Randy Lauer

Randy Lauer is Managing Director, Head of Business Development and Institutional Sales. He is a seasoned executive with over 33 years of experience in the financial services industry. Most recently Mr. Lauer was a Managing Director at Citigroup and oversaw all Institutional Markets Sales for the Midwest Region. In this role, Mr. Lauer managed a regional team of sales and trading professionals and was responsible for the distribution of all fixed income, futures, equities, and municipal product in the region. Mr. Lauer and his sales team interacted with and provided service to some of the top hedge funds, asset managers, banks, and insurance companies in the country. Prior to this role, Mr. Lauer was in New York and oversaw all Securitized Product Sales for North America. Mr. Lauer started his career with Salomon Brothers in New York and held numerous sales leadership positions all in institutional markets.

Mr. Lauer currently serves as an Independent Trustee (Governance and Nominating Committee as well as the Audit Committee) for the HPS Corporate Lending Fund (HLEND) which is a public, perpetually non-traded business development company that primarily invests in privately originated, senior secured loans, to middle and upper-middle market companies in the United States. HPS Investment Partners, HLEND’s investment adviser, is one of the largest global credit-focused alternative investment managers with over $72BN in assets under management. In addition, Mr. Lauer also serves on the Board of Directors of Silent Falcon UAS Technologies. With operations in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Front Royal Airport, Virginia, Silent Falcon uses its proprietary and state of the art technology to collect, analyze, and upload data geared toward numerous applications including airfield maintenance and repair, and roadway management.

Prior to coming to Wall Street, Mr. Lauer was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and held numerous leadership billets ranging from platoon commander to company commander. Mr. Lauer’s service included overseas deployments to Okinawa, Japan, the Republic of South Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Thailand. Mr. Lauer received his bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College and his MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. Mr. Lauer currently serves as a Trustee for Lake Forest College (Chair of the Development and External Relations Committee) and St Johns Northwestern Academies (Chair of the Governance Committee). A longtime champion of diversity, Mr. Lauer was regional executive sponsor for Citi’s Veterans Network Chicago, was past co-chair of the Citi Illinois Leadership Council, and was co-business sponsor of the Citi Black Heritage Network Chicago. In addition, Mr. Lauer holds FINRA series 3, 7, 24, 53, and 63 securities licenses.