COMPANY INFO


MFS draws its strength from the unique qualification and experience of its founder, Thierry Meyrat.

A 1967 graduate of the prestigious French business school, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales "H.E.C", Mr Meyrat was trained in commercial lending for eight years by Banque Nationale de Paris "BNP" in France before being transferred as Corporate Vice President to its Singapore Branch. There he learned, for four years, transaction financing based on documentary letters of credit with Asian bankers and import /export trading firms, which constituted the bulk of the commercial portfolio of the Branch.

After experimenting with industrial procurement from Singapore to Indonesia for another two years, Mr Meyrat moved to the States, where he launched the international department of Capital Bank & Trust Co., in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1990, he relocated to Dallas to create a Trade Finance program for the Dallas / Fort Worth International Trade Resource Center, which was absorbed by the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce "GDC" in November 1991. From a pure counseling function, the Trade Finance Program evolved along the years into a 'hands on" consulting and credit insurance brokering entity to better service the needs of its clientele composed of small and new exporting firms.

In 1995, the Program became the official representative of the Ex-Im Bank in North Texas and was renamed the North Texas City / State Partnership. In 1997, Mr Meyrat passed the examination for Local Recording Agent in order to sell credit insurance. In September 2001, after the GDC jettisoned its Trade Finance Program, he established MEYRAT FINANCIAL SERVICES to continue assisting Texas exporters and importers with his financing knowledge, business experience and excellent contacts with Ex-Im Bank credit officers, bankers and commercial lenders, who view MFS as the ideal upstream partner for the financing of import and export transactions.