PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, BOTHELL/SEATTLE UNIVERSITY             2005 -

Adjunct Faculty

Teaching various classes on corporate finance and credit financial markets to graduate and undergraduate students on a part time basis.

JP MORGAN CHASE & CO.                                                                                     1988 - 2004

(formerly Bank One, N.A. and The First National Bank of Chicago)                                                 

Managing Director/Head of Credit for Greater China and Korea, Seoul                     2002-2004

Managed a team of analysts in Seoul and Hong Kong covering a $3 billion global portfolio of financial institutions and corporations across a wide range of industries, with almost complete credit decision making autonomy; played an important representative role calling on customer senior management at highest levels.

• Steered Bank One successfully through a turbulent 2003, which was critical in making Seoul Branch the most profitable international office.
• Targeted difficult industries such as consumer finance and oil refining in an effort to support the bank’s customer and strategic product initiatives resulting in some of the most important product and customer relationships in the bank.
• Built a significant network of contacts in corporate, banking, funds management and government fields to acquire a knowledge base, which has helped achieve a zero loss history over 11 years as a credit officer.
• Developed excellent cooperation between line and credit in both China and Korea, which led to expansion of customer business while improving credit intelligence.
• Advised US customers and international correspondent banks on Korea and China’s economic and credit environment.

Director/Head of Credit for Japan and Greater China, Tokyo                                      1999-2002

Managed a team of analysts in Tokyo and Hong Kong covering a $3 billion global portfolio of financial institutions and corporations across a wide range of industries.

• Improved credit quality through insightful approaches to risk rating and structuring credits, which resulted in significant improvement in ROE on both Japanese and Chinese corporate portfolios.
• Advised US customers and correspondent banks on credit and economic environment in Japan.
• Restructured both credit departments while increasing effectiveness/skills of remaining staff resulting in better overall support to the businesses and $1.2 million in annual expenses.



EDUCATION

• MBA, University of Texas at Austin

• BA, Islamic Studies, Cornell University, New York

• Graduate Studies, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

• Intensive Arabic Studies, Université de Tunis, Tunisia

LANGUAGES

Fluent in Italian and French; Proficient in Arabic (written and spoken);

Working knowledge of Spanish; Knowledge of Japanese.



Professor Roderick Carmichael

First Vice President/Head of Credit for Korea, Seoul                                                     1995-1999

Managed a team of analysts covering a $1.5 billion global portfolio of financial institutions and corporations across a wide range of industries.

• Avoided credit losses during Korea crisis, exiting or avoiding all of the bankrupt names prior to the crisis – only foreign branch in Seoul with a zero loss record.
• Successfully exited in 1998 SK Global (“Korea’s Enron”), which had been a major bank relationship, due to mistrust of management and their financials.
• Helped rebuild customer relationships by being among the first banks to restart lending to Korean corporations after a dramatic downsizing of the portfolio during the crisis.

Emerging Market Debt Trading & Mexico Country Credit Officer, New York           1994-1995

• Revised existing as well as created new credit counter-party risk policies and operational procedures for the debt trading unit resulting in no credit losses while most other market participants with the same customer base had losses in the tens of millions of dollars.
• Exited certain banks and corporations before the onset of the peso crisis thus avoiding non-performing assets in Mexico.

Emerging Markets Group, Assistant Vice President, New York                                    1992-1994

• Structured and marketed cross-border loans with Mexico resulting in strong fee income with zero underwriting risk.
• Created legal and operational framework for an emerging market fund.
• Advised debt traders on North Africa achieving high trading profitability.

European Marketing and Midwest Credit, Credit Analyst                                             1988-1992

• Performed credit analysis and provided live deal support resulting in significant new business with existing as well as prospective customers.
• Conducted merger and LBO analyses/projections for major US and European multinationals to help earn fees and expand customer business.