Leonardo R. Fernandez, Jr., Managing Director

Mr. Fernandez has 14 years of experience in corporate and investment banking, including acquisition finance, real estate finance, financial advisory and debt underwriting and distribution. Mr. Fernandez has over 11 years of gaming and lodging experience, including working with Native American tribes domestically and in Canada.

Prior to joining Columbia West Capital, Mr. Fernandez was the co-head of CIBC World Markets' West Coast Leveraged Finance and Gaming, Lodging and Leisure practices. In Mr. Fernandez' ten years at CIBC, he worked actively with numerous strategic companies and private equity firms to originate, structure and distribute high yield issues, bank financings and private placements in various industries. Prior to joining CIBC, he was a bond analyst for Trust Company of the West's High Yield Bond Group as well as a generalist in the Specialized Finance group at Union Bank of California.

Mr. Fernandez holds degrees in Economics and History from Claremont McKenna College . Mr. Fernandez is registered with the FINRA (formerly NASD) and has his Series 7 and 63 securities license.