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What We Do
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Impeccable project preparation
We know what is necessary to attract equity and debt financing. As entrepreneurs and owners, we have been through successes and failures, so we understand our clients needs, challenges, and opportunities. PRI applies the same proven methodology to the projects we develop either as principals or as advisors to select clients. We do the work to prepare the project for financing:
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does PRI do? Where do you work? Have you worked in my industry? How big must my project be? Is PRI a bank? How long does it take to obtain financing for a project? Will PRI fund my project? Will you take my picture? Does PRI work with specific banks / sources of financing? How does PRI add value to a project? What does it cost to retain PRI? What does PRI do? PRI helps project sponsors prepare projects for financing and obtain the financing Back to Top Where do you work? We go where the project is. We work around the globe, and our network of affiliates gives our team additional local execution capacity in every region except Antarctica. Back to Top Have you worked in my industry? We can apply our proven methodology across industries, and have worked successfully on projects in most industry groups. See our projects list for examples. Back to Top How big must my project be? PRI works on large and small projects. There is no upper limit; however, it is generally not economical for a sponsor to engage us if the project is not seeking $10 million or more in capital. Back to Top Is PRI a bank? PRI is not a bank. We source funding for projects from banks, private equity funds, and other investors Back to Top How long does it take to obtain financing for a project? The time required to obtain financing depends on the type and size of a project, and how ready it is for financing. The financeTest diagnostic will answer this question for a specific project. Back to Top Will PRI fund my project? PRI does not fund projects directly. We source funding for projects from banks, private equity funds, and other investors Back to Top Will you take my picture? Only if you want us to, but sometimes when you aren't looking. Back to Top Does PRI work with specific banks / sources of financing? PRI identifies the sources of financing most appropriate to each project. Back to Top How does PRI add value to a project? PRI makes sure the project is ready for financing, prepares comprehensive investment materials, and negotiates the best available funding package for the project. A project is ready for financing when all the elements necessary for successful implementation have been identified and/or put in place. PRI will identify missing elements, and can assist in filling the gaps. PRI prepares investment materials that provide a complete description of the business, detailed financial projections, and answers to the critical questions investors will raise. PRI manages due diligence and negotiation so the project sponsor is insulated from the process. Back to Top What does it cost to retain PRI? Project costs depend on the type and complexity of the project. Fees for Phase I will cover the cost of a financeTest, while fees in Phase II will involve a retainer as well as success fees on funds raised. Back to Top |
What We Do
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Owners who advise other owners
We have built buildings, created companies, executed buy-outs, mergers, and acquisitions, and raised and managed private equity and venture capital funds. We make this experience available to select clients while we continue our own entrepreneurial activities. Members of the PRI team have been principals in:
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Who We Are
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An experienced team
PRI was founded in 1995 as Private Resources for Industry. In the early 90s, Victor Politis realized that, with the fall of the Iron Curtain, many companies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union would need to approach international capital markets for financing that they previously received from governments or state-owned banks. Companies in Lithuania and Russia were the first to engage us. PRI helped them restructure and obtain private sector financing, which included the first corporate Eurobond in the former Soviet Union. Since then, the PRI team has taken its proven methodology to clients in developed and emerging markets worldwide. We have developed an extensive network of affiliates around the globe from which our projects and clients benefit. |
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Victor Politis President & CEO vpolitis@priny.com Prior to founding PRI, Victor Politis was an investor who developed low and middle-income housing and shopping centers in difficult areas where financing had not previously been obtained. He has also invested in industrial companies and in the fields of medical equipment, agrotechnology, and information technology, and continues to initiate and invest in landmark projects in developing markets. Since Victor founded PRI in 1995, many companies in over 20 countries have retained PRI for its project development and financing expertise. Victor is the recipient of numerous awards, including Entrepreneur of the Year and Award for Teaching Excellence for his Project Development course at New York University. He lectures internationally on project development and financing and has served on the boards of several organizations. He is fluent in five languages. |
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Eric Stambler Senior Vice President estambler@priny.com Eric Stambler has led the work of international expert teams on PRI's projects in Czech Republic, Russia, Turkey, Lithuania, Romania, and Nigeria. In this capacity, he has participated in the development of project structures and led negotiations with potential investors and lenders. Prior to joining PRI in 1997, Eric worked as an analyst at several organizations including the Federation of American Scientists and the Berlin Information-Center for Transatlantic Security. Among other issues, he assessed the role of U.S. Enterprise Funds in direct investment, industrial and enterprise restructuring in the former Soviet Union. Eric received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and a Masters degree in Public Policy and International Finance from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. |
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Matthew Saal Senior Vice President msaal@priny.com Matthew Saal has 20 years of experience in international finance, financial sector consulting, and banking. Prior to joining PRI, Matthew was Vice President of WPA, Inc., the fund manager for Africa International Financial Holdings, a private equity fund focused on banking in sub-Saharan Africa. Previously he had been a Vice President in retail financial services strategy at JP Morgan Chase, and Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at a JP Morgan-backed financial services startup. From 1998-2000 Matthew was a Managing Director at Medley Global Advisors, LLC, where he advised hedge fund and investment bank clients on macro-political and economic risk, covering emerging markets in Asia and Latin America as well as global financial system issues. Prior to Medley, he was a management consultant with Mitchell Madison Group, focusing on financial services, and an economist at the International Monetary Fund, where he worked on structural adjustment programs in Tanzania and Uganda, and advised the central banks of Tanzania, Uganda, Croatia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. He began his financial services career at Morgan Stanley. Matthew graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with an A.B. in Chemistry, with joint recognition from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs program. He has a Masters in Economics from Oxford University (Balliol College), where he studied as a British Marshall Scholar. |
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Cem Sason Vice President csason@priny.com Cem Sason has worked on projects in Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey. He participated in due diligence preparations and development in the retail banking, agribusiness and manufacturing sectors, among others. Prior to joining PRI, Cem worked as a consultant developing and managing shopping centers for a leading shopping center advisory company. He prepared feasibility reports, developed leasing structures, coordinated leasing efforts and provided management consulting services. Cem received his B.A. in Business Administration from Koc University in Istanbul and has a graduate degree in Project Management from the University of California Berkeley. |
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Seyi Akinwale Project Manager seyi@priny.com Seyi Akinwale is a project manager in PRI's Lagos office, where he coordinates client work and principal projects. Prior to joining PRI, Seyi worked as a principal consultant at Nextzon Business Services and was actively involved in setting up businesses in the financial services, information technology, sports management, entertainment and education sectors, among others. He led the development of the Process Outsourcing business and re-engineering teams and conducted feasibility studies on projects in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Seyi is a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants of UK (ACCA) and the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). He is a graduate in Management and Accounting from Obafemi Awololo University, Nigeria. He has a certified Outsourcing Professional Masters Degree from IAOP, Brussels. |
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Vikas Dayal Associate vdayal@priny.com Prior to joining PRI, Vikas Dayal worked as an investment banking analyst for two years at JPMorgan's Tax-Exempt Capital Markets Group where he helped Higher Education and Non-Profit institutions raise capital through underwriting Municipal Bonds. Previously, he was in a two-year rotation-based leadership development program focusing on finance, accounting, technology and operations at JPMorgan.
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Caroline Misan Analyst cmisan@priny.com Caroline Misan has conducted market research and feasibility studies, and has produced client documents for projects in manufacturing, agribusiness, and financial services. Caroline received her B.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and has lived and studied in several Latin American countries. |
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Florence Ray European Business Development ray@priny.com Florence Ray is a member of PRI's Business Development team covering Europe and Francophone Africa. Florence first joined PRI in 2005 as an analyst in our New York office, where she conducted market research, produced client documents and reviewed statistical and economic data. Prior to re-joining PRI, Florence worked for several organizations, including Lomard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie and Quorum Communication SA, where she worked doing project management and human resources administration. Florence received her B.A. in Business Management from the University of Geneva. She is fluent in English, German, Italian and French. |
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Arthur Levi Senior Advisor alevi@priny.com Prior to joining PRI, Arthur Levi was a Senior Executive of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank. Most recently, he acted as IFC's special representative to Europe, headquartered in Paris. In this capacity he oversaw IFC's offices in London and Paris and was responsible for working with existing IFC clients, new companies and financial institutions interested in partnering with the IFC, as well as relationships with the governments and the EU, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Arthur joined the World Bank Group in 1974. He worked at the World Bank as a projects officer in East Africa, and since 1983, at the IFC in structuring and financing projects in general manufacturing, oil and gas, tourism, and financial markets and on privatizations in Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, and in China. Arthur has an MBA from Columbia University. |
How We Work
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A proven methodology
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How We Work
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Global Experience
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We cross borders effortlessly
PRI teams have helped clients around the world grow their companies, create new businesses, and finance complex projects. Our global network of affiliates enables us to operate locally practically anywhere. Click on the map icons to see pictures from where we have worked. 
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Global Experience
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Innovative Solutions
Since 1995, PRI has taken on projects where others have failed and has completed them by innovating and creating new solutions. A few examples:
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Case Studies
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Oil Refinery - Financial and Operational Restructuring The capacity utilization of a major Baltic State oil refinery had dropped to 20-25%, and was losing money as a third party processor. Efforts to find financing through international banks failed, as the core business problems remained a threat to the companys survival.
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Case Studies
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Manufacturing Startup An established entrepreneurial business firm in Nigeria developed the concept for a manufacturing enterprise serving the beverage industry. They needed external equity as well as debt finance.
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Agribusiness processing plant A West African agri-business active in trading and exporting sought to vertically integrate into the value-added segment of processing. Funding was required for plant and equipment.
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Agribusiness working capital A family-owned agri-business relied on expensive short-term local financing to leverage $5 million in own-capital against export sales of $175 million. They desired additional working capital on improved terms.
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Global Experience
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