Richard Lemanski Email & Phone Number

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Greater New York City Area

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Greater New York City Area

Co-founder and chief financial officer for start-up crude tanker company backed by oil major. Hands-on responsibility for all accounting, finance, legal, human resources and IT functions. Negotiated $150 million new credit facility commitment and completed U.S. SEC registration statement and Norwegian prospectus review process, but poor crude tanker and.

Greater New York City Area

• Interim treasurer for global company being acquired by private equity firm
• Contributor to Marine Money magazine
• Investor relations and corporate communications consultant to the MTI Network
• Consultant to trustee of the Eastwind Maritime Estate
• Maritime industry consultant to investors
• Maritime industry adviser to restructuring financial adviser

Greater New York City Area

• Hired to take public a company which had rapidly grown (quadrupling of revenue in 5 years prior to joining) but which had little financial control infrastructure and a very complex capital structure (9 banks and 18.
• Completed U.S. SEC IPO filing for master limited partnership.
• Revamped financial reports improving accountability of results throughout the organization.
• Initiated Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts greatly improving controls and reporting.
• Implemented financial planning process greatly improving transparency of future results.
• Led restructuring efforts which reduced number of loans by 33%.

Greater New York City Area

• Overall responsibility for corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, corporate communications, and corporate consolidation and reporting.
• Marketed and managed raising of a total of $2.0 billion of new credit facilities
• Leadership position in successful Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.
• Implemented disclosure and corporate governance polices and procedures.
• Managed several internal investigations/audits.
• Restructured $1.7 billion of debt. (2004 Marine Money Restructuring Deal of the Year Award)

Extensive experience in financial services and transportation industries. Major responsibilities included project management, functional and technical systems analysis, direct supervision of up to 15 client and firm personnel, data modeling, systems planning and strategy development, systems implementation, and the development of presentations for new.

Mba, Finance And Accounting

Activities and Societies: Dean's List

Ba, Economics