Turnaround & Debt Restructuring, Credit Executive, Finance Consultant, Resume

Desired Industry: Banking/Mortgage	SpiderID: 18428
Desired Job Location: Montreal, Québec	Date Posted: 1/16/2008
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 16/02/2008
Desired Wage: 150000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Management (Manager, Director)	Willing to Travel: Yes, 25-50%
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: Yes

Objective:
Location in Canada or Northern USA

"Senior management (SVP, EVP, Managing Director level) career in credit administration or commercial lending channel of commercial banking / international investing (like a hedge fund)/ or debt restructuring/corporate turn-around management firm.

Outstanding track record in credit negotiations, structuring, new business development, and the coaching of team members. Successful background in generating long term client relationships and designing creative credit solutions in unique and hard to finance situations.
Ideal position would be as a senior manager representing a Canadian bank or investors in managing the placement of loaned investment funds into US/Can/Other."

Experience:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Vice President of Corporate Banking, Regions Bank, Coral Gables, FL 2005 – 2007
$140 Billion commercial banking institution.
• Directed corporate loan business generation, structuring, and relationship management.
• Negotiated repayment structures and take-outs of certain exit credits.
• Advised team members and other departments in structuring and negotiation of complex transactions over $10 Million.
• Generated widely known “icon” relationships and lender club syndications.
VP, Business Development Officer, LaSalle Business Credit, Boca Raton, FL 2004 – 2005
$ 109 Billion commercial banking institution.
• Managed new ABL and Second-Lien (Term B) business to middle market prospects in large market, covering Tampa, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Sarasota and North Florida.
• Specialized in arranging credits from $10 Million to over $200 Million.
VP, Senior Business Development Officer, Fleet Capital, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 2001 – 2004
$ 250 Billion commercial banking institution.
• Directed new ABL, Jr. Secured and Mezzanine lending over half of Florida market.
• Specialized in arranging credits from $10 Million to over $200Million.
• Arranged turn-around financing from $50 Million to $225 Million for public companies.
• Arranged high growth borrower financings, management buyouts (MBOs), and other contemporary forms of corporate financing.
VP, Business Credit, Comerica Bank, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 1998 – 2001
$ 72 Billion commercial banking institution.
• Developed regional middle market credit to companies with Sales over $20 Million and borrowings over $5 Million.
• Extensive calling and new business acquisition in large geography.
VP, Senior Lending Officer, Israel Discount Bank, Miami, FL 1994 – 1998
$ 17 Billion commercial banking institution.
• Managed commercial lending department team
• Chief lending officer for Florida operations
• Refocused the lending unit’s targets and priorities after assuming weak portfolio
• Built portfolio of middle market, import/export and asset based credits.
VP, Division Credit Officer, Credit Admin, Consolidated Bank N.A. Hialeah, FL 1983 – 1994
$ 1 Billion commercial banking institution.
• Chief Credit Officer of institution for C&I and owner-occupied CRE
• Voting member of Senior Loan Committee and manager of pre-loan committee screening and approval, assisting lenders in final structuring and negotiation
• Promoted from Manager of Corporate Lending

Education:
EDUCATION

Advanced Credit Training, Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking.
Formal Credit Training Programs, Atlantic Bank, Southeast Bank
Bachelors of Business Administration, Florida International University 1980

Affiliations:
none

Skills:
• Successfully negotiated $25 Million loan transaction to a 140-year-old boat manufacturer overcoming intense competition with top 10 U.S. banks. Managed unique challenge of winning transaction against top executives of competing bank’s national headquarters,
• Coached two manufacturing firms to obtain specialized financing for relocation of their facilities. Arranged $10 Million in Industrial Revenue Bond financing. Saved borrowers hundreds of thousands in interest and realized over $1 Million in incentives and public finance grants to the borrowers

Additional Information:
• Successfully negotiated $25 Million loan transaction to a 140-year-old boat manufacturer overcoming intense competition with top 10 U.S. banks. Managed unique challenge of winning transaction against top executives of competing bank’s national headquarters,
• Coached two manufacturing firms to obtain specialized financing for relocation of their facilities. Arranged $10 Million in Industrial Revenue Bond financing. Saved borrowers hundreds of thousands in interest and realized over $1 Million in incentives and public finance grants to the borrowers

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