Jeff Easum

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Carlsbad, California 92009

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PROFILE Project and structured finance professional with 25 years experience structuring and negotiating financing and security packages for large-scale renewable energy, infrastructure, industrial and capital markets transactions, including 17 years working in Latin America. Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. EMPLOYMENT

2016-present BECQUEREL CAPITAL (Mexico City, Mexico and San Diego, California) Consultant in Renewable Energy Finance

• Advised Solar City/Tesla with respect to financing a solar distributed generation platform in Mexico, and obtained IDB approvals for approximately US$130 million in revolving credits and US$100 million in green bond guaranties.

• Advisory for Prana Power’s acquisition of 2 SunPower projects in Mexico (108 MW).

• Advised Bacanora Plc with respect to financing construction of a lithium processing facility in Sonora, Mexico. Mandate to secure project financing for the plant. Secured US$130 million in term sheets from Banobras and Bancomext. 2003-2015 INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (Washington D.C. and Mexico City) Lead Investment Officer

2008-2015 IDB Mexico – Infrastructure:

Responsible for infrastructure finance in Mexico with focus in Renewable Energy.

• Closed financings for EDF-EN’s US$195 million, 67.5 MW Oaxaca wind project and Macquarie’s US$965 million, 396 MW Oaxaca wind project (Mareña Renovables).

• Member of teams that closed loans of US$76 million for Enel Green Power’s 74 MW Oaxaca wind project, of US$50 million to Macquarie’s Mexican Infrastructure Fund and of US$41 million in IDB and Canadian Clean Technology Fund loans to Solarpack for their 24.5 MW solar PV project in the Atacama region of Chile.

• Obtained mandates for the financing of the Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido highway and the Puerto de Tuxpan.

• Assigned to Special Assets Unit for the restructuring of the Mareña Renovables wind project, resulting in a completely new project called Energía Eolica del Sur.

• Hosted sponsor presentations for up to 50 solar projects in Mexico seeking financing. Senior Investment Officer

2007-2008 IDB HQ - Corporate Finance:

Responsible for Brazil.

• Closed JPY20 billion financing of inside-the-fence energy investments for Usiminas.

• Member of team that closed US$200 million loan to Gerdau.

• Participated in work groups dealing with putting a private sector office in Brazil and developing financial advisory as an IDB product.

2004-2007 IDB HQ - Capital Markets and Financial Institutions: Responsible for Brazil.

• Deal team leader for structuring, selection of manager, fund raising and loan negotiations for the R$900 million FIP InfraBrasil, a Brazilian private equity infrastructure fund sponsored by IDB (first PE fund under new regulatory framework).

• Participated in work groups looking at how IDB might participate in private equity funds and other capital markets products in Brazil, Chile and Peru. This included considerable structuring of two other potential funds in Brazil, one for agricultural loans and one for the acquisition of private colleges.

• Obtained approval for trade facilitation guarantees for banks in Brazil and Nicaragua. 2003 IDB HQ - Infrastructure:

Was member of teams that obtained approvals for the US$275 million Ruta 60 toll-road in Peru and the US$75 million Red Vial 5 toll-road in Chile. 1996-2003 ABN AMRO BANK / BANCO ABN AMRO REAL (São Paulo, Brazil) Group Vice President – Head of Project Finance for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Latin America

2001-2003 Managed small team focusing on structured finance in South America. Responsibilities included marketing, advisory, structuring and arranging of financing.

• Financing mandates included Shell and Enron’s US$220 million Transredes gas pipeline in Bolivia and the US$200 million local bond financing of the Costanera Norte toll-road project in Chile.

• Advisory mandates included the US$700 million Bijupirá-Salema offshore oil development project in Brazil for Odebrecht and Enterprise Oil. Vice President - Project Finance – Regional Office for Latin America 1996-2000 Advisory and lending for energy clients such as Petrobras, Repsol YPF, Unocal, El Paso, Shell, Enron, Endesa, Chilquinta, Tractebel, KBRD, ThyssenKrupp, and Interoil. 1993-1996 CREDIT SUISSE (New York, NY)

Associate in Project Finance

1995 -1996 Business Development: Performed due diligence, assisted in documentation process, analyzed feasibility of financing, developed and presented proposals for Credit Committee. Industries included power, steel, pulp and paper and mining. 1993-1994 Portfolio Management: Managed portfolio of 10 U.S. and European project assets, for agented transactions and participations. Monitored borrowers’ compliance and was responsible for obtaining credit approvals for amendments, swaps and increases in lending facilities.

EDUCATION

American Graduate School of International Management - Thunderbird (Glendale, AZ) Master of International Management, with concentration in finance. Internships: 1) American Embassy, Djibouti 2) Industrial fishing study, Guinea University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations.

OTHER:

• Currently treasurer for the Mission Endowment Fund of the Calvary Lutheran Church in Solana Beach, CA and Coach for the Grauer/Horizon Prep high-school tennis team.