Christopher Evans Email & Phone Number

Australia

London, London, Gb

Working closely with credit portfolio management, syndications and deal teams within banks and other financial institutions, to arrange and manage the procurement of Credit Risk Insurance, a highly effective and proven means of securing credit risk protection for exposure management and/or regulatory capital relief.Supporting several forms of credit risk via Term Loans, RCFs, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, Asset Finance, Project Finance, Funds Finance, Derivatives, etc...Our services include: - sourcing underwriter support from various global markets; - price optimisation; - advising on and negotiating terms of coverage; - policy execution; - claims management; and - ongoing support with respect to the operational requirements of the policy. ________________At the core of the Howden offering is experience in structuring unique credit risk transfer solutions for financial institutions. We are a multi-disciplinary team of professionals bringing together expertise from the insurance, banking and legal industries across all key jurisdictions.Our diverse experience sets us apart in a crowded market by enabling us to deliver bespoke solutions across a wide range of asset classes. Our relationships with specialist underwriters at leading insurers around the world has enabled us to advise on a number of market first credit insurance placements for our clients.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Led the distribution of corporate & institutional loans via credit risk insurance (a non-traditional form of syndicating risk), working closely with relationship managers and product specialists (e.g. structured asset finance, project finance, leveraged finance, and securitisation) to deliver a capital optimised balance sheet outcomes that ultimately allowed the bank to best serve its customers. Seen as a ‘trusted adviser’ who was particularly empathetic to each banker’s objectives; having spent several years as a senior deal originator in prior roles. Key achievements include growing the Credit Insurance portfolio from A$500m (2018) to a peak of A$5.5Bn (2020). With notable deals including the distribution of: • a large ship finance portfolio; • various aircraft financing exposures; • health related debtors receivables via a bespoke securitisation structure; and • leading the creation of a synthetic syndication of project finance and corporate infrastructure related loans.Additional achievements in leadership, strategic planning and controls include:• Representing the business at various global events and strategic marketing trips in key funds and insurance markets such as Singapore, UK, France and Germany;• Developed a critical ‘risk appetite framework’ for managing the growing credit insurance distribution channel, requiring coordination across several teams;• Initiated continuous education of credit insurance to various origination teams (Resources, Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities, Telecommunications, Agriculture, Transportation, both onshore & offshore); • Responsible for two junior staff, who both achieved several promotions as a result of continued up-skilling; and• Prepared, presented, and obtained support for several strategic/risk reports endorsed via various senior committees – including the creation of Contingent Credit Limits for Credit Insurance Purposes across 20+ global insurance underwriters.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Founding Director of NAB’s Asset Finance & Leasing (AF&L) team; focused on financing large-scale capital equipment (e.g. passenger aircraft, corporate jets, yellowgoods (mining equipment), rollingstock and ships), each delivered via bespoke solution driven structures. Deals typically required the consideration of several complexities including:• committed loan terms of typically 7-12 years;• residual value risk / non-recourse lending;• cross-border tax and accounting;• foreign exchange rate risk including the potential for an underlying asset mismatch at maturity;• interest rate risk; and• legal, security and enforcement analysis.Primary duties in the role included sourcing, structuring, and executing deals both (a) directly through external market relationships, and (b) in cooperation with NAB’s Relationship Managers and their client networks. Leadership responsibilities entailed: • Recruiting staff for the Melbourne office; successfully identifying Senior Associates / Associate Directors who have each prospered and reached Director level roles in recent years;• Representing the business at various industry events, e.g. participating in panel discussions, attending global asset finance related conferences in Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and the UK.• Presenting key strategic papers to senior business and risk representatives, which could either be seeking deal specific approvals and/or part of a broader new-business initiatives. Key Achievements:Whilst transactionally focused, I also led several key strategic initiatives for AF&L over the years: • materially improved capital efficiency (revised capital calculations to acknowledge amortising loan profiles, and stronger recognition of aviation and shipping assets as collateral for Loss Given Default assumptions);• achieved greater collaboration/transparency with Treasury with respect to Funds Transfer Pricing; and• enhanced economics sharing for Interest Rate Derivatives.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Role covers(a) Structured Asset Finance for Aviation (Passenger, Corporate Jets and Rotary Wing), Rollingstock, Mining Equipment, Shipping, Ports and general depreciables.(b) Structured Export FInance, involving global Export Credit Agencies to assist with Import / Export of large scale capital equipment and service contracts.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Bachelor Of Commerce, Accounting & Finance

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