专业财政人员20年经验的英文简历

SUMMARY

Twenty years of diverse and progressive experience in the treasury¹ department of three Fortune 500 companies. Extensive experience in debt financing and treasury operations, including domestic and international cash management, foreign exchange and interest rate hedging, letters of credit, pension investments and investor² relations.

EXPERIENCE

TRANSOCEAN INC., Houston, Texas (international offshore³ contract drilling company)

Assistant Treasurer⁴ 1997 to 2003

• Negotiated a $238 million synthetic⁵ lease refinancing related to the construction of a deepwater drillship.
• Issued $400 million of 1.50% convertible⁶ debentures⁷ due May 2021 to redeem⁸ the 10.25% notes of Cliffs Drilling acquired in January 2001.
• Issued $700 million of 6.625% notes due April 2011 and $600 million of 7.50% notes due April 2031 to refinance three high yield debt issues of R&B Falcon⁹ Corp. acquired in January 2001.
• Negotiated $800 million of revolving¹⁰ credit commitments in the form of a five-year $550 million facility and a 364-day $250 million facility for general corporate¹¹ purposes.
• Issued $865 million of 2.75% zero coupon¹² convertible debentures due May 2020 to finance rig construction.
• Negotiated a $400 million term loan facility to finance the acquisition of Sedco Forex in December 1999.
• Lowered interest costs by approximately $45 million over six quarters by executing $700 million of floating interest rate swaps¹³ on the 6.625% notes due April 2011.
• Implemented¹⁴ Wells Fargo's cash management system which allowed consolidation¹⁵ of the company's U.S. cash management activities with a credit bank.
• Integrated the U.S. Dollar cash management program of Sedco Forex by implementing¹⁶ the Chase Insight system and utilizing¹⁷ it worldwide via Citrix software.
• Integrated the domestic cash management program of R&B Falcon and established a separate cash management program for TODCO, a subsidiary that was partially¹⁸ sold to the public in an IPO.
• Managed the global cash management activities of the company, including bank selection and implementation¹⁹.
• Implemented an $800 million A2 / P2 commercial paper program involving four dealers²⁰.
• Managed the foreign exchange activities of the company, including hedging of contract exposures and funding of foreign operations.
• Arranged $100 million of letter agreement, bank facilities for issuance of standby letters of credit to support the company's contract bidding activity.
• Created the investment policy guidelines for the corporate cash portfolio²¹ and invested excess cash accordingly.
• Responsible for oversight²² and reporting of investment performance of the company's pension plans.

Directory of Treasury 1997

• Managed the risk management functions of the company; obtained delay in delivery coverage²³ for a $300 million drillship being constructed at a shipyard in Spain.

STERLING²⁴ CHEMICALS, INC., Houston, Texas (international chemical manufacturing company)

Manager of Treasury Analysis and Investor Relations 1992-1997

• Arranged $456.5 million of bank facilities used to acquire 91% of Sterling's outstanding common stock as a part of a merger²⁵ transaction with a privately²⁶ held company.
• Managed the proxy²⁷ solicitation²⁸ process to obtain shareholder²⁹ approval of the merger transaction between Sterling and a privately held company, including management of the proxy solicitor³⁰ and the exchange agent.
• Negotiated a $60 million term loan facility to finance the construction of 110,000-ton per year sodium³¹ chlorate plant in Georgia.
• Negotiated $275 million of bank facilities to consolidate³² debt facilities which significantly lowered borrowing margins³³ and revolver commitment fees.
• Restructured the investment management of the defined benefit plans, the 401-K plan, and the non-company stock portion of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
• Hedged a portion of the floating-rate revolver debt through execution of interest fixed-rate swaps.

Manager of Cash, Credit and Investor Relations 1989-1992

• Negotiated $185 million of bank facilities to acquire a Canadian pulp³⁴ chemicals business for which $165 million was non-recourse to the parent company.
• Managed the cash management activities of the company which included establishment of a new program for the pulp chemicals acquisition.
• Managed the investor relations function of the company, which included creation of investor presentations, production of annual and quarterly reports and being the contact person for investors³⁵ and buyside analysts³⁷.
• Supervised the credit function of the company which included negotiating and managing commercial letters of credit received from international customers.
• Established a Canadian Dollar hedging program for the pulp chemicals acquisition.
• Negotiated a non-recourse $25 million project financing for the construction of a 42-megawatt, gas-fired co-generation plant that significantly reduced the Texas City, Texas plant's steam and electrical costs.

Manager of Debt and Investment 1987-1989

• Renegotiated the company's revolving credit agreement to lower borrowing margins, release collateral³⁸ and permit the payment of $180 million in extraordinary dividends³⁹ to shareholders⁴⁰.
• Prepared the offering document to tender for $59 million of outstanding subordinated notes so that the company could pay common stock dividends.
• Improved the compliance⁴¹ reporting system for the debt agreements by correcting reporting errors, resulting in the elimination⁴² of audit⁴³ comments from the independent auditors⁴⁴.

ANDERSON, CLAYTON & CO., Houston, Texas (international food manufacturing company)(Acquired by The Quaker Oats Company, October 1986)

Financial Analyst³⁶ 1983-1987

• Negotiated $255 million of bank facilities to purchase a portion of the company's common stock in an attempt to keep the company independent of a takeover by Quaker Oats.
• Secured $600 million in collateral for a bank financing which included obtaining the release of liens⁴⁵ on numerous properties of the company.
• Represented the company on the due diligence trip for a $150 million subordinated note issue.
• Evaluated investment alternatives for the company's corporate cash portfolio.

EDUCATION

• Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas - M.S. Finance, 1983 and B.B.A. Management, 1980