Mark Sheridan, Finance Expert in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Mark Sheridan

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Finance Expert

Location
Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Toptal Member Since
February 23, 2021

Mark excels in operating as a translator between business functions and financial markets. In his 20+ year career, initially with UBS, Santander, and GE, and more recently with start-ups, he has performed in management, origination, capital raising, and investment roles. Mark often deals with first-time issuers and is fluent in aviation, energy, and consumer/SME finance. He has been based in Europe, the USA, and ASEAN and believes models should reflect but don’t drive real-life operations.

Financial ModelingInvestment BankingAviationAccountingMarket ResearchDue DiligenceBusiness DevelopmentFundraisingPrivate Equity

Career Highlights

Head of Treasury
Next Generation Oil

Case Studies

Work Experience

Head of Treasury

2019 - 2021
Next Generation Oil
  • Joined a start-up business to develop and deliver Algae biomass to be used in the energy sector. Worked beside the founder to translate the idea into a business and converted the "technology speak" into finance metrics and documents.
  • Received $6.5 million offer to develop the first plantation in the form of Convertible Preferred Shares.
  • Assisted as a part of the origination team for a $70 million offtake contract.
Focus areas: Fundraising, New Business Development

Managing Director

2013 - 2018
Amur Capital Management
  • Completed origination and execution of private finance deals in the transportation sector backed by aircraft, helicopters, spare parts dry bulk cargo vessels and offshore support vessels.
  • Completed origination of a $200 million 10-year debt facility from a New York-based hedge fund.
  • Shifted the focus from mid-2015 to business development in Malaysia and other ASEAN countries with a mandate to concentrate on aviation and oil and gas.
Focus areas: Private Equity

Vice President

2012 - 2013
Banco Santander
  • Structured, arranged, and placed a wide variety of European consumer assets for Santander subsidiary companies. Assets included UK car leases, Dutch consumer loans, Italian consumer loans, Polish car leases, ad UK master trust residential mortgages.
  • Placed senior debt with private investors and as repo collateral with ECB.
  • Charged with building out third-party business and executed two credit card transactions for a UK and a Spanish firm.
Focus areas: Fundraising

Executive Director

2001 - 2011
UBS
  • Structured and placed over $30 billion of capital for issuers ranging from national governments and infrastructure projects to single-tenant leases.
  • Originated over $8 billion of debt for aviation-related assets and increased the leverage rate by 15% compared to prior transactions. These deals have all performed and have survived the last two major economic crises.
  • Served clients based in multiple countries in Europe and the United States and varied from first-time issuers with no knowledge of the six-month process involved in arranging ABS deals to repeat government issuers.
  • Brought to funding new segments of the market including UK Student Accommodation, Liquid Carbon Dioxide and aircraft engines.
Focus areas: Asset-backed Securities (ABS)
1993 - 1997

Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Finance

University of Limerick - Limerick, Ireland

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