William Donovan Email & Phone Number

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, full-service commercial real estate firm which operates a property management and brokerage firm, and which is also involved in the investment, acquisition, development and ownership of commercial real estate assets (one of the ten largest industrial real estate developers in the US).• 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 entities.• Responsible for Financial Planning & Analysis

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 • Developed business plan and launched new industrial steel castings business for non-rail applications in Australia and the Americas • Developed creative restructuring strategy for leading Brazilian rail equipment JV.

• 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 advisory), and Ru Energy (asset sale/restructuring).

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 equity offerings (both IPOs and follow-ons) across the upstream E&P, midstream MLP, utility, renewable energy, oilfield services and clean-tech sectors. Successful revenue generation over a multiple year period meeting customer needs while being unable to offer direct lending due to firm constraints.

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