Senior executive with 30 year track record in strategic planning, capital markets, new business development, and the negotiation and closing of complex transactions.• Extensive set of relationships across industries and the spectrum of capital and service providers. • Creative deal closer, having executed over $5 billion in transactions, including equity; mezzanine, high yield, investment grade and syndicated bank debt; and structured finance. Also closed over $4 billion in joint venture/contract negotiations. • Unique background and expertise in the identification and optimal allocation of risk and negotiating and executing agreements to help manage or capitalize upon differing risk appetites.• Proven leader in complex organizational settings, with extensive leadership experience heading teams that cross a broad variety of vertical reporting lines including: corporate development, capital markets, tax, accounting, trading, risk, systems, credit.• Corporate development experience across an extremely broad asset base and variety of roles, including buy-side, sell-side, collateral valuation, and bankruptcy advisor.• Significant experience working with and leading accounting, tax and regulatory teams through the relevant regulatory and reporting implications of complex transactions including during periods of uncertainty.