Global M&A and Corporate Development

Senior member of the Corporate Development & Strategy team, leading deal execution processes, including due diligence, financial modeling, transaction structuring, and deal negotiations, to achieve the firm’s M&A strategy
• Deal experience includes acquisitions, divestitures, and equity investments
• Liaise with various internal functional teams and external advisors at all stages of the transaction to manage the deal execution process and to ensure delivery of key objectives

• Founder of online travel company, featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal & Shape magazine, specializing in highly unique, day-by-day itineraries, planning 350+ trips since inception, and generating over $1M of booked travel annually
• Developed sophisticated web application and CRM system to prepare, book, and track customized travel itineraries
• Successfully negotiated with numerous travel suppliers for favorable commission contracts

• Developed financial models and perform debt and equity return analyses, focusing on investments in the energy sector
• Evaluated investment opportunities by analyzing financial and operating results, evaluating management team and proposed investment structure, and performing industry research to formulate investment thesis
• Performed ongoing monitoring of investments by comparing financial and operating results

Sell-side and buy-side M&A, leveraged buyouts, and debt and equity financings deal experience; prepared valuation analyses, merger and LBO models, and client presentations