David Robitaille Email & Phone Number

Work experience and specialities: Financial modelling, business valuation, due diligence, third party model review, project finance, equity raising and project/fund accountingTargeted sectors: infrastructure, renewable energy, power, transmission and mining.Co-founder and managing partner of Plan A Capital, David is an experienced investment professional cumulating more than a decade of transactional and advisory track record applied to infrastructure projects, including P3s (social, transportation) and power projects (conventional and renewables). He speaks English and French and has worked on projects located in Canada, USA, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.For Plan A Capital, David provides transactional and financial advisory services to various clients involved in the infrastructure and power asset classes. More specifically, he manages and participates in the following: evaluating the financial feasibility of projects, developing robust and flexible financial models, performing due diligence and negotiating/raising equity and limited recourse financing. David played a key role in the 230 MW Niagara Region Wind Farm project by designing and operating a financial model used for raising $825M of non-recourse financing.Prior to the establishment of Plan A Capital in 2014, David was Director, Investment for a Canadian developer of renewable projects from 2010 to 2014 where he held key responsibilities including the development of all financial models, supporting negotiations of key contracts, securing equity and nonrecourse financing, managing lenders’ advisors and securing credit enhancements. Most notably, he played a key role in the financing of the Vents du Kempt project and in the structuring, equity funding and management of a renewable investment fund, the Eolectric Club L.P. From 2007 to 2010, David held the position of Financial Analyst for SNC-Lavalin Capital where he developed several robust financial models, led the internal derivative pricing process and performed financial assessment of infrastructure, power and mining projects. At SNC, David was involved in multiple ground-breaking infrastructure projects, including the OSM Concert Hall in Montreal, the Puy-de-Dôme RackRail train in France and the MUHC Glen Campus hospital P3 complex in Montreal.David holds a Master of Science in Administration (Finance-CPA, CGA profile) from the University of Sherbrooke and a BAA (Finance) from HEC Montreal obtained with distinction. David is a CFA charterholder and he also attended WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany.

Listed skills include Financial Modeling, Project Finance, Financial Analysis, Derivatives, and 16 others.

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  Managing Partner

  Plan A Capital

  Jul 2014 - Present - Montreal, Canada Area

  - Firm specializing in deal flow sourcing, hands-on development, deal execution andturnaround situations in the infrastructure and power sectors;- Responsible for developing robust financial models and evaluating the financialfeasibility of infrastructure and power projects;- Assist customers in negotiating and raising equity and limited recourse financing forreal asset projects;