Manager Financial

EDUCATION

**** - **** ******** **********, ******** SCHOOL OF BUSINESS New York, NY

MBA in Finance/Strategy

****-**** ********** ********* *** SACRO CUORE DI MILANO Milan, Italy

European Union Scholar/ Exchange Student

1989-1993 ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Athens, Greece

BA in Economics, Graduated in top 2% of the class

EXPERIENCE

2008-Present ACORN TRANSGLOBAL NY, NY

Director

Advising entrepreneurial companies in sell-side and buy-side mandates.

Identified potential targets, raised financing, performed valuation analysis

and assisted CEO's with negotiations.

Developed business model, financial forecasts and valuation for

Readability.com,

a NY-based Consumer Internet Company. Developed company's analytics.

Advised international companies in establishing ventures in the Greek market;

Developed business plans and secured European Union grants for business

ventures.

2004-2008 AMERICAN EXPRESS NY, NY

Sr. Manager Finance & Strategy

Led finance function for American Express/Bank of America partnership ($7B

Revenues).

Managed P&L (reporting, forecasting, variance analysis); Developed financial

plans; Performed valuation analysis for the acquisition of credit card

portfolios.

Performed ad hoc financial and business analysis to evaluate strategic

initiatives.

Set up financial processes for American Express newly established Joint venture

business in the US (MBNA, BAC, GE, HSBC, Citi, USAA).

2003-2004 NET2PHONE Inc. (IDT Group)

Newark, NJ

Director Business Development

Analyzed strategic initiatives and investment opportunities for the President &

CEO.

Developed business plans for launching new products in key markets.

2000-2003 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, Bell Labs Holmdel, NJ

Sr. Manager - Business Modeling

Developed business cases, including financial modeling, investment analysis,

market

and competitive analysis, to support investments in telecommunication networks

for US, European and Latin American telecom operators. Presented cases to

telecom operators' senior management (CFO/CEO). Resulted in 7 new contracts

valued at $2B.

1999 STARMEDIA NETWORKS NY, NY

Acquisitions Associate

Analyzed acquisition strategy in Latin American Markets; Analyzed 30-40 new

acquisition targets;

Performed financial valuation of targets. Completed 3 selected acquisitions

valued at $20M.

1995-1998 KRAFT FOODS INTERNATIONAL Rye Brook, NY

Corporate Finance Analyst

Analyzed annual and quarterly financial performance of >50 European and Asian

affiliates; Developed financial models and cash flow projections to determine

funding needs. Resulted in 25 recapitalizations valued at $150M. Prepared the

five-year investment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

US & EU Citizen

Fluent in Greek; Proficient in Italian & Spanish; Conversant in French.

Member of Columbia Business School Admissions Committee.

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