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Miami, Florida, Us

Built and led the Miami-based business development team which sourced well over 3,000 transactions per year for the equity and debt funds as H.I.G. Capital grew from $5 billion to over $54 billion AUM. The team sourced over half of all PE deals closed in North America by H.I.G. Capital.H.I.G. Capital is the one of the largest and most active private equity firm in the U.S. investing in small and middle market companies. The firm is currently investing through five open funds focusing on U.S. buyouts, European buyouts, venture capital, distressed debt and public securities. Founded in 1993, H.I.G. has $54 billion of total capital under management and currently manages a portfolio of more than 100 companies. H.I.G. is headquartered in Miami, Florida with other offices in Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, London, Paris and Hamburg.

* Consult and train financial institutions on anti-money laundering and credit risk analysis as well as general bank wide risk management. Topics included credit file review, simulated State Banking regulator interviews, construction of course work, teaching, simulations and case study instruction* Market Genesis training and consulting in Western Europe and coordinating Italian marketing efforts with local partner

Montrouge, -, Fr

* Responsible for re-engineering a multinational sales team of 5 people in London and Madrid, pricing and selling loans of European corporate, emerging market and telecom financings and secondary loans* Established coverage procedure for the sales team covering over 125 key investors and developed effective feedback process of market information to senior bankers. Additionally oversaw the review of the bank’s investor database covering over 500 investors based in Europe, Middle East and Africa* Personally covered the institutional investor market in addition to banks and was responsible media contact for group activities

Villejuif, Île-De-France, Fr

London-based head of syndicated financing for LBO's* Responsible for all underwriting and syndication of acquisition financing in Western Europe as well as all loan origination in Italy* Structured, priced and underwrote senior and mezzanine debt, as well as conducted market soundings and set distribution strategy* Primary and secondary loan sales to funds and mezzanine investors

Zurich, Ch

* Senior member of eight person team focused on underwriting and distribution of acquisition and leveraged senior and junior debt in the primary and secondary markets* Responsible for the structuring, pricing and underwriting of bank debt (primarily power, construction, retail, media and telecoms sectors), as well as market soundings, setting distribution strategy* Primary and secondary sales to funds and banks including crossover marketing of credit derivatives and distressed debt from bond sales desks into bank debt investors (i.e. CLN’s, synthetic revolvers and stripped convertibles)

Zurich, Ch

Credit Risk assignments:Based in New York, Basle (CH), Zurich and finally LondonBasle, Zurich, and London* Structured and analysed credit products for Southern European clients. Also assessed and monitored the global credit relationship with the client group for all branches of Swiss Bank Corporation.* Restructuring and recovery process for Ferruzzi/Montedison, Belleli Industriale, Legler Industrie Tessile, Finpas/Auschem, Puleva* Due diligence for receivables–backed financings for Parmalat SpA and Cremonini SpA* Assessed and recommended global counterparty risk appetite to Swiss Bank Corporation board * Credit decision area responsible for credit approval of transactions from continental European clients

New York, Ny, Us

Ma, International Relations

Ba, International Relations

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