Project Manager Insurance

SHARON WINER, CFA

*** ********** ***** #**** **** 917-***-****

Baltimore, Maryland 21230 *******@*****.***

SUMMARY: Treasury professional with expertise in analyzing and directing credit and funding, and

managing capital and liquidity strategy.

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EXPERIENCE

AEGON USA Assistant Vice President, Corporate Treasury September 2011 - 2014

Focus on projects to enhance liquidity, capital allocation and deployment

• Internal Capital Management: Coordinate business units, Actuarial, Finance, and Investments to anticipate,

evaluate and meet product and business units’ capital requirements. Recommend and execute statutory

capital transactions across entities, such as reinsurance, capital deployment, and intercompany debt activities.

• Capital and Liquidity: Manage capital deployment in US operations under regulatory and rating agency

constraints. Institute facilities to maximize internal and external liquidity, ensure intercompany arrangements

available to fund USA and parent company needs.

METLIFE, INC. Director, Corporate Treasury 2005-August 2011

Lead teams of professionals to optimize balance sheet, direct innovative financing structures

• Capital and Credit Markets: Coordinate teams to execute credit facilities for more than $14 billion in order to

provide insurance reserves and contingent corporate liquidity. Facilitate senior and subordinated debt

issuance, and common shares to fund parent company needs.

• Funding and Liquidity: Forecast and manage liquidity and capital at entities across enterprise. Evaluate

options for domestic and international acquisition and funding opportunities.

• Capital Management: Direct business units, Actuarial, Investments, Legal and Government Relations to

execute statutory capital transactions, such as capital deployment, debt and equity transactions.

RESOURCES CONNECTION Consultant/Project Manager 2003-2004

Financing Strategy: Developed asset-based funding strategy for mid-size education services firm.

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Compliance: Manage Sarbanes Oxley processes for financial services firms.

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MARSH & MCLENNAN Corporate Development Manager 2002-2003

Project manager for corporate acquisitions, as insurance broker built out its international operations.

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Analyzed and recommended deal structures and coordinated transaction execution.

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY Treasury Manager 1999-2001

Capital and Liquidity: Optimize funding strategy and minimize cost of capital. Drove liquidity and capital

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planning initatives including funding for acquisition and investment prospects.

Pensions: Sponsored defined benefit plans ($1.4 billion), and defined contribution plans ($1.0 billion).

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LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Leadership Development Program 1996-1999

Banking Relations, South America Treasurer, and Financial Planning & Analysis.

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CHASE MANHATTAN, N.A. Corporate Finance Analyst 1990-1992

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SHARON WINER, CFA

100 Harborview Drive #1709 Cell 917-***-****

Baltimore, Maryland 21230 *******@*****.***

REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS:

AEGON USA

• June 2013 Executed $100 million letter of credit facility

• March 2013 Amendment and expansion to $235 million letter of credit facility

• December 2012 Executed $200 million letter of credit facility

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METLIFE, INC.

Insurance Reserve Structures for Statutory Capital

• February 2011 $350 million letter of credit facility structured for specific book of business

• September 2008 Led team to execute innovative $3.5 billion structure, later expanded to $4.5 billion

• August 2008 $500 million letter of credit facility

• December 2007 Refinance and increased $2.9 billion letter of credit facility

• December 2006 Executed $650 million letter of credit facility

• December 2005 Innovative $500 million collateralized letter-of-credit facility

Revolving and Credit Facilities

• October 2010 Refinanced $4.35 billion of revolving credit and credit facilities

• September 2010 $1.0 billion letter of credit sub-facility

• December 2009 $1.5 billion letter of credit facility

• June 2007 $3.0 billion revolving credit facility

• April 2005 $1.5 billion revolving credit facility, $2.0 billion letter of credit facility

Capital Market Transactions

• October 2008 86.25 million shares at $26.50 for $2.3 billion proceeds

• December 2007 Junior Subordinated Debt issuance for $700 million

• December 2006 Junior Subordinated Debt issuance for $1.25 billion

• June 2005 Perpetual Preferred Shares for $2.1 billion in fixed and floating tranches

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NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY

Debt and Credit Transactions

• 2000-1 $200 million in medium term notes and interest rate swaps

Pension Plan Sponsor

• 2000-2001 Replaced five investment managers (20% of total)

• 1999 $140 million corporate owned life-insurance structure

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LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES

• Collateralized Loan Structure: Innovative $55 million loan structure to fund Brazilian subsidiary

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EDUCATION

• 2004 Chartered Financial Analyst

• 1995 Yale University School of Management, MBA Finance

• 1993 London School of Economics, Diploma in Economics

• 1990 Bryn Mawr College, AB Mathematics, Philosophy

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