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Paris, Fr

Paris

4D Global Energy Advisors (4DGEA) is a Paris-based private equity firm focused on providing development capital to mid-market operating companies in the oil and gas value chain, and is currently investing out of its third fund, 4D Global Energy Investments plc, closed in July 2010 with US$216 million in commitments.As the COO, I am responsible for investor relations, finance and administration.

Our team provided liquidity solutions to private equity investors and managers. We were active in the three principal segments of the private equity secondary market: 1) the sale of limited partnership interests in one or more private equity funds, 2) the sale of portfolios of underlying private equity fund investments, and 3) "stapled" operations combining a secondary market sale with a new subscription to a successor fund managed by the same team.With more than 12 years of experience in private equity secondaries,the Tradition Private Equity team offered its clients the benefit of an entrepreneurial culture combined with the institutional support of the Tradition group - a global broker of financial and non-financial products with offices in 27 countries, more than 3000 institutional clients and 2200 employees, and revenues in excess of €1 billion.

Carta Diem was a Paris based boutique M&A and consulting firm active in the secondary market for private equity investments. The firm's business was folded into Tradition Securities And Futures in 2009.

Paris / Miami

Provided strategic, financial, operational and sales & marketing advice to a variety of companies and start-up ventures operating in Paris, Miami and Latin America. Selected clients included:• South Beach Boats – Powerboat Rentals & Yacht Charters (Miami).Restructured company’s finances, operations and ERP systems; and launched new marketing efforts including a new website, a revamped reservations system, new collateral material, and the opening of new sales channels.• Concerto International/Fortune Development Sales – Real Estate Sales/Marketing (Miami).Built a sales force and supported their growth with made to order Internet sales and marketing tools.• Faster/PMS Courses – Short Haul Delivery Service (Paris).Conducted due diligence for initial acquisition, assisted with post merger integration of operations following subsequent acquisitions of competitors, and provide on-going strategic advice.• Emerging Market Partners – Private Equity Firm (Washington).Conducted due diligence for an LBO of a Colombian media group with interests in broadcast television, satellite TV, and television production and distribution. • El País – Diversified Media Group (Montevideo).Provided on-going strategic advice on non-traditional media expansion efforts, particularly relating to the group’s negotiation of partnership arrangements with competing satellite television platforms Sky and Direct TV.

Miami

Raised $1.7 million in initial financing from leading Latin American private equity institutional and individual investors, and secured $6.5 million in second round commitments from Citicorp Venture Capital and Mexico’s Grupo Pegaso to develop Todosport from an idea into the leading network of interactive professional team and player/athlete websites in Latin America – with offices in Miami, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago, and Bogota. Directed local country managers in negotiating exclusive Internet content and marketing partnership agreements with more than 40 professional sports teams, associations and players, and led design, development and launch of an integrated network of customized multilingual country and franchise specific websites. Negotiated the sale of the company’s operations to Umbro.com in November 2000 and continued as interim CEO of the acquired business while overseeing the launch of Umbro.com’s new US activities.

London

As a founding executive of this leading pan-European Internet sports portal,• Drafted company's business plan used to raise first round of capital from Europ@Web, Nomura, Andell, Global Retail Partners, and 3i • Led sports club negotiations and strategic business partner relationship development in key markets of France, Spain and Italy, leading to signature of the company's first major sports club contract, with the Paris Saint-Germain soccer team. • Developed strategy for and hired country management for France and Spain.

Paris / Santiago

Led Canal+’s development and pre-launch operations in Latin America. Built a talented and motivated multi-national senior management team, and led them in defining and implementing strategies for programming, production, marketing & promotion, subscription sales and administration, technical support (transmission, studio facilities, encryption/conditional access), finance and administration, and general business development. Lobbied for and obtained critical municipal and national governmental broadcast and site licenses. Negotiated key contracts for broadcast frequencies and tower transmission facilities, program broadcast rights, encryption & access control technology, and studio facilities. Launch aborted due to strategic challenges in Europe.

Santiago

Reporting to the Group’s CFO with a dotted line to the Group’s Vice-Chairman for International Development, held overall responsibility for financial control, reporting, treasury, tax and all other financial functions of the Group’s foreign subsidiaries and affiliates. Managed relations and communications with foreign analysts and investors. Structured and negotiated cross-border strategic partnership agreements in the Group’s broadcast, pay-tv and production and distribution businesses.

New York

Headed secondary market trading in sovereign debt instruments of countries in Central America and the Caribbean. Coordinated with Citibank country heads and their staff in the region to solicit, negotiate and execute mandates for M&A advisory services, debt restructuring, and project finance. Sourced debt in the market and closed debt exchange transactions to finance acquisitions and other investment needs throughout Central America and the Caribbean.

Milan

Analyzed and recommended action on acquisition and joint venture opportunities to supplement the Bank's acquisition of the leading consumer bank in southern Italy. Produced balance sheet and product profitability analyses and recommendations for pricing, product design and general resource allocation priorities. Led teams of much more senior colleagues to develop, analyze and present to regional and global head offices full business plans for the Bank's diversification into the credit card, mutual fund and life insurance businesses in Italy.

Greater Boston Area

Assisted senior management in managing client relationship with Northern Trust Bank.

Ba Cum Laude, Social Studies

Instituto De Estudios Internacionales

Rotary Scholarship