Chris Sanda, Cfa Email & Phone Number

Cary, Nc, Us

Raleigh, Nc

* Champion the Legal Department's finances including budgeting, forecasting, accounting, payments, compensation packages, and P&L management on behalf of the General Counsel. * Design and operates departmental database and financial models, resulting in company-best forecasting, payment, and accounting accuracy. * Design and update management reports with varying user operational goals, incentives, financial aptitude, and details needs with a quality befitting a C-level office.* Analyze all departmental aspects to improve the General Counsel's decision making* Audit departmental transactions for policy compliance and handle requests from external/internal auditors * Create financial strategy to optimize effectiveness and minimize risk vis-a-vis company budgeting policies and reporting structures.

Singapore

• Provided financial and industry analysis on publicly listed companies on a contract basis • Taught workshops on research, financial modelling, analysis, and presentation skills to novice and expert practitioners• Wound down this business to move to North Carolina

Singapore

• Recruited by Daiwa client to start a new private equity fund, plus handle finance functions for an existing $140m technology and life-science oriented venture capital fund• Led the financial and industry analysis on new and follow-on investments, including due-diligence, product/market/industry analysis, and term structuring • Helped source new deals and exit opportunities for existing investments, ultimately transacting tens of millions of dollars• Provided accounting controllership, including doing all the journal entries, reconciliations, and book closing. Prepared for and completed annual PriceWaterhouseCoopers audit with few audit recommendations• Handled Treasury function with multiple currencies, operating entities, maturities, liquidity windows, and risk profiles • Managed Compliance and Tax function, including a transition to a new regulatory program for registered investment advisers• Handled investor relations, including quarterly reports, annual meeting presentations, and account management. Convinced the investor base from wanting to redeem funds to unanimously voting to extend the fund’s life to maximize shareholder value • Developed supplementary internal control policies

Singapore

"This was a role as a senior stock analyst for Japan's second largest brokerage. I am quite proud of the analysis that I did here and have a few awards as nice momentos of my efforts. Alas, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami really negatively hit the Japanese brokerage industry and revenues plummeted, which resulted in nearly everyone in my department being laid off."Industry specialization: Singapore/Malaysian commodity and conglomerates stocks, with specialization in soft-commodities and energy* Provided sell-side equity research, including industry analysis, fundamental company research, and report generation* Researched over 100 individual companies across a broad range of industries and markets* Marketed research ideas to global fund managers, including some of the world's largest investment firms* Ranked in the top quartile amongst Daiwa analysts based upon key performance indicators

Singapore

"I am very proud of my work at Singapore's largest bank. During my tenure, my team at DBS went from being non-competitive to being consistently ranked and winning many large deals. The best part of beng an equity analyst is acting as a trusted advisors to the C-level managers of numerous publicly listed companies."Industry specialization: transport, industrials, and retail* Management responsibility for regional transportation and Singapore consumer teams, including product development, idea generation, research quality assurance, and training * Consistently rated as one of the department's top analysts in terms of marketing and report generation metrics* Covered over 25 stocks in a broad range of industries and markets* Pre-IPO research quality on Astro All Asia Networks directly lead to bank getting IPO management mandate for Air Asia* Identified several million dollars in alternative revenue sources, like secondary share placements, corporate finance, and advisory services* Lead implementation of research content-development software platform

Palo Alto, Ca Usa

"This division essentially is essentially the M&A and venture capital division for Hewlett-Packard, which essentially need to acquire much more IP than what the HP Labs could develop on its own. It was great working on the full deal cycle from deal identification, due diligence, deal structuring, execution, and post-deal management. We word many hats in this division, but I had the responsbility of making sure HP extracted maximum value of its existing venture capital investments." * Managed Hewlett Packard and Compaq Computers’ combined US$3bn equity investment portfolio in strategic technology partners* Provided due-diligence and capital-market service support for new acquisitions and follow-on investment rounds * Prepared and presented quarterly corporate investment reports to Board and chief business-line executives * Identified and executed exit strategies for investments* Provided buy-side equity research for telecommunication service sector for the combined US$7bn pension fund of Hewlett-Packard Company and Agilent Technologies* Analyzed macro-economic trends through quantitative and qualitative research on a weekly basis for the investment team* Evaluated portfolio risk characteristics, including valuation, volatility and weightings * Traded equities, bonds, and derivatives* Departed as wife got transfer to Singapore

Hong Kong And Singapore

* Became one of Credit Suisse's youngest analysts worldwide after being promoting in record time to become a lead analyst* Provided research assistance to telecom team by research topics, compiling data tables, and writing report sections* Transferred to Singapore to cover Malaysian and Singaporean consumer stocks, but was laid off after Malaysia shut down their equity markets to contain the effects of the Asian currency crisis

San Francisco, Ca Usa

* Audited financial statements of commercial, government, and not-for-profit entities in accordance with US generally accepted accounting practices* Documented and tested internal controls* Departed to move to Hong Kong to be early to participate in China's economic rise

Bs, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Haas School of Business: Accounting and finance emphasis Beta Alpha Psi honor accounting society (officer)

Continuous Learning: Database, Law, Accounting, Other Topics

Supplemental classes to qualify for CPA and bolster proficiency in data analytics