Edward A. Shields Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Edward Shields Advisory provide strategic business advice to new and existing companies in the United States, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and abroad. The firm works closely with investors, business owners and managers to achieve corporate and strategic goals and objectives. We advise on business selection, formulation, finance, development, purchase, sale and acquisition.Edward Shields Advisory specializes in energy, real estate, technology, hotel and tourism projects in international and emerging markets. Areas covered in hotels and tourism include 1) new construction, sales, acquisition, purchase, expansion and rehabilitation 2) financial appraisal, financial prospectus and valuation 3) loan and equity funding for viable projects, 4) deal structuring, negotiation, legal documentation and closing 5) portfolio review, supervision and analysis, 6) tourism study and market survey and analysis.Regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and the CaribbeanWrite in confidence to info@easadvisory.com

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Originate, execute, and monitor international project-finance transactions in agri-business, real estate, cement, eco-tourism & hotels, manufacturing, gas, power, capital markets and financial institutions;• Prepare comprehensive project appraisal reports describing project concept, viability, sponsorship, ownership structure, management, project cost, finance plan, special instruments, e.g., debt-equity swaps, market structure, competition, industry trends, counterparty risks and issues, implementation, technology, equipment, contractual structure, financial statements and projections, sensitivity analysis, credit analysis, country risk assessment, insurance coverage, environmental assessment and legal arrangements.• Work closely with legal counsel designing and structuring loan and equity investment agreement, shareholders’ agreement, project cost agreement, call and/or put agreement, and other legal documents.• Undertake business trips and road shows to negotiate investment terms and arrangements and/or raise additional financing to execute project transaction in a timely manner. • Accomplishments described in The Economist, Letter to the Editor, Investing in Tanzania, October 26, 1996, page 8.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Edward served as World Bank and IFC’s Financial Accounting Policy Specialist where he implemented new accounting standards promulgated by the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to ensure World Bank and IFC’s compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US General Accepting Accounting Principles (GAAP). Accomplishments include:Started the Accounting Policy Sections at the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC), in Washington, DC. Assist the Controller and the Controller’s Department on financial statement preparation, audit committee reports and internal controls to maintain World Bank Group/IFC compliance with US GAAP and International Accounting Standards (IAS). Interacted with external auditors as well as accounting and finance departments. Responsible for addressing accounting policy issues and implement new accounting standards issued by standard setting and regulatory bodies.Prepare IFC’s corporate response to standard setters on exposure drafts issued by the FASB on the Financial Instruments Project. The FASB’s Financial Instruments Project developed the principles that laid the foundation for the development of exposure drafts stipulating the accounting treatment of financial instruments, including derivatives covered by FAS 133, FAS 140 and other FASB statements. Explain how proposed standards and regulations affect the World Bank Group and IFC.Determine the applicability of new accounting standards and researched and wrote several accounting policy papers, including:• FASB 91: Treatment of Loan Origination Revenues and Costs: Applicability to the World Bank Group – 30 pages• World Bank Liquid Investment Valuation: Cost or Market? – 15 pages• International Accounting Standards: Implication for the World Bank Group – 25 pages • Policy on Resumption of Loan Accrual - 5 pages• Audit Committees in the United States – 8 pages

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Finance, Banking, Financial Markets, Auditing & Accounting

Certified Public Accountant, CPA, State of New York Corporate Finance, Money & Financial Markets & Strategic Management

Professional Programs, Feature Film Producing & Screenwriting

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television UCLA Film School Professional Programs in Feature Film Producing & Screenwriting, Class.