and relevant calling effort with his clients. Further, Uche led the department’s strategic plan to up tier dialogue at key relationships through a focus on debt advisory to gain mindshare at the
C-Suite.
Prior to SMBC, Uche worked in various roles of increasing levels of responsibility in relationship management, corporate credit and portfolio management at The Royal Bank of Scotland. He managed a credit portfolio with $2.0 billion of committed bank capital to customers in the consumer, industrial and manufacturing industries.
Born in Nigeria, Uche holds a BSE from Duke University and an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. He serves in a number of civic and volunteer leadership roles, including Co-Chairperson of the Duke NY Board, Alumni Council of Phillips Academy Andover and co-manager of a non-profit soup kitchen in the East Village of New York City. Uche resides in New York City.