Michael Van Vleck

A senior executive with a proven track record of developing and building successful ventures. Extensive worldwide transactional and general management experience with a broad multi-functional background, including finance, strategic planning, marketing/communications and management.

• Fluency in both Spanish and Portuguese
• Director of several companies and non-profit organizations
• Frequently invited speaker at project finance seminars
• Author of various articles on telecom and energy issues
• Captain and MVP of college lacrosse team
• Representative Client/Transactional Experience:
• Energy:
• Represented the largest U.S
• Independent energy company in formulating and implementing South American project development strategy:
• Led negotiations for $150 million power project in Nicaragua
• Originated and developed joint venture with a Conservation Area in Costa Rica on 150MW energy project
• Originated and developed purchase of significant equity interest in 200MW of governmental power projects
• Represented large energy developer in formulating and implementing Brazil project development strategy over a three-year period
• Originated and developed three private power generation opportunities, including a 600MW, inside-the-fence, gas-fired project in the state of Sao Paulo
• Assembled and represented international consortium in formulating, structuring and bidding on privatization opportunity in Latin America
• Originated opportunities on behalf of U.S
• Client on private power generation plants in Costa Rica and Ecuador, including preparation of comprehensive financing packages
• Represented independent oil and gas developer in structuring and raising high yield debt financing for large Russian energy project
• Telecommunications:
• Participated in founding senior management in developing, financing and executing on a nationwide gigabit Ethernet network build in the U.S
• Founded and managed company that developed a $450 million undersea fiber optic cable project in Europe
• Exclusively represented various telecom operators in advising them on strategic expansion issues globally
• Exclusive representation of significant U.S
• Telecom operator in developing strategic joint ventures throughout Latin America
• Exclusively represented large telecom operator is developing fiber optic cable projects in Latin America
• Exclusively represented U.S
• Emerging telecom company in acquiring ISPs throughout Latin America
• Healthcare:
• CEO/President of generic pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution company located in West Africa
• Co-founded Global Healthcare Fund with former head of healthcare at AIG
• Investors included partners of Acadia Partners, LBO fund where formerly employed
• Managed $40 million private sector healthcare fund directed at emerging markets in Latin America, Africa and Asia
• Invested with leading pharmaceutical company in technology development project covering all developing markets
• Invested in emerging healthcare provider in Kenya, Africa, supporting development of capitated healthcare scheme
• Founded and financed a pharmaceutical commodities organization in Brazil.