Ray Murray Inc. (RMI) has announced the appointment of Jeff Hopsicker as vice president and minority owner. Hopsicker joins RMI after a decade of investment banking experience and has served as a member of RMI’s Board of Directors since November 2019.
Prior to RMI, Hopsicker was a director at SMBC Nikko Americas, where he was a founding member of SMBC’s leveraged finance sales and trading franchise in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hopsicker started his career at Citigroup Inc. in New York City, where he spent seven years in leveraged credit sales and capital markets syndicate.
As a vice president at Citi, Hopsicker focused on high-yield credit and debt finance, where he worked with institutional investors and helped large corporations raise capital to finance operations. A native of Cazenovia, New York, Hopsicker received his undergraduate degree in Public Policy from Hamilton College, where he played college football. Hopsicker completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a specialization in Finance from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
RMI president & CEO Mike Hopsicker expressed his enthusiasm regarding the appointment stating, “I am elated to have Jeff join the business and look forward to helping mentor him and the next generation of young leaders. Jeff and I share a positive outlook on RMI and its role in the future of the energy industry. His familiarity with the company’s operations and finances positions him as a valuable asset moving forward. It is very satisfying to know that RMI will continue to remain a family business well into the future.”
