EDEN ROC CAPITAL, New York, NY **** - Present
Managing Director
. Partner of private equity firm specializing in the Industrial, Banking,
and Real Estate sectors
. Lead relationship manager responsible for analyzing and originating
domestic and international investment opportunities, including equity
and fixed income investments
. Oversee deal structuring analyses including comparable company analyses,
industry and company research, distressed alternatives, and acquisition
hedge and financial modeling
. Conduct financial underwriting services and market analyses of
investments, including sales and restructurings of investments and
entities and coordinated financing / capital raising with principals and
coordinate with agents to locate strategic buyers
. Negotiate and draft letters of intent and L.P. agreements for private
equity investments, review and approval of all credit requirements, and
manage due diligence reviews
. Design business plans, marketing plans, revenue models, and economic
plans/forecasts
UBS INVESTMENT BANK, New York, NY 2004 - 2007
Investment Banking, Executive Director
. Oversaw qualitative and quantitative deal structuring analyses including
acquisition hedge and financial modeling, comparable company analyses,
industry and company research, and distressed alternatives
. Lead banking team on all deal-related tasks including origination,
financing, senior C-level and partner level relationship management, as
well as structuring and marketing of financial risk management ideas
. Worked with CFOs, CEOs, and Treasurers managing interest rate, FX,
credit, inflation, liquidity and equity risks making extensive use of
derivative products and develop extensive models for analysis and
improvement
. structuring and execution of FX, commodities and interest rate hedges
. Prepared credit approval requests for individual deals; as a senior
member of the global UBS new business approval committee, acquired
approvals for deal related risks
. Headed four person team in New York, London, and Asia providing cross-
border risk management advice to the firm's M&A clients, including
strategic hedging, accounting considerations and restructuring
alternatives
. Head of the Fixed Income department's structured products marketing
effort and domestic sales force
. Extensive relationships with financial institutions including:
Blackstone, Carlyle, Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Hudson Advisors, JW Childs,
KKR, Madison Dearborn, Ripplewood, TowerBrook, Texas Pacific Group,
Warburg Pincus, as well as individual portfolio companies
LEHMAN BROTHERS, New York, NY 2002 - 2004
Sales & Structuring, Vice President
. Developed senior account relationships with emphasis on M&A and strategic
risk management advisory solutions covering financial institutions,
corporations, and power & energy companies
. Top revenue producer: generated new transaction opportunities, developed
risk management strategies and structures, capturing extensive new
business and executing multi-billion dollar trades
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO., New York, NY 1999 - 2001
Sales and M&A Advisory, Vice President
. Senior sales manager responsible for designing and developing client
acquisition plans, including hedging and trading strategies for clients
and cross-border M&A deals
. Extensive client book of super-league relationships with multinational
institutions, private equity sponsors, and corporations, making extensive
use of options and structured interest rate products
. Head of the department's eCommerce marketing effort and domestic sales
force
CITIGROUP/SALOMON SMITH BARNEY, New York, NY 1997 - 1999
Global Head of Cross-Border Risk Management, Vice President
. Manager of sales team covering super-league relationships with
multinational institutions and private equity sponsors, responsible for
five-fold increase in annual sales revenue, tripling existing client
base, and highest sales revenue producer in Foreign Exchange
. Negotiated commitment letters and transaction acquisitions, provide
detailed financial analyses and risk models, and design and
implementation of M&A risk management strategies
. Full 'inside-the-wall' authority within M&A, Investment Banking and Debt
Capital Markets
JP MORGAN CHASE, New York, NY and Milan, Italy 1991 - 1996
Corporate Foreign Exchange Sales Team Leader, Vice President
. Developed account relationships with emphasis on new client development
covering domestic and multi-national corporations across all industry
groups; highest revenue
WILLIAM E. SIMON & SONS, INC., Morristown, NJ
1988 - 1989
Merchant Banking, Associate Vice President
. Developed, restructured and managed portfolio of distressed S&L
investments in conjunction with the RTC
ARTHUR YOUNG & COMPANY, Saddle Brook, NJ
1983 - 1988
Audit, Manager
. Responsible for managing all aspects of audit and consulting engagements
EDUCATION
New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NY, NY
MBA Finance / International Business
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ BS
Accounting, Summa Cum Laude
OTHER INFORMATION
CPA; Series 7 & 63; Italian (fluent); French (conversational); access to EC
work permit and passport
Select Client Size Year Description
Transactions
Eden Roc Capital $MM
Starlight Management $50 2008 Initial acquisition (USA)
(USA)
Lancaster Resources $100 2007 Reverse merger and reorg. (USA)
(USA)
UBS $MM
CVRD (Brazil) $17,600 2006 Acquisition of Inco (Canada)
Iscar (Israel) $5,000 2006 Sale to Berkshire Hathaway
(USA)
Hilton Hotels Corp (USA) $5,800 2005 Acq. of Hilton International
(UK)
CVRD (Brazil) $800 2005 Acquisition of Canico (Canada)
Kinder Morgan (USA) $2,000 2005 Acquisition of Terasen (Canada)
Heinz (USA) $350 2005 Acq. of a division of Danone
(France)
KKR (USA) $450 2005 IPO of MTU Aerospace (Germany)
Fairmont Hotels (Canada) $1,600 2005 Acq. of Raffles Hotel
(Singapore)
KKR (USA) $2,000 2005 Acquisition of Masonite Corp
(Canada)
United Surgical Ptnrs $350 2004 Sale of United Surgical Ptnrs
(USA) (Spain)
Lhoist, S.A. (Belgium) $500 2004 Acquisition of Votorantim
(Brazil)
Lehman Brothers $MM
The Carlyle Group (USA) $2,000 2003 Acquisition of Fiat Avio
(Italy)
The Blackstone Group $4,000 2003 Acq. of TRW Automotive (USA)
(USA)
KKR (USA) $5,000 2003 Acquisition of LeGrande
(France)
L3 (USA) $124 2003 Acquisition of Wescam (Canada)
Pepsi Bottling Group $1,300 2002 Acquisition of Pepsi Gemex
(USA) (Mexico)
Madison Dearborn (USA) $3,300 2002 Acq. of Jefferson-Smurfit
(Ireland)
Goldman Sachs $MM
McCormick (USA) $400 2000 Acquisition of Ducros (France)
Global Crossing (USA) $1,700 1999 Acquisition of Racal Telecom
(UK)
Citigroup / Salomon $MM
Global Crossing (USA) $900 1999 Acq. of Global Marine Systems
(UK)
Japan Tobacco (Japan) $8,000 1999 Acq. of RJR International (USA)
Texas Utilities (USA) $10,400 1998 Acquisition of The Energy Group
(UK)
PacifiCorp (USA) $10,200 1998 Acquisition of The Energy Group
(UK)
PacifiCorp (USA) $10,200 1997 Acquisition of The Energy Group
(UK)