Don Shearman

Background

About Don Shearman

Banking (Project, Corporate, Real Estate, Structured & Leveraged Finance) & Funds Management (Investments). Combining finance qualifications with European language skills, I've developed my career in international banking & investment management - incl. 5yrs working in multi-lingual environments in Switzerland (Swiss Bank Corp-now UBS) & Luxembourg (with BGL-now BNPP). Over time, I've covered much of the corporate banking & investment universe - in risk analysis, portfolio & relationship management, business development & origination, debt capital markets (Eurobonds), treasury, corporate, project & structured finance, leveraged & acquisition finance. Infrastructure Project Finance & Real Estate: • Social (accommodation, hospitals, prisons, schools, sports stadia) • Transport/Telco (airports, ports, rail, roads, telco towers & cables) • Power/Utilities (wind, solar, water, desal, hydro, biomass, coal/gas-fired gen, transmission, telco) • Resources (oil & gas, mining, agri commodities, pulp & paper) • Real Estate (industrial, office, retail, accommodation) Portfolio & Investment Management: • bank portfolio management and fund investment analysis • credit & investment analyses Corporate banking & relationship experience in most other industry segments, includes: • FMCG, Food & Bev, Pharma • Real Estate, REITs, Construction facilities • Transport & Logistics, Aircraft Finance • Media, Telecommunications, Software • Industry Associations, Professional Services, Education • Multinationals, Industrials, Automotive, Manufacturing • Financial Institutions, Government & Semi-Government Some highlights: • in Luxembourg, originated & executed a host of Eurobonds, as Lead Manager/Bookrunner • executed & contract-managed an Australian hospital financing as Sole Mandated Lead Arranger (MLA) & CPI Bond Underwriter. • managed the bid team & won the tender to provide transactional banking facilities to an international travel & duty-free group