Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

Orea Thea Advisory

2008 -

Managing Partner

Single member Debt Capital Markets advisor and expert witness specializing in debt and transfer pricing. Extensive global project finance expertise and industry focus on energy, ethanol, and regulated and non-regulated power.

Natixis Securities Americas

2011 - 2018

Managing Director & Head of DCM Origination

Head of Natixis’ Debt Capital Markets – Origination group in New York. Responsibilities have included managing the Investment Grade, High Yield, and Private Placement bond and loan origination businesses in the Americas. The DCM team supports the bank’s global client base for U.S. primary market debt issuance. Responsibilities include marketing the bank’s debt underwriting capabilities, advising clients on market conditions and documentation, debt structuring and transaction execution.

DiMaio Ahmad Capital

2006 - 2009

Managing Director & Portfolio Manager

Multi-strategy credit hedge fund. Responsible for origination, structuring and execution of principal investments including documentation and due diligence. Global activities with a core focus on power, energy and infrastructure including equity and debt investments in the U.S. and Brazil in the ethanol sector.

Deutsche Bank Securities

2001 - 2006

Managing Director & Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets – Origination, North America

· Promoted to Co-head of DB’s DCM-Origination business in 2004

· Responsible for $100MM in revenue

Industry teams managed: Energy, Utilities and Chemicals, Canada, Yankees, Media & Telecom, Tech, Transportation, Autos, Consumer Products, Industrials and Home Builders

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

1999 - 2001

Debt Capital Markets – Origination

Responsible for DCM Origination coverage of electric utilities and non-regulated power companies as well as developing project finance capital markets capabilities. Executed the AES Drax (4,000 MW UK power plant) $2 billion bank/bond recapitalization consisting of senior Sterling bank loan and Sterling and Dollar investment grade bonds and subordinated debt high yield tranches; winning EuroMoney “2000 Project Deal of the Year”.

The First Boston Corporation / Credit Suisse First Boston

1992 - 1999

Debt Capital Markets – Origination

Promoted to Managing Director January 1998

Responsibilities included DCM Origination coverage for energy and electric utility industries.

Personally established and developed from inception CSFB’s Project Finance Capital Markets business in 1993; maintaining a 50% market share through 1999 and managing a global team of 5 professionals. Maintained extensive investor relationships, developing a Project Finance sales capability and a secondary trading market. Executed transactions globally (including Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Panama, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines). Coverage responsibilities included non-regulated power companies (Calpine, NRG, Mirant). Lead manager in over $10 billion of Project Finance Debt Capital Markets transactions, including transactions winning Institutional Investor magazine’s “Project Finance Deal of the Year” in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1998. In addition, in 1998 also won “High Yield Deal of the Year” from Investment Dealer Digest, “Best US High Yield Issue” from Euromoney, “US Domestic Bond Issue of the Year” from Corporate Finance and “US High Yield Bond of the Year” from International Financing.

GE Capital Corporation

1987 - 1992

Division: Transportation and Industrial Funding

Member of the project finance team within the GE Capital division making principal investments of equity, preferred stock and debt in private transactions. Responsible for analyzing project transactions, building cash flow models and executing transactions including negotiating transaction agreements.

Education

1987 The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, MBA

1982 Tufts University, BA in Economics