Andrew Dickson

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Work history

Spring Creek May 2004 to the present
Managing Director

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How would you describe your time at Spring Creek?

Advise investors and issuers on asset finance strategies, analysis of pre-tax and after-tax economic impact of decisions. Represent and negotiate on clients' behalf.
* Attracted major clients while seconded to serve as Executive Vice President and CFO at Alexander Capital Corporation, an
investor and client of Spring Creek LLC
* Restructured Telenor (Norwegian Telecom) $200 million satellite leases with Lloyds Bank
* Advised Eaton Vance on real estate leases, helping them establish a tax exchange fund
* Consulted to investors, including Northwestern Mutual Life, advised US lease issuers including Continental Airlines; brokered, arranged, negotiated, and acted as a principal on transactions
* A consulting member of the Gerson Lehrman Group Council, and of the Society of Industry Leaders (a division of Standard and Poors)
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED September 2002 to April 2004
Director

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Structured Corporate Finance Group. Head of coverage for Northern Europe and UK. Managed the marketing efforts of two Vice-Presidents and their teams of associates and analysts. Fee responsibility of approximately $10 million.
* Generated approximately $38 million in profit, making budget for
two groups within a division when the groups were falling short of budget, by executing original ideas and managing the efforts of two departments for successful completion
* Maximized profits by developing a client portfolio technique
* Increased revenue from relationships in coverage region, generally Europe's largest firms and largest municipalities
* Re-joined the same group from earlier in career
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Aircraft Finance Trust August 2002 to the present
Equity and Controlling Trustee

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How would you describe your time at Aircraft Finance Trust?

Structured securitization of leased aircraft. Originally worth $1.196 billion.
* Successfully sold initial private offering of issued partnership interests on behalf of GE Commercial Aviation Services in 1999 (www.aftreports.com)
* Elected by beneficial interest holders, which include Bank of
America, Northwestern Mutual Life, and other major financial institutions. Serve with two other Trustees
* Successfully oversee GE as aircraft Servicer, the Administrative Agent, and conduct Trustee functions related to (originally) 36 commercial aircraft on lease to major airlines worldwide, with over $94 million in revenue in 1996 ($132 million in 2002, prior to selling aircraft)
* AFT Bermuda Limited, President
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BABCOCK & BROWN LP June 1997 to September 2002
Principal

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How would you describe your time at BABCOCK & BROWN LP?

Originated, structured, and syndicated transactions. Major emphasis on tax elements of equity and debt, particularly focused in transportation, real estate, and power sectors. Applied leasing, securitizations, partnerships, and other structures to achieve client objectives.
* Completed
approximately $20 Billion of financings
* Negotiated and sold in excess of $8 billion of aircraft to investors, including GE, Northwestern Mutual Life, John Hancock, Fifth-Third Bank, Wells Fargo, Wachovia, Sumitomo Bank, National City Bank and others
* Structured $10 billion of tranched Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (EETC) debt
* Structured and sold equity in securitization of Aircraft Finance Trust ("AFT"), $1.2 billion and in Lease Investment Flight Trust ("LIFT"), $1.4 billion
* Won bid and represented Philip Morris Capital, Union Bank of California, and J.P. Morgan Chase on the equity investment in a Bayer Corporation chemical facility worth approximately $600 million
* Sold approximately $512 million worth of aircraft to GE for FINOVA Capital Corporation
* Placed $273mm of bank debt for Continental Airlines, in refinancing 17 aircraft with 9 investors, including AmSouth Bank, John Hancock and others
* Originated a tax Section 1031 "like-kind exchange" in an aircraft for Sumitomo Bank
* Originated a Lease on flight simulators for Continental Airlines closed with ICX Bank
* Invented a financial product, generated incremental tax benefit for Bank of America on a United Airlines leased aircraft. Idea later deployed by Babcock & Brown to negotiate bankruptcies of United Airlines and Delta Airlines, to reduce investor tax losses
* Saved Continental Airlines over $25 million through lease structural elements on EETC debt, through use of linear program techniques and strong communication with the debt underwriters
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Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein February 1995 to May 1997
Vice President

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How would you describe your time at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein?

(acquired employer D'Accord Financial Services, Inc.)
Originated, structured and sold equity in leveraged leases.
* Invented Tax Lease structure
* Closed transactions including a Qantas Airlines aircraft lease, a Nederlandse Spoorwegen, rolling stock lease, a De Lijn (Belgium) light rail
lease, an ABB (Baden, Switzerland) real estate lease and an ??stg??taTrafiken (Sweden) rolling stock lease... read more
CITIBANK, N.A. June 1993 to February 2005
Management Associate

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How would you describe your time at CITIBANK, N.A.?

Assisted with investment banking transactions. Focused on structured corporate finance transactions.
* Completed management training Institute for Global Finance
* Closed transactions including a Burmah Castrol LNG Tankers 144A debt financing, a Burmah Castrol LNG Tankers private placement
debt financing, and EPZ (Dutch power company), power plant lease, and a Nederlandse Spoorwegen, rolling stock lease... read more

Education

Washington University, St. Louis, MO August 1991 to May 1993
MBA

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Washington University, St. Louis, MO August 1982 to December 1987
B.A. Spanish
Washington University, St. Louis, MO August 1982 to December 1987
B.A. Economics

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