Vernon Patrao

Assistant Manager - Corporate Finance Advisories at RSM Albazie & Company

• Kuwait - Al Kuwait
• May 2008 to February 2014

Professional experience includes managing a team of consultants to work on a broad spectrum of financial and transaction advisory services, including business valuations, feasibility studies, business plans, strategy documents, financial modeling and reporting, information memorandum and investor documents.

Select engagements include:

1) Financial modeling and Business Valuation for companies across the following sectors:
•Oil and gas, real estate, education, construction, investments, manufacturing, food and beverage, healthcare and medical services, health and fitness and project management.

2) Fairness Opinion on valuation reports prepared by others.

3) Feasibility Studies for education and training institutions in Kuwait and for providing healthcare services across GCC countries.

4) Business Plans in line with Ministry requirements and for meeting foreign companies offset obligations in accordance with Kuwait’s National Offset Program.

5) Private Placement Information Memorandum (PPM’s) and Investment Teasers for raising funds from private investors, strategic investors and institutional investors.

6) Investment Advisory reports for strategic takeover of target companies.

7) Financial Diagnostic Review and Business Valuation for a healthcare Company in Kuwait.

8) Due Diligence and verification of construction contracts based on agreed upon procedures for a leading hotel in Kuwait.

9) Quarterly review based on agreed upon procedures to verify adherence to bond covenants and negative pledge for a real estate company which issued bonds in Kuwait.

10) Dividends payout strategy for a petroleum services company in Kuwait with investments over USD 550 Million.

11) Sell side advisory role for sale of a leading water bottling company in Kuwait. The investment was valued at USD 60 Million.

12) Desktop market research and Industry analysis on various sectors.