• Provide finance, tax and regulatory reporting consulting services associated with the winddown of Erste Financial Services in New York.• Provide all necessary services associated with the unwind of the WestLB Asset Management subsidiary.• Provide necessary Human Resources services to the company.

• Coordinated the establishment of Portigon Financial Services (PFS) in NY, a wholly owned subsidiary of Portigon AG, ensuring all necessary approvals and filings were complete in order to commence business in NY State.• Established NY Finance Department, which included the hiring of staff, creation of general ledger, chart of accounts, policies and procedures, etc. in coordination with PFS head office.• Service client portfolios of $3 billion, mainly consisting of loans and equity investments. Provide all accounting related functions associated with the portfolio as well as analytics to the client as requested.

• Managed a staff of professionals responsible for the accounting and control of a diverse range of banking products with a maximum balance sheet and off balance sheet size over time of $22 billion and $59 billion, respectively.- Corporate and Structured Finance products in the Energy, Financial Institutions, Infrastructure, Metals & Mining, Commodities Finance, Transportation and Hospitality Finance industry sectors.- Asset Backed Securitization, including the servicing of five bank sponsored Commercial Paper conduits. Coordinated annual audits for each.- Provided detailed monthly analytical reports to the heads of each desk that included deal level information on balance sheet, breakdown of p&l, mark to market adjustments, regulatory capital, return on capital and variance vs. budget.• Managed Product Control area for trading products, including CDS, CDO, CLO, MBS, money market instruments, interest rate swaps and synthetic products. Provided daily p&l and analytics to traders.• Managed securities pricing group.• Participated in new product proposal committees for the areas listed above.• Member of the NY Asset and Liability Committee.• Took a leading role in the transformation of WestLB NY into Portigon, including managing the transfer of balance sheet and off balance sheet commitments in the banking businesses, totaling $8.5 billion of exposure, to Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA), WestLB’s “Winding-up Agency.”• Acted as a primary contact point for NY Finance in dealings on EAA related matters.• Prepared financial statements for more than 30 special purpose entities established by EAA for assets received as the result of loan workouts and liaised with their tax accountants to ensure the timely filing of tax returns.• Managed the wind down of Portigon’s Cayman Island branch.

• Planned, managed, and reviewed audit engagements of registered broker dealers.• Advised clients on disclosures and accounting treatment of various financial issues as well as guidance on implementation of new accounting policies.• Identified and evaluated weaknesses and risks in internal control, and formulated recommendations to client management.• Evaluated professional staff and provided ongoing career counseling.Areas of Exposure: Regulatory Reporting, Investment Banking, Futures, Options, Securities Lending, Repurchase/Reverse Repurchase, Inventory, Settlement Operations, Credit, Fixed Income Trading