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Saint Louis, Missouri, US

• Manage and direct all financial and accounting management functions, including providing direction and leadership to a team of ten finance and accounting professionals and administrative staff. for a family owned.
• Report directly to the ownership team and serve as a key member of Executive Committee that sets strategic plans and initiatives, as well as the Investment Committee.
• Coordinate with department heads to develop annual strategic plan and monitor and track actual results compared to plan; created and monitored financial dashboard to track key strategic goals and financial metrics.
• Direct and manage the overall company finances including financial planning, financial budgeting, and strategic cost-benefit analysis, forecasting needs and securing of new funding as needed.
• Responsible for all tax analysis for real estate transactions across a wide portfolio of assets.
• Establish, maintain, and manage execution of accounting principles, practices, procedures, and initiatives, including full general ledger, financial statement, and reporting responsibility for over 25 company-owned.

Chicago, IL, US

• Responsible for strategic growth platforms through M&A and integration, organic business development, and financial management.
• Negotiated transactions, developed ownership structures, coordinated due diligence, and completed legal documentation for two major acquisitions: Amsted Graphite Materials and Amsted Foundry Solutions.
• Responsible for Financial Planning & Analysis of all growth initiatives.
• Served as CFO of Amsted Foundry Solutions in Johannesburg, South Africa - largest foundry operation in Africa.
• Launched new business platforms and growth strategies:
• Led new product line of graphite anode materials for lithium-ion batteries powering electric vehicles

• Successful completion and integration of three acquisitions in the process automation/printing equipment segment.
• Led financial planning & analysis (FP&A) function to identify key financial drivers and worked with operational teams to implement improvements.
• Achieved revenue increase from $118M to pro-forma $198M and EBITDA increase from $8M to pro-forma $16M.

• Advised industrial, manufacturing and energy operating companies on M&A, strategic development, raising capital, and project finance – completed several private transactions over three years
• Clients include Barry-Wehmiller Companies (project finance advisory), Eurasia Drilling Company (going-private transaction), NewTech Services (corporate development and equity raising), Alliance Energy (buy side M&A.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, DE

• Senior banker responsible for deal origination and execution for the energy industry in Eastern Europe and Russia/CIS.
• Successfully lead a team that achieved a leading position in M&A advisory and debt & equity financings for major companies in the sector.
• Performed extensive cross-border advisory work for Russian, European, and Asian multinationals.
• Raised over $4B of equity / convertible financing and $8B in debt / bond financing for wide range of companies.

New York, New York, US

• Senior banker responsible for coverage of the oil & gas, power and agriculture sectors for Eastern Europe and Russia/CIS.
• Successfully initiated and executed M&A advisory assignments and multiple debt & equity offerings for leading companies in the region despite challenging market environment.

US

Senior banker responsible for coverage of the utility, oil & gas, oilfield service, renewable energy and related industrial sectors. Executed an extensive amount of M&A advisory assignments. Completed over 50 debt & preferred offerings primarily for electric, gas and water utilities of all sizes and a variety of credit ratings. Also completed over 60.

Akron, Ohio, US

• Country Manager responsible for all sales, business development, and joint venture negotiations for utility and industrial power generation equipment for the former Soviet Union.
• Power Plant Service Engineer responsible for upgrade analysis of various power plants in Russia, the U.S. and Kazakhstan.

Houston, Texas, US

• Participated in preparation of feasibility studies for Azeri oil field offshore Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea (now part of combined ACG development)
• Supported preparation of feasibility study for the development of Sakhalin II Project offshore Sakhalin Island in Russian Far East (now called Sakhalin Energy)
• Supported development of various oil & gas projects in the former Soviet Union including Sakhalin Energy project.

Mba

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) And Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mechanical Engineering And International Studies