Full Name
Candace Roper
Job Title
Chief Representative
Company
Cobank -Singapore
Speaker Bio
Chief Representative, Cobank – Singapore
As Chief Representative, Candace is responsible for overseeing CoBank’s correspondent banking and trade finance relationships in Asia. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a network of customer-owned financial institutions that finance U.S. agricultural cooperatives and other businesses that are vital to America’s rural economy. In keeping with this mission, CoBank’s trade finance business is dedicated to financing U.S. agricultural exports. Candace opened the Singapore office in 1997 and served in a variety of leadership roles for CoBank after returning to head office in 2000. She managed the Agriculture Export Finance Division and later moved to Washington, DC, where she was responsible for CoBank’s government affairs team. Under her leadership, the bank established CoBank Knowledge Exchange, which provides strategic insights on the industries served by CoBank. Candace returned to the Singapore office in 2014. Prior to joining CoBank, she managed country risk analysis for the Bank of New England (now Bank of America) in Boston. Candace holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She served on the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 2001-2015 and is a past board member of the North American Export Grain Association.
As Chief Representative, Candace is responsible for overseeing CoBank’s correspondent banking and trade finance relationships in Asia. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a network of customer-owned financial institutions that finance U.S. agricultural cooperatives and other businesses that are vital to America’s rural economy. In keeping with this mission, CoBank’s trade finance business is dedicated to financing U.S. agricultural exports. Candace opened the Singapore office in 1997 and served in a variety of leadership roles for CoBank after returning to head office in 2000. She managed the Agriculture Export Finance Division and later moved to Washington, DC, where she was responsible for CoBank’s government affairs team. Under her leadership, the bank established CoBank Knowledge Exchange, which provides strategic insights on the industries served by CoBank. Candace returned to the Singapore office in 2014. Prior to joining CoBank, she managed country risk analysis for the Bank of New England (now Bank of America) in Boston. Candace holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She served on the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 2001-2015 and is a past board member of the North American Export Grain Association.
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