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