Hanna Matevosyan
*** ***** *** ******, ***. **K, New York, NY
818-***-**** • ac5bru@r.postjobfree.com
Professional experience
GRAB Coffee Company New York, NY
Co-founder & CEO April 2017 – March 2018
• GRAB delivered premium coffee in thermally-insulated reusable mugs to offices in Manhattan on a subscription basis with the goal of eliminating the waste caused by disposable coffee cups while providing a superior customer experience
• Responsibilities included leading capital raising, technology development, and logistics/operations o Created business plan, operating model, and identified critical business needs to develop and launch initial product o Determined technology needs and coded mobile application and back-end software o Executed on marketing and customer acquisition plan which resulted in greater than forecasted users and revenues o Implemented experimental initiatives to accelerate user growth, improve operations, and enhance customer value o Continuously analyzed performance against benchmarks and the results of ongoing growth and operational initiatives o Lead GRAB’s team-building and ongoing team success efforts aimed at hiring, developing, and retaining top talent o Developed seed funding deck and supporting materials and managed investor outreach, diligence, and relations Rabobank New York, NY
Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst – Consumer and Agriculture September 2015 – April 2017
• Selected transaction experience:
o Mandated advisor on the takeover and subsequent break-up and sale of a U.S. listed diversified company
§ Performed analysis simulating the returns to both our client and their partners in the subsequent sale, dynamically incorporating various transaction/financing structures and the timing of subsequent divestitures
§ Prepared and participated in a presentation to the investment committee of the Special Situations Group at a top five private equity fund interested in partnering with our client
§ Worked with management to build a bottom-up operating model incorporating the relevant underlying commodity cycles for each segment and forming the basis for analyses including SOTP, LBO, and merger model o Broad auction sell-side process of a sponsor-backed diversified consumer food company
§ Assembled a full management presentation to summarize industry, business profile and investment highlights
§ Participated in key process discussions surrounding deal structuring and negotiation tactics o Refresco’s acquisition of Whitlock Packaging
§ Preformed detailed valuation analyses including a bottom-up operating model, DCF, AVP, and accretion-dilution
§ Created a detailed overview of the beverage and contract manufacturing sector in North America which confirmed the transaction’s strategic rationale and surfaced several potential add-on targets
§ Conducted an LBO analysis to simulate pricing feasibility for financial sponsors bidding on the asset o Buy-side advisor to an NYSE listed agriculture company on its takeover of a listed Brazilian target o Sell-side advisor to one of the largest global dairy companies on the divestment of its U.S. branded business Bank of America Merrill Lynch New York, NY
Investment Banking Analyst – Global Consumer and Retail July 2014 - August 2015
• Selected transaction experience:
o Mandated sell-side advisor for a $1.6B specialty retailer
§ Utilized management forecasts and store launch timelines to construct a bottom-up operating model o Active Bookrunner for the IPO of Planet Fitness
§ Developed competitive positioning and detailed industry landscape materials for the bake-off meeting
§ Coordinated and participated in diligence and strategic discussions surrounding marketing and positioning o Left-lead Bookrunner for the arrangement of $800M in Senior Notes for Constellation Brands Education
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Applied Mathematics, Computer Science Concentration (Major GPA: 3.5) Class of 2014
• Academic Accolades: All-California Academic Scholar (1st place), University of California Regents Scholarship
• Student Body President – Represented 22,000 students and managed a $410,000 budget
• Advocated for and secured $19M in funding for the construction of a non-instructional student union building Additional information
• Foreign languages: Armenian (fluent), Russian (proficient), Spanish (proficient)
• Computer programming: Proficient in multiple programming languages including C++, Java and Python