Ten Questions with Simon Rose

By Matt McCleery

Every so often, we like to take a relative newcomer to the business and use this forum as an opportunity to introduce them to our readers. We try to pick a figure who has really impacted the ship finance landscape and revolutionized in some way how certain facets of it work. Simon Rose, having founded along with his partner his own shippingfocused investment bank, is just such a person. Add to that his inside view into several of the recent IPOs, and we are sure you will find him of interest.

1. Q: Dahlman Rose is a relatively new name to shipping. What is the background of the firm? What or who brought you into this industry and why?

A: We founded the firm because we felt that there was a significant opportunity to create a bank that focused on one of the largest industries in the world, that had very little representation in the U.S. markets, that was capital intensive, and that with the IMO phase out in 2010 had visibility going forward for the need of capital. We felt that we could translate our prior successes in other industries into shipping. All this being said, it is the people that keep me fascinated – there are great characters in the industry.

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