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Vice President, Finance |
| Name : |
ThomasGregory |
| Industry Type : |
Design Build Firms- EPC |
| City & State : |
Lake Mary,FL
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| Job Title |
Vice President, Finance
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| Relocation Preferences : |
Boston, New York, CT, Portland (OR)
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| Objective : |
CEO or CFO position with solar PV power company
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| Resume : |
THOMAS GREGORY
E-mail: thomasgregory[at]inbox.com
EDUCATION
Columbia University -- School of International and Public Affairs, New York, NY, USA February 1995
Master of International Affairs, specializing in International Banking and Finance, with coursework in Corporate Finance, Money and Financial Markets, Accounting, Debt Markets, International Finance, Futures Markets;
Semester at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (9/94 to 12/94).
Odessa State University, Odessa, Ukraine January 1991
One-semester program in Russian language, literature and history.
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, USA June 1990
B.A. English, minor in journalism; semester at Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, Hungary (8/89 to 1/90).
WORK EXPERIENCE
Emerging Energy Research, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, MA, USA (1/08 to 8/09)
Senior Analyst – Research and analysis of the European photovoltaic sector for EER's Solar Power Advisory Group, including market study “Solar PV Development Strategies in Europe”, with profiles of 60 PV developers active in Europe; “On Point” executive briefings about German PV developers Phoenix Solar AG and Conergy AG, Italian utility Enel, and PV incentive changes in Spain, France, Bulgaria and Greece; European PV Cost Analysis; European PV Forecasts to 2020; database of 2,300 large-scale European PV projects; database of top global module, inverter and tracker manufacturers and average sales prices. Represented company and provided sales support at Intersolar 2008 and 2009 in Munich, Solar Power International 2008 in San Diego and other venues.
CA IB Corporate Finance (UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking), Vienna, Austria (9/04 to 6/07)
Assistant Director – Preparation of business plans and bid documents, client pitches and engagement agreements, research on CEE photovoltaic companies and Ukrtelecom, information memorandum and project management of sale of digital advertising and satellite technology companies in Hungary, database of potential clients in pharmaceutical sector; acquisition mandate from German PV module manufacturer Solon AG.
Treeland Kft, Budapest, Hungary (7/98 to 1/02)
Owner and Director - Consulting firm providing financial analysis services to companies in Hungary and Holland, including privatization memorandum, macroeconomic research, stock exchange reports, business and refinancing plans.
Creditanstalt Securities Rt, Budapest, Hungary (5/96 to 1/98)
Assistant Director, Corporate Finance Department - Responsible for the execution of several local and cross-border M&A transactions, capital raising assignments and ECM advisory mandates; duties included due diligence, project management, investor presentations and prospectus drafting for Reg S and Rule 144a GDR offerings to top asset management companies.
Creditanstalt Investment Bank AG, Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria (6/04 to 12/04, 3/95 to 4/96)
Intern and Analyst – Performed due diligence and prepared business plan and bid book for the first large privatization in Hungary as intern in Budapest subsidiary. Prepared DCF valuations and comparative market analyses of enterprises in Romania, the Czech Republic and Austria; valuation and research workshops; company, industry and macro-economic research; acquisition documents; and company annual reports as analyst in Mergers and Acquisitions Department in Vienna.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (6/93 to 9/93)
Advisor, International Organizations Department - Advised Minister on issues relating to international trade and finance and privatization; served as liaison between Ministry and the World Bank, IMF, USAID and UNDP.
East European Reporter, Budapest, Hungary (11/91 to 12/92)
Assistant Editor - Responsible for editing, field research and Hungarian-English interpretation/translation for bi-monthly magazine on East European politics and society.
News-Times, Danbury, CT, USA (9/89 to 1/90)
Stringer - Reported on refugees from East Germany and Romania, free elections in Hungary for city daily.
The ECHO, Danbury, CT, USA (9/88 to 5/89)
Co-editor-in-chief - Wrote articles and editorials for and copy-edited WCSU’s award-winning, student-operated newspaper. Oversaw administration of newspaper, drafting budget proposals, guiding advertising and business departments. Redesigned newspaper format and trained students in desktop publishing system.
SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES
Languages: advanced Hungarian and Russian; intermediate German and basic Dutch; native English speaker.
Proficient in a number of design and office computer applications (especially Word, Excel and Power Point).
Certified Iyengar yoga instructor (6/2002, Amsterdam Holland).
Thomas Gregory
E-mail: thomasgregory[at]inbox.com
15 years experience as an investment banker and consultant, I began working in the renewable energy sector before the recent boom. I’ve been preparing myself as a renewable energy business development strategist and investment manager and count myself among the few to combine hands-on transaction experience with renewable energy market expertise.
Quick, efficient and high-quality transaction execution
An assistant director at CA IB Investment Bank in Budapest, I managed a small transaction team that sold a portfolio of digital advertising companies in two and a half months. Our clients the selling shareholders were very pleased our transaction team was able get a deal done under an accelerated time table, despite a two-round competitive bidding process. (2006)
Director of my own financial consulting company, Treeland Kft, I provided a refinancing plan to my client the CEO of a chain of bakeries in Amsterdam. I also stopped a poorly-designed recapitalization plan that would have ended in tears for everyone involved at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting. (2000-2001)
All-round experience raising capital from A-list investors
In my first tour as assistant director at CAIB in Budapest, I performed due diligence, drafted issue prospectuses, and prepared and helped deliver road-show presentations and one-on-one meetings with investors such as Scottish Widows, Soros Fund Management and State Street Global Advisers throughout Europe and the US. (1996 to 1998)
In providing investor relations services to Synergon Rt., namely assistance in preparing stock exchange reports and the company’s annual report, I honed my sensitivity to the way company events are presented to investors. (1999)
My experience working on three international private placements / local public offerings of Reg S and Rule 144a global depositary receipts remains relevant as GDR issues continue to be the preferred means for companies to raise capital on the international markets. I’ve supplemented this knowledge through self-study of the changes in financial reporting required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (2002 to present)
In at the start of the renewable energy boom
I originated CA IB Corporate Finance’s first ever advisory mandate from a renewable energy company, photovoltaic module producer Solon AG, in 2005. Supply-chain issues motivated the potential transaction and I got a first-hand look into solar power economics at the beginning of the polysilicon shortage. (2005)
As Senior Analyst of Emerging Energy Research, I helped build a solar power advisory service from scratch, preparing a 300-page market study of European PV Development Strategies and comprehensive project databases, providing in-depth advisory services to renewable energy investors GE Energy Financial Services and Recurrent Energy, lending strong sales support at conferences (delivered Sharp Solar USA as a client) and representing EER in other international venues. (2008 to 2009)
Career History
Senior Analyst, Emerging Energy Research 2008 to 2009 Spain / US
Assistant Director, CA IB Corporate Finance 2004 to 2007 Austria, Ukraine, Hungary
Director, Treeland Kft. 1998 to 2002 Hungary, Netherlands
Assistant Director, Creditanstalt Securities Rt 1996 to 1998 Hungary
Analyst, Creditanstalt Investment Bank AG 1994 to 1996 Hungary, Austria
Education SIPA, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Languages advanced Hungarian and Russian; intermediate German, basic Dutch
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