Thomas H. Glanfield

Thomas H. Glanfield, President and CEO, joined Boston Portfolio Advisors in 2008 after retiring from Ernst & Young as a Partner in its industry-leading Structured Finance business. He has over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry serving banking, insurance, hedge fund, and other capital markets clients and has worked with issuers, bankers, servicers, and investors on all aspects of risk and portfolio management.

Tom has led the growth of BPA into new client markets and in developing new value-add services for the direct lending, mortgage, student loan, marketplace lending and alternative asset segments. BPA leverages the use of predictive analytics, database technologies, risk management techniques, accounting and portfolio management processes that reduce clients’ overall cost of owning loans, optimizing performance, and managing risk.

Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Tom was a Managing Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was responsible for the Structured Finance Group.  Prior to his advisory career, he was a banker in structured finance, consumer finance and corporate finance areas. His prior employment included establishing the Asset Securitization Group at CIBC, growing it to over $5 billion in managed assets. At Citigroup, he was a Vice President and structured finance banker and purchased consumer and commercial loan portfolios. He also was the Executive Vice President of a major credit card company responsible for sales, acquisitions, marketing, and product development. Mr. Glanfield also served in a corporate and consumer banking role with the Chase Manhattan Bank, now J.P. Morgan.

Tom has published numerous articles in various industry publications on data management and analytics, structured finance, securitization, and credit risk. He was also a frequent speaker at conferences on structured finance strategies, due diligence, and risk management and previously served on the MasterCard Board of Advisors and the Florida Atlantic University College of Business Board. Today, he is active on nonprofit boards and is a trustee for his town’s pension system. Tom has a B.A. in Business and an M.B.A. in Finance from Rutgers University.