Jean-Francois (Jf) Benoit, Cfa, Mba Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Canada Area

Montreal, Canada Area

Leading and maintaining coverage/relationship management responsibility for existing and prospective private equity firms with a focus on deal origination by way of identifying profitable and complex financings on a ongoing basis.Structuring, negotiating and obtaining approval for new / refinancing transactions, including acquisition and transformational acquisition.Managing a portfolio of 25+ diversified clients that are sponsor owned, with credit facilities ranging from $20mm to $300mm+ (bilateral and syndicated facilities; including 7 leads).Training and coaching related director and credit analyst as well as providing them quick and valuable feed backs.

Montreal, Canada Area

Managed a portfolio of 30+ diversified clients (private and public), including 4 SCs, with credit facilities ranging from $20mm to $450mm.Structured, negotiated and obtained approval for new / refinancing transactions, including LBO & M&A transactions.Led a multi-products deal team (mainly cash management, cross-border, hedging, trade finance and leasing) throughout the sale and credit cycles.Led and maintained coverage/relationship management responsibility for clients on a ongoing basis.Trained and coached related credit analysts as well as providing them quick and valuable feedbacks.

Participated actively in the management of a large-cap syndicated loans portfolio (> $5bn in authorizations);Played a central role in the analyse and write-up of complex transactions (+$1bn M&A, LBO & project finance), including strategic analysis, financial modeling / sensitivity and underwriting process;Worked closely with the Investment Bankers team in creating pitch books for clients with respect to financial solutions; Been awarded the first CB Excellence Award for my outstanding support provided on multiple lead transactions, my ideas, suggestions and personal initiative to improve the efficiency and morale of the office and contribution in training.

Montreal, Canada Area

Wrote Level I exam in December 2009 (first attempt)Wrote Level II exam in June 2010 (first attempt)Wrote Level III exam in June 2011 (first attempt)

Supported directors with structuring and writing new credit applications for prospective and existing borrowers;Made recommendations regarding risk, deal structure, client requirements and financial statements analysis, transaction economics, market data, and operating data to identify trends in financial performance of covered companies.

Managed a portfolio of 85 clients with credit facilities ranging from $0.1mm to $2.5mm;Increased portfolio revenues by expanding existing relationships and by winning new business.Negotiated terms and conditions of new financing, both internally and with clients.

Representative during specials events

Mba, International Mba

Activities and Societies: GBLC, China-Lab, Join Forum, Student Ambassador, Join magazine, Citi Bank course, International.

Mba

Part of my I-MBA at Fudan Universty as an exchange program (1 full time session)

Baa, Business Administration, Concentration In Management

Activities and Societies: Commerce Game, Entrepreneurship Club, Representative of my concentration, member of the AEFA Spring semester.