Pieter Dorsman

Current

President/CEO at Redpeaks Management Inc., Vancouver

Past

Associate Director at UBS, Hong Kong
Associate at UBS, Hong Kong
MDP at Barclays Bank PLC, Hong Kong

MDP at Barclays Bank PLC, London

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Education

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Groen van Prinster

Connections

225 connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Pieter Dorsman’s Summary

Generally, I get approached by early stage firms for financing, but when I take a closer look at these companies it very often becomes apparent that a lot more needs to be done before they can even begin to talk to investors.

Consequently I get actively involved as advisor, interim-COO or interim-CFO, board member or at the very early stage as mentor or co-founder. Whatever makes most sense given the situation and for any duration.

The key is always to align the visionaries and technologists with what is required to run a successful well-capitalized and profitable business.

This work has resulted in a number of emerging technology companies that are now well on their way to success. It also has given me the opportunity to work on the investment side as well as on a few challenging restructuring mandates for more mature companies that were moving in the wrong direction.

Pieter Dorsman’s Specialties:

Finance, deal structuring, valuation, restructuring, business planning & budgeting, capital structure, pitching, business formation.

Pieter Dorsman’s Experience

President/CEO

Redpeaks Management Inc., Vancouver

(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

May 1999 — Present (10 years 8 months)

Consulting firm focused on advising early stage technology companies on finance and investment, corporate development, legal structure and overall business strategies. Also involved in restructuring later stage firms.

Clients include AfterCAD Software Inc., Lambda Solutions Inc., Optemo Technologies Inc., PDFTron Inc., Embedded Automation Inc., Pathfinder Ventures Corp., ClearVision Technologies Inc., Actenum Corp.

Pieter currently serves on the boards of ClearVision Technologies, Lambda Solutions Inc. and Migenix Inc, a TSX-listed biotechnology firm.
Associate Director

UBS, Hong Kong

(Public Company; UBS; Financial Services industry)

January 1996 — April 1999 (3 years 4 months)

Member of one of the world’s largest investment banks’ Asian project and corporate finance teams. Originated and executed project and corporate finance arranging and advisory mandates. Successfully advised Thailand’s second largest cellular group how to restructure US$550 million in debt, following the local currency’s sharp devaluation during the Asian financial crisis (1997-98).
Associate

UBS, Hong Kong

(Public Company; UBS; Financial Services industry)

April 1994 — December 1995 (1 year 9 months)

Executed project finance mandates (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand) from start to finish: initial due diligence, term sheet negotiations, underwriting, offering document preparations, syndicating the underwritten amount in the banking market and financial close which included review of, and responsibility for, final documentation.

In 1995, represented UBS during the final negotiations and financial closing (in New York) of the US$2.6 billion project financing for the Paiton Power project in Indonesia (sponsored by Edison Mission Energy, GE Capital and Mitsui & Co.).
MDP

Barclays Bank PLC, Hong Kong

(Banking industry)

August 1992 — December 1993 (1 year 5 months)

Involved in project finance arranging and advisory mandates for a number of large infrastructure projects as well as debt origination, syndication and asset sales for a number of large corporate clients in South-East Asia and Australia;
MDP

Barclays Bank PLC, London

(Public Company; BARC; Banking industry)

September 1990 — August 1992 (2 years )

•Joined Barclays bank as part of its Management Development Program which recruited from a pool of Europe’s recent university top graduates;

From 1991 to 1992 part of the bank’s central risk management department and responsible for assessing the bank’s counterparty risk for its major European corporate accounts;

From 1990 to 1991 attached to the team of account executives responsible for all the bank’s large corporate clients in the Nordic area where key responsibilities included financial analysis, credit assessment and business development support.