Managing Director
Kingswood Realty Partners

Real Estate industry

March 2009 – Present (1 year 4 months)

Managing Director of Real Estate Investment Advisory Group. Areas of focus include domestic and international distressed asset acquisitions, debt restructurings and workouts, and asset management advisory activities

Partner
Lone Star Ventures

December 2003 – April 2009 (5 years 5 months),

In 2004-2006 originated, acquired, designed, packaged, financed, built, leased, and refinanced 2 million m2 industrial development in Moscow. First Class A industrial development delivered to Moscow market, DHL is the anchor tenant. Project was $140 million cost, $237 million sale price. Packaged and sold stake in 3 other early-stage industrial developments (6 million sq ft) in late 2006 so as to reorient company focus on office and mixed-use properties. In 2006-2008 packaged and organized 4 mixed-used development projects with total budgets of $430 million in Moscow and Moscow Oblast for private equity investors. Partners closed company in mid 2008 as global deleveraging made dealmaking unviable.

President
Defense Enterprise Fund

Real Estate industry

January 2001 – January 2003 (2 years 1 month)

Engaged to restructure stakes in and sell remaining 5 portfolio companies of the Defense Enterprise Fund, including a telecommunications company and technology company in Kazakhstan, computer design and manufacturing company in St. Petersburg, and two telecommunications companies in Moscow. Total deal size approximately $7 million

Managing Director
MTV Russia

Broadcast Media industry

January 2000 – December 2000 (1 year)

Engaged by investors to reorganize the company (national Music television channel) in the wake of Viacom entering the business as an investor. Stabilized a chaotic business and laid the foundation for achievement of revenue and budget target 5-year business plan. Business valued at $135 million. In first year over-delivered on (modest) revenue targets of $4.4 million while managing within established budget. Organized and successfully won license auctions for new affiliate roll-outs in 14 cities in Russia.


Senior Vice President and CIS investment manager
Defense Enterprise Fund

Venture Capital & Private Equity industry

June 1996 – January 2000 (3 years 8 months)

Government-sponsored private-equity fund focused on defense conversion. Hired as replacement for original management team. Established fund's business offices in Russia and Ukraine. Partially restructured and reorganized $47 million in ongoing investments into 9 projects. Killed several politically popular but financially unviable deals. Lead effort to privatize the fund's business, as per its mandate, via recruitment and development of an investment team, conception and creation of a new private equity fund, generation of a PPM and lead briefer on a road show conducted in the first half of 1998. Following the 1998 Russian sovereign default, fund was reorganized and placed under new management. Was named President with a mission to restructure and stabilize the fund

Harvard University
M.A. Russia and Soviet Union Studies
1991 – 1992

Harvard University
B.A. Social Sciences
1972 – 1982

Chartered Financial Analyst