Experience

Diddi Capital Advisors Inc.

• CEO

  • Mar 2004 - Present

  Recent transactions completed: • $25 million capital for a Greenfield Cotton Yarn Manufacturing factory in North Carolina, set up by a UK-based strategic investor. $30 mill financing for a consumer bank in Ukraine against a $60 mill consumer loan portfolio. First structured bond issuance by a Ukrainian Issuer. • Project advisor to Austrian company, active in the titanium feedstock and ferroalloy sectors in the former Soviet union and India. • Sourced, structured and assisted in funding several equity and debt market transactions of Russian and CIS issuers. • Structured and placed a commodity finance transaction involving third country exports from South America to Asia, with a commodity finance specialist bank. • Sourced $40 million of Ukrainian government’s local VAT bonds netting a total US dollar return in excess of 40% per annum for hedge fund clients. Show less



H.Rivkin & Co.

• United States
• Capital Markets
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Institutional Sales

  • Mar 1999 - Dec 2003

  • Institutional sales of emerging markets equity (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakstan), convertibles (India) and Russian, Kazak, Indian and Ukrainian bonds. Several large blocks of equity trading. • Institutional sales of high yield bonds and distressed debts of US companies, including amortising private airline bonds. • Institutional sales of emerging markets equity (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakstan), convertibles (India) and Russian, Kazak, Indian and Ukrainian bonds. Several large blocks of equity trading. • Institutional sales of high yield bonds and distressed debts of US companies, including amortising private airline bonds.



IBDS International Business Development Services

• International Trade and Development

• Director

  • May 1995 - Feb 1999

  • Industry research of the wool industry in Kazakstan on an Asia Development bank-funded project. • Restructuring of a 2,000-employee gas manufacturing plant in Moldova using a World Bank grant. • Provided financial advice to a US-Kazakstan joint venture in the construction sector. • Market research projects in Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Moldova for local, international clients. • Industry research of the wool industry in Kazakstan on an Asia Development bank-funded project. • Restructuring of a 2,000-employee gas manufacturing plant in Moldova using a World Bank grant. • Provided financial advice to a US-Kazakstan joint venture in the construction sector. • Market research projects in Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Moldova for local, international clients.



PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory, Capital Projects & Infrastructure

• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Dec 1994 - Dec 1995

  • Leader of a team that was instrumental in advising Moldova’s Ministry of Privatisation. • Helped implement the mass privatisation of large and small enterprises in the Republic of Moldova. • Leader of a team that was instrumental in advising Moldova’s Ministry of Privatisation. • Helped implement the mass privatisation of large and small enterprises in the Republic of Moldova.



AIOC Corp (New York)

• Country Manager

  • Dec 1992 - Dec 1993

  • Set up an office of a $1.5 billion in sales trading firm in Ukraine. • Responsible for $400 million of purchases (steel, bauxite to alumina to aluminium conversion, ferroalloys). • Oversaw a six person support office of local staffers in Kiev. • Set up an office of a $1.5 billion in sales trading firm in Ukraine. • Responsible for $400 million of purchases (steel, bauxite to alumina to aluminium conversion, ferroalloys). • Oversaw a six person support office of local staffers in Kiev.



Creditanstalt Bank Austria

• Austria
• Insurance

• Associate

  • 1990 - 1993

  Project & Structured Financing; Hotel, Office Buiding & Port financing. Fortune 500 clients Project & Structured Financing; Hotel, Office Buiding & Port financing. Fortune 500 clients



Impact Securities (NYSE member firm)

• Research Associate

  • Nov 1987 - Nov 1990

  • Providing industry research from Arthur D Little Inc (Cambridge, Massachusetts) to Wall Street money managers. • Sourcing research from the UK and US-based independent financial research communities. • Establishment of an independent research marketing centre based on soft dollar sales. • Providing industry research from Arthur D Little Inc (Cambridge, Massachusetts) to Wall Street money managers. • Sourcing research from the UK and US-based independent financial research communities. • Establishment of an independent research marketing centre based on soft dollar sales.



Paulstra CRC Corp (a division of Total Group of France)

• Corporate Advisor

  • Jun 1985 - Oct 1987

  • Cost engineering, corporate financial analysis and quality engineering. • Cost engineering, corporate financial analysis and quality engineering.