Power Plant Project

KRISTIN A. ISLEIB

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Chicago, IL 60614

Mobile: 917-***-****

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Experience HSH NORDBANK AG

**/** - */** **********, Syndications

NEW YORK, NY

. Played an instrumental role in building a full fledged

syndications platform.

. Structured, priced and syndicated debt financings for project

finance, wind, infrastructure, aviation and rail and

intermodal sectors.

. Pitched clients transaction structures that balanced

borrower, investor and credit requirements in order to

achieve a successful syndication.

. Enhanced marketing efforts to clients by providing real-time

market information, including up-to-date market conditions,

pricing indicators and comparable deal structures.

. Actively networked with project finance investors to have a

constant pulse on the project finance market and to gauge

investment profile, asset preference and return hurdles.

. Formulated optimal investor composites based upon investor

appetite, transaction structure and attributes, recent

transaction trends and market reads.

. Participated in all transaction aspects including marketing,

negotiation, underwriting, syndication and legal

documentation.

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.

4/07 - 7/08 Senior Associate, Investment Banking Group - Energy

NEW YORK,

NY

. Worked with a wide variety of financial sponsors and

corporate clients and pitched the entire suite of products

offered, including debt capital markets, leverage loans,

commodity finance, fixed income, hybrids and interest rate

swaps.

. Provided secondary coverage supporting Managing Directors for

power and utilities clients with an emphasis on project

finance.

. Negotiated term sheets and credit agreements collaboratively

working with deal team members, co-investors and external and

internal counsel.

. Responsible for the project model, creating selling materials

for the investors and educating the lender market on the

Empire Generating Company transaction - a landmark

construction financing in a difficult market.

. Trained and provided guidance to junior team members on their

various responsibilities and methodologies including

overseeing the preparation of information memorandums, bank

meeting presentations, comparables and internal reports.

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA

11/04 - 3/07 Vice President, Power & Utilities - Energy Capital

Services Group

LOS ANGELES, CA

. Actively marketed new business with electric & gas utilities,

power production companies, and power projects.

. Underwrote a full range of senior debt products such as

revolving credit and term loan facilities, short-term bridge

loans, letters of credit and project finance facilities.

. Formulated credit analysis encompassing: 1) loan structure

and risk analysis; 2) financial statement analysis; 3)

forecast model analysis; and 4) corporate structure and

business strategy analysis.

. Cross-sold cash management services, interest rate swaps,

asset management products and trust services business.

. Presented credit recommendations to senior loan committee and

fielded structural and credit related questions.

. Fielded syndication questions from investors to successfully

close over half a billion in credit facilities (year-to-date

2006).

8/02 - 10/04 Assistant Vice President, Equipment Leasing Division -

Energy Capital Services Group LOS

ANGELES, CA

. Originated and executed leveraged lease, LILO (lease-in,

lease-out) and tax-advantaged deals in energy and energy-

related industries including the power utilities, chemicals,

green power, and transportation sectors.

. Completed several leveraged lease transactions, including a

$1.5 billion lease restructuring on a large coal power plant

for a preeminent southern power utility, a $235 million

railcar financing, $63 million lease-in, lease-out

restructuring on a sports arena facility for a large power

enterprise and a $50 million lease restructuring on two

Boeing aircraft for a large carrier.

. Completed two tax-advantaged investments including the

purchase of two wind farms totaling $220 million.

. Actively contributed to new business generation by gathering

and filtering third party referrals to help build a well-

qualified deal pipeline.

. Forecasted customers' financials based on company

fundamentals, historical performance, industry growth rates

and trends, and competitive outlook.

. Presented investment theses and deal proposals to the Bank's

internal investment committee and to clients.

1/02 - 7/02 Management Training Program Graduate, Commercial Credit

IRVINE, CA

. Finished first in the class based on examination scores and

successfully completed all program requirements.

. Mastered intermediate and advanced accounting, corporate

finance, financial statement analysis, risk analysis,

industry and business strategy analysis, forecast analysis

and projections modeling, loan structuring, trade finance,

and business credit writing.

7/00 - 12/02 Analyst, Commercial Banking

IRVINE, CA

. Forecasted and maintained integrated income statement,

balance sheet, and cash flow statements to estimate the

business prospects and credit worthiness of potential

clients.

. Prepared underwriting reports detailing the relationship

history, risk profile, financial position, liquidation value,

and guarantor strength to facilitate the deal review process.

. Led and organized the analyst recruiting process and trained

new analysts.

Education UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

LA JOLLA, CA

9/96 - 6/00 Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Economics.

Activities Enjoy traveling, golf, tennis, sailing, water-skiing,

running.

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