COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 217-12
This course is cross listed with the FT MBA.
COURSE TITLE: Energy and
Infrastructure Project Finance (Section 2)
UNITS OF CREDIT: 1 Unit
INSTRUCTOR: Sheldon Kimber
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
sheldon.kimber@recurrentenergy.com
CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: http://bspace.berkeley.edu
MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Sundays, 4/13 & 4/27, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Please
note the unusual format of this course, which meets all day on two Sundays -
You must attend both sessions in their entirety in order to earn a
passing grade.
PREREQUISITE(S):
Familiarity
with core finance and accounting concepts will be assumed throughout the class.
CLASS FORMAT: The
class will consist of a mixture of case work/discussion, in class modeling
exercises and conclude with a team presentation of case solutions to the
class.
REQUIRED READINGS: The
class will rely primarily on case materials and handouts provided in
class.
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:
The
final grade will be based upon the student’s participation in case discussions
and their performance on the team case presentation.
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND
OBJECTIVES:
This
course will compliment the course Energy and
Infrastructure – Project Finance (Part 1). Where the first part of
this offering will focus on the legal and risk framework for project
financings, Part 2 will be devoted to the financial and quantitative aspects of
project finance. This includes: project financing as part of the
capital markets (i.e. sources of project finance), optimizing the capital
structure of project financed assets, project level modeling, the lifecycle of
a project financing deal, interaction between project finance and project
development and the application of these and other concepts to a case
problem.
MODIFICATIONS TO COURSE FROM ITS
MOST RECENT OFFERING: N/A
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Sheldon
Kimber has over a decade of experience in energy finance and development. In
his current role as SVP, Development for Recurrent Energy, Sheldon leads all
North American project development, expansion, and origination activities.
Formerly the vice president of finance at Recurrent Energy, Sheldon was
instrumental in developing and negotiating the company’s existing projects,
fund raising efforts, and joint venture agreements. Previously, he spent five
years at Calpine, working on gas-fired power projects and power purchase
agreements. While at Calpine he was involved in over $2 Billion of successful
project and structured financings. He has also worked as an
investment banker for industrial and natural resource companies at Goldman
Sachs, and in Accenture’s strategy consulting practice, specializing in power
price forecasting and asset valuation projects for utility clients. Sheldon
holds an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a BA in Economics
from Kenyon College.