35+ years of global investment and fund experience across private equity, project finance, trading, and investment banking in the United States, Canada, and Asia.
Former Senior Managing Director & Co-Head of the Investment Committee at Search Investment Group (USD 3B AUM), delivering mid-teen annual returns across macro, distressed, and thematic investments.
Former Managing Director at Barclays Capital Asia, where he:
Led one of the firm’s most profitable risk management platforms.
Originated and executed USD 6B+ in capital markets transactions across Southeast Asia.
Former CEO of Emerging Power Inc., turned around a failed geothermal start-up into a 600MW+ solar platform with 1GW+ in pipeline through a JV with Shell UK.
Delivered utility-scale renewable energy projects including kinetic battery-integrated solar farms and geothermal proof-of-concept.
Structured complex project finance deals and secured indicative valuations at 20x EV/EBITDA from global institutional investors, with broad exposure to manufacturing and infrastructure through leadership in vertically integrated solar and agri-tech platforms.
Deep experience in distressed asset turnarounds, risk-managed USD 7B in credit exposure at First Chicago Corp, and led USD 3B+ in sovereign debt restructurings.
MBA with Distinction from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; CPA and cum laude graduate of the University of the Philippines.
