Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
I am the Commercial and Finance Director at DelAgua, the world’s leading carbon project developer in clean cookstoves for rural sub-Saharan Africa with 1.6m cookstoves distributed to date, funded by innovative carbon credit financing solutions. Previously, I was a Vice President at Lone Star Funds in Luxembourg where I worked across underwriting, asset management and structuring. Before then, I worked in the Corporate Portfolio Advisors International team at Alantra and Portfolio Solutions Group at KPMG, specialising in distressed debt sales. I have a wide range of skills, having completed a variety of internships in business, finance and politics. Previously, I have worked at the angel group WOMENA, the startup placemeter and the United States Congress, along with several other positions. This experiences has given me a core set of qualities that are crucial for any position and make me a strong and capable employee. I graduated from New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) with a major in Political Science (cum laude) with minors in History and The Arab Crossroads. At NYUAD where I had the opportunity to live, study and work abroad, including stints in New York, Washington D.C., Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires and Shanghai.
Project experience: - Project Diaz (2018) - sell-side advisor to a financial institution for a €2bn unsecured Italian portfolio - Project Gisele (2018) - financial advisor to a Brazilian distressed credit vehicle for a $50m capital raise to invest in Brazilian single name corporate and SME NPLs - Project Grosvenor (2017) - sell-side advisor to a financial institution for the sale of a £670m UK residential performing portfolio later aborted - Project Robin (2017) - financial advisor to a UK subsidiary of an Indian bank to produce a feasibility study for the disposal of a global $400m corporate NPL portfolio In addition to project work, I led and managed a 5 person team to develop and refine KPMG's loan sale tracking, the output of which was the monthly external In the Market newsletter and our market-leading European Banking Transaction Tracker. I completed 14 of the 15 ACA exams in 10 months on the Intensive Programme.
- Assist with business development, sales, marketing, administration and event management - Source deals for investing in businesses in MENA region and be aware of both regional and global entrepreneur ecosystem trends and patterns - Conduct due diligence on potential investments
Project experience: - Project Alder (2019) - sell-side advisor to an Irish bank for the sale of a mixed NPE portfolio - Project Omni (2019) - sell-side advisor to ACC Loan Management, the Irish subsidiary of Rabobank, for the sale of a mixed PL and NPL portfolio - Project Beech (2019) - sell-side advisor to AIB for the sale of a mixed NPL portfolio - Project Tara (2018) - buy-side advisor to an investment bank for a mixed portfolio in Ireland Further to my project work, I lead the production of our weekly newsletter - Banking and Credit News - charting the top NPL deal activity across Europe, which is then distributed to key stakeholders in the industry. This then feeds into our Europe wide deal tracking and business development. I also co-lead our internship programmes in our London office, handling the recruitment of interns as well as day-to-day management.