Richard Torkelson

Richard (Roy) Torkelson is a Senior Advisor at Sovereign Infrastructure Group and a member of the Investment Committee. As a Senior Advisor, Roy Informs the expansion and maintenance of SIG credit and portfolio management programs. Roy brings over 45 years of management, finance, investment banking, governmental and international consulting experience. His investment banking career includes serving as an Executive Director at JP Morgan and as a Director at Merrill Lynch where he was responsible for over $40 billion of debt and equity financings for public water and sanitation entities and also for innovative environmental technology, transportation, and energy-related projects. Formerly, Mr. Torkelson served on the Board of the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority and as the first Chairman of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB). Roy received his BA degree in Scholastic Philosophy from St. Hyacinth College; his MPA from the State University at Albany’s Rockefeller College completed all course work necessary for a Doctorate in Public Administration at the Rockefeller College and is a graduate of the State/Local Government Program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.