Daisy Stall serves as Executive Vice President and Head of the Entertainment Finance group for California Bank & Trust. Since joining the bank in 2021, Daisy has led the bank’s expansion in entertainment lending, and her group has agented transactions and underwritten $1 billion in loans across project finance, structured finance, studio co-fi’s, digital distribution and music.

Daisy’s career spans nearly 30 years in banking and finance specializing in entertainment. She has a unique perspective and expertise having co-built entertainment verticals at other financial institutions such as OneWest Bank (founded by Steven Mnuchin) and Union Bank, combined with the operating experience of managing through evolving business models from within a major studio.

During her career, Daisy spent a decade as an executive at Sony Pictures overseeing the global treasury group. She and her team were responsible for managing ~$1BN in daily global liquidity, all foreign exchange, and managing capital funding requirements for film/TV productions, new ventures, and operating subsidiaries across all business lines in over 33 countries around the world. She served on several executive teams responsible for executing strategic initiatives including M&A, establishing JVs in emerging markets, and structured finance opportunities.

Daisy previously served as Board Member and Treasurer for the non-profit group Female Executives in Media & Entertainment. She has been a frequent speaker at film festivals, industry panels and universities including UCLA, USC, Loyola Marymount, and Michigan State. Daisy earned her BA from UCLA.