• Meric Koksal

    Managing Director, Wealth Solutions Group Deputy Head and Head of Structuring, Innovation & Private Markets, CIBC

    Meric has 20 years of experience in finance, starting in the Equities Division of Goldman Sachs, New York. While at Goldman, Meric developed derivatives research around indices, ETFs, and options, for both pension funds and hedge funds. She later moved to Asia (Japan and Singapore) where she worked as an Equity derivative sales specialist focusing on hedge funds.

    Meric joined CIBC in 2016 where she is currently the Deputy Head of the Wealth Solutions Group. She specifically leads the Structuring, Innovation & Private Markets teams. Her team is responsible for the generation and pricing of CIBC’s Structured Notes, Market Linked GICs and all new product initiatives including Private Markets. Meric served as the co-chair of CIBC Global Markets Recruiting Committee.

    She is currently the business liaison for CIBC Continuing Education Program from Capital Markets and a member of the CM Learning Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the CIBC Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Council (IDAC).

    Meric graduated from Hamilton College in New York, USA as a mathematics and economics double major. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society