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Irwin

AI Model Training & Financial Modelling

Cotonou, Benin

Private Equity Investment Banking AI Finance Model Training

Domain experience

Relevant Total Experience: 9 years

Seniority Level: Associate

Sector Experience: 

Construction Materials Consumer Durables and Apparel Consumer Services DLT and Cryptocurrencies Electric Utilities Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Independent Power Producers and Energy Traders Insurance Metals and Mining Payments Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Retailing Software and Services Water Utilities

Skills

Skilled in: Corporate Strategy, Venture and minority investments, Joint Venture, Commercial Due Diligence, Financial Due Diligence, Bolt-on acquisitions, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Buy-and-Build, Value Creation & Enhancement, Strategic Finance, Target financing, Fundraising strategy, M&A Marketing Materials, Financial Modeling, Company Valuation, Corporate Development, Buy-Side M&A

Technical Skills: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Bloomberg, Microsoft Office, Capital IQ

Languages: Spanish, English, French

Work Experience

Helios Investment Partners

Private Equity Associate

1/10/2020

 

- 1/11/2022

• Invested over $250mn in transactions across renewables, data centres, payments, and real estate • Built detailed LBO returns, project finance, structuring, and refinancing models for $20-80mn equity investments • Analysed IRR, MOIC, leverage, and alternative scenarios, conducted commercial, financial and legal due diligence • Structured equity and debt packages, negotiated term sheets, and prepared materials for investment committee

Senande Dahomey Systems

CEO

1/12/2023

 

- Now

Telecom and Energy EPC Contractor for Top 3 MNOs in Benin Republic. Building an Energy-as-a-Service Platform. Building a Tower Infrastructure Platform.

Mercor

AI Trainer - Finance Expert

1/12/2025

 

- Now

Training AI Models. Building gold-standard solutions and rubrics for AI training.

Senande Advisory

Managing Partner

1/1/2023

 

- Now

• Raised over $16m in equity funding for African-owned corporations in C&I solar and industrial ingredients • Acquired distressed energy and telecom contractor, turnaround from $120k in rev. to $450k - 80+ employees • Originated 20+ mandates, performing financial modelling, transaction structuring, buy-side due diligence services • Worked on everything from Agriculture to Tech in Africa, with strong background in Energy and Telecoms • Experience with clients in all Sub-Saharan African regions across both Francophone and English-speaking Africa

Citi

Investment Banking Analyst

01/06/2018

 

- 1/9/2020

• Built operating and financial models, including 3-statement merger, accretion/dilution, LBO, IPO and DCF models • Restructured client models to facilitate country analysis, enable sensitivity analysis, and corrected structural mistakes • Closed over 8+ transactions in cement, telecoms, energy, and industrials with over USD 40bn of market value • Created 50+ presentations including RfPs responses, model walkthroughs, company profiles, industry research notes

Helios Investment Partners

Private Equity Intern

01/02/2018

 

- 01/05/2018

• Closed 2 deals: TPAY (Payments Fintech), UPM-KMR (Private Higher Education) • Built in-depth FX analysis (inflation differentials, REER) to discuss hedging products and credit terms with banks • Performed a valuation of a TelCo Infrastructure company using comparable companies and transaction multiples • Prepared 4 IC decks which included financial analyses, market research, due diligence findings and returns analysis

Wendel

Private Equity Intern

01/02/2017

 

- 01/08/2017

• Modelled the impact of an exchange of shares on the capital structure and on the valuation of a portfolio company • Used NPV and multiples-based valuation methods to assess quarterly valuation of portfolio companies to derive IRR • Built model to identify main assumptions of business plan received from Middle Eastern Pharmaceutical company • Carried out initial screening of all potential acquisitions and provided seniors with recommendations

Education

KEDGE Business School

Major in Finance

01/01/2014

 

- 01/01/2018

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management

Finance

01/01/2017

 

- 01/01/2018

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