{"id":10757,"date":"2024-08-06T17:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/richard-waldman\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T19:13:21","slug":"richard-waldman","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/richard-waldman\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Waldman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Richard Waldman\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/WaldmanRichard.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:rwaldman@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          rwaldman@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n  \n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Richard Waldman<\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tCareer Consultant (Part-time)\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Richard Waldman<br \/>\nCareer Consultant &#8211; advises on commercial \/corporate banking, investment banking, investment management, and wealth management<\/p>\n<p>Richard has 40-plus years of experience as a Large Corporate Banking Relationship Manager for Fortune 500 companies nationwide. He worked with the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and their Finance\/Treasury staff of those companies across numerous industries. His clients included both Investment Grade and non-Investment Grade corporations fulfilling their financial objectives across a wide array of products. He was primarily focused on their Corporate Finance and Capital Markets needs.<\/p>\n<p>During his career, Richard worked at 8 US Headquartered Banks and Merchant Banking subsidiaries in Chicago, London, and Los Angeles. He was employed by JP Morgan, Key Banc Capital Markets, Huntington Capital Markets, and predecessor banks that comprise Bank of America and Wells Fargo today.<\/p>\n<p>Two notable career highlights:<\/p>\n<p>-Closed the first interest rate derivative done by any US Investor Owned Utility company (Detroit Edison)<\/p>\n<p>-Closed the first leveraged recapitalization done by any US Investor Owned Utility company (IPALCO Enterprises)<\/p>\n<p>He was elected to the Merchant Bank Board of Directors at 2 of the aforementioned banks, based in London, England where Richard lived and worked for 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>Richard received his BA degree in Economics from Boston University and MBA degree in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.<\/p>\n<p>Fun fact: Traveled to approximately 70 countries in the following 4 Regions and 15 subcontinents<\/p>\n<p>-Americas (North America, South America, Central America, Caribbean)<\/p>\n<p>-Europe (Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe)<\/p>\n<p>-Asia (Central &amp; South Asia, Northeastern Asia, Southeastern Asia, Australia and Oceania)<\/p>\n<p>-Middle East\/Africa (Middle East, Northern Africa, Southern Africa)<\/p>\n<p>Specialties and Interests<\/p>\n<p>Capital Markets, Large Corporate Banking, Corporate Finance, and Relationship Management<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U76605501","lastName":"Waldman","firstName":"Richard","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"","email":"rwaldman@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"","website":"","office":"","address":"","bio":"Richard Waldman\r\nCareer Consultant - advises on commercial \/corporate banking, investment banking, investment management, and wealth management\r\n\r\nRichard has 40-plus years of experience as a Large Corporate Banking Relationship Manager for Fortune 500 companies nationwide. He worked with the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and their Finance\/Treasury staff of those companies across numerous industries. His clients included both Investment Grade and non-Investment Grade corporations fulfilling their financial objectives across a wide array of products. He was primarily focused on their Corporate Finance and Capital Markets needs.\r\n\r\nDuring his career, Richard worked at 8 US Headquartered Banks and Merchant Banking subsidiaries in Chicago, London, and Los Angeles. 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