Mr. Sampson is CEO and Managing Partner of EFC. He has more than 32 years of structured finance and tax credit experience. His firms have raised over $5 billion of municipal notes and bonds, corporate debt, equity and tax credit funding for a wide range of clients.In April 2009, Mr. Sampson and Mr. Tyson, EFC’s principals, partnered with ITOCHU to form SolarNet LLC. Through EFC, Mr. Sampson is a member of SolarNet LLC.
Prior to the formation of EFC, Mr. Sampson founded or played a key development role in several companies. Mr. Sampson was President at Johnson Capital Markets, LLC, a real estate structured finance firm. Prior to Johnson, Mr. Sampson was Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Newman Financial Services Inc., an investment bank established to provide debt and equity financing to developers of affordable housing. Prior to this, Mr. Sampson was Co-Founder and Director at Flatiron Credit Company, a specialty financial services business established to finance small business property and casualty insurance premiums.
Prior to founding Flatiron Credit Company, Mr. Sampson was President of First Interstate Securities and First Interstate Public Finance Company, both wholly owned non-bank subsidiaries of First Interstate Bancorp. The firm raised approximately $8 billion dollars of common and preferred stock, convertible debt, asset backed securities and syndicated bank credit facilities for clients.
Mr. Sampson received his MBA from the University of Southern California and holds FINRA Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses.