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Lingotto US LLC is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and is a subsidiary of Lingotto Investment Management LLP, an investment management company headquartered in London

Phoenix, AZ, US

• VEREIT is a leading, full-service real estate operating company with investment management capability that operates as a real estate investment trust. VEREIT owns and actively manages a diversified portfolio of retail.
• Oversees the Accounting, External Reporting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, Tax, Facilities, Security and IT functions, including support for both the public and non-traded REITS.
• Partners with the Chief Executive Officer to handle all capital markets activities as well as communication with rating agencies, lenders and investors, including the quarterly analyst’s call. Manages $6.8 billion debt.
• Raised $1.0 billion of public debt and $703 million of public equity funding in the first 8 months of 2016.
• Member of the 9 member VEREIT Management Committee headed by the CEO, the 2 member Enterprise Risk Committee, the 3 member Cyber Risk Committee and the 8 member 401K Committee.

Chicago, IL, US

• Responsible for all global Reporting and Accounting (IFRS & U.S. GAAP), Financial Planning & Analysis, Worldwide Taxation, and Treasury, Insurance & Investor Relations.
• Responsible for Global IT operations via Global Chief Information Officer and 100+ staff worldwide with a $90 million of annual Capex and Opex spending.
• Responsible for Global Procurement (significant roll out of function at C&W) with significant annual saving generated, Investor Relations (communication to both Majority and Minority investors along with quarterly.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• Served as GAAP, Tax, SEC, HR, IT, and environmental technical expert in numerous (15+) acquisitions and divestitures ranging in size from $20 million “add-ons” to existing platforms to $700+ million stand-alone.
• Responsible for all accounting, treasury and regulatory functions for 4 U.S. and 2 Bermuda holding companies of the Group, including quarterly closings, consolidations, audits, reporting to parent, federal & state tax.
• Responsible for orderly shrink of EXOR USA in 2000 including sale of various investments, staff reductions, termination of benefit plans, sublease of office space, & tax compliance considerations. Also responsible for.

• A group of multi-divisional public and private corporations engaged in the leisure activity, hotel, and real estate development markets.
• Reported directly to the Chairman/CEO and supervised all finance /accounting/benefits/compliance functions for two NASD-listed public corporations and twenty related companies, with a staff of twenty employees.
• Responsible for all bank, SEC, NASD, risk management, benefit and government regulatory activities, including the successful completion of a secondary offering and two debt refinancings.

• Responsible for all financial functions including financial reporting, general accounting, daily treasury operations, payroll and MIS. Prepared all filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including forms.

• Responsible for all corporate accounting functions including general accounting and payroll departments in addition to:
• Responsible for all internal and external reporting including SEC filings and management reports.
• Performed on-site financial policy reviews of foreign and domestic subsidiaries.
• Managed worldwide on-line consolidation system.
• Expanded and revised accounting and operational policies and procedures manuals for the company.
• Converted all recurring analysis (including monthly divisional financial statement analysis and quarterly/annual worldwide tax provisions) to personal computer applications, reducing both the monthly closing cycle time.

GB

Responsibility for engagements in manufacturing, banking and nonprofit operations with revenue of $100 million to $300 million and assets of up to $2 billion.