Eric Fisch is senior vice president and national sector head of retail and apparel, corporate banking, for HSBC Bank USA, N.A., a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HBC), one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. In this role, he oversees business development and commercial banking services for retail and apparel companies nationally. A veteran retail and apparel financier, Eric Fisch has been with HSBC Bank USA NA since 2003. Originally based in New York, Eric moved to Los Angeles in 2011 to develop HSBC’s West Coast presence in the apparel industry. Eric helped propel HSBC’s LA middle market lending team from a start-up to a significant contributor, building out a very sizable apparel financing business, before moving back to New York in 2022. Eric is a frequent contributor to media discourse on the Retail sector, participating in reports on NPR’s Marketplace as well as articles in Business of Fashion, California Apparel News, and other industry publications. Eric serves on the Board of Directors of the Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation. He also serves on the Executive Council of GlamourGals Foundation. Eric is a graduate of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, holding a bachelor's degree in Economics and Politics. He lives in New York with his wife and three children.