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Responsible for establishing physical presence in the US marketActive in generating investment opportunities in the energy industry

Responsible for originating a natural gas vertical within the firm’s renewable energy investment banking platformActive in advisory roles for buy and sell side mandatesActive in natural gas generation industryEquity capital raise mandates for multiple greenfield projectsPrimary responsibility across the firm for Asian-based relationships

Held various roles: CFO, CCO and Member of the Investment CommitteeSuccessfully raised all debt and equity capital (~$6.5 Billion)Capitalized multiple greenfield natural gas power plants: Liberty (614Mw) Patriot (614Mw)Stonewall (778 Mw)Hummel (1,124 Mw)Sherman (758 Mw)Temple 1 (758 Mw)Temple 2 (758 Mw)Formed joint venture company with Consolidated Edison to build a 20Mw greenfield solar project in Pilesgrove, NJStructured the first Term Loan B financing in the U.S. for a greenfield construction projectOriginated the first Revenue Put hedge in the U.S. for a gas-fired project

Raised debt capital for the two largest merchant gas projects in the U.S. Gila River (2,200 Mw) Eldorado (2,200 Mw)Completed replacement of NEPCO (Enron-owned contractor) with SNC Lavalin as turnkey EPC contractor for Gila River and Eldorado projects in the middle of construction: the project was completed on-time and on-budget despite Enron’s $278 Million sweep of construction fundsFormed a public company (Panda Ethanol) to construct project in Hereford, Tx

Responsible for the power structured finance business for North and South AmericasOne of four banks structuring the Midland Cogeneration Project – 1,848 Mw gas-fired project conversion from a failed nuclear plant projectFinanced and structured the Salta Atacama Project – combined cycle project in northern Argentina including a 254 mile 345kv transmission line across the Andes to Northern ChileAdvised and financed the Juan Santamaria International Airport rebuild in Costa RicaAdvised, structured and financed the first independent power project in Italy (Rosignano Solvay)

Responsible for expanding the gas-fired project finance business in North AmericaFinanced the first sale/leaseback of a nuclear power project (Beaver Valley)Member of Gov. George Pataki’s Executive Committee for the restructuring of PPAs for Niagara Mohawk and Rochester Gas and Electric

Restructured Consumers Power Corp (investor-owned utility)$1.51 Billion debt and assisted with $99 Million rate relief package to avoid bankruptcySuccessfully completed credit training programPart of team working on the first Argentine debt restructuringResponsible for Midwest U.S. investor-owned utility relationships

Master

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General

Finance And Financial Management Services

Bachelor