Matthew Mcgrath Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

International management and strategy executive experienced in buying, building, owning, turning around, operating large and small energy related companies in the U.S., Latin America and Europe.

1011 Warenville Road, Lisle IL 60532

• Responsible for domestic and international growth strategy for one of the largest independent metallurgical coke producers
• Leading business development group focused on large-scale projects, building new capacity, expanding platforms and venturing into new markets
• Leveraging SunCoke’s proven capabilities in project management and construction to expand its portfolio of businesses and global footprintSee www.suncoke.com for a good description of SunCoke, its process and its.

• P&L for company’s foreign and domestic power generation and Latin American utility assets
• Chairman of boards of major US and Latin American subsidiaries
• Directed divestment of several foreign subsidiaries

• Executive responsible for restructuring and centralizing a global business to address market conditions
• Directed and/or led negotiations to divest of foreign subsidiaries, including Polish unit netting more than double original investment
• Improved business planning, reporting and forecasting timeliness and accuracy by instituting a data driven bottom up process with foreign subs
• Board member of many foreign and domestic subsidiaries

• Managed staff of up to nine in-house lawyers and other professionals and supervised general counsels of foreign subsidiaries
• Led external affairs initiatives with U.S. State and Commerce Departments and foreign governments regarding holdings abroad
• Directed strategy on all major litigation and arbitration matters (including successful ICSID arbitration against Turkey)
• Chief legal and regulatory compliance officer, led investigations, prepared and delivered compliance training in US and abroad
• Developed and supervised successful internal controls/Sarbanes-Oxley program across all foreign and domestic assets
• Created, staffed, supervised subsidiary entity management process for 200+ entities in 20+ domestic and foreign jurisdictions

• Developed business plan and expanded capability in project development, construction, operations and asset management
• Re-organized and managed 50 person staff in London and established offices in Italy and Poland
• Closed financing of a coal-fired CHP in Upper Silesia and acquired a 500 MW coal-fired CHP facility near Krakow
• Unit restructured and financed biomass generation projects in Italy and built and staffed of CCGT plant in Tunisia

Managed and participated in all legal aspects of greenfield infrastructure development projects in the Americas; bidding, joint venturing, financing, acquiring, integrating, utility company acquisitions in Latin America; selected and managed outside counsel in US and abroad; implemented compliance program in five countries; responsible for general.

Litigation associate, researched case law, drafted legal briefs and discovery documents, etc.

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Research Assistant to John Sexton, Dean of the School of Law, editing new edition of Civil Procedure by Cound.

Bachelor Of Science, History

Activities and Societies: Student Association President, Co-Editor of Westerner newspaper, fraternity President, Resident Advisor