MERIDITH DENNES
188 East 70th Street Apt. 10A
(212) 249-4927 (home) (917) 754-6208 (cell) fiedlm@yahoo.com
EXPERIENCE
PROJECT EVE LLC
New York/San Francisco
Co-Founder/CEO
June 2012-present
 Co-founded and grew projecteve.com to an award-winning online community and content publisher that provides news,
resources, promotional and networking tools to over 1 million women in business monthly.
 Thought leader on Eve Advantage, a cause marketing platform that partners socially responsible brands with bloggers and
social media influencers to create and distribute trusted content to over 6 million monthly uniques.
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
New York, NY
Director & Head, Investment Banks, Banks and Investment Funds Practice, Corporate Banking
July 2004-June
2012
 Primary marketer responsible for originating and structuring strategic funding and liquidity solutions for financial institutions.
Clients include: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Citibank, BNP Paribas. Total portfolio under management is $4
billion. 2010 FYE Revenue $36MM.
 Formulate highly customizable transactions with diverse selection of collateral asset classes. Potential transaction structures
include Total Return Swaps, Securities Lending, Structured Term Repo and Secured Notes.
 Provide Capital/Balance Sheet optimization strategies including portfolio analytics, asset disposition and regulatory capital
solutions for legacy asset holders.
 Formulate and recommend appropriate global credit limits and profit maximizing strategies. Manage internal credit process
from origination to commitment including due diligence, credit proposal, presentation to credit committee, review of legal
documentation and closing.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA)
New York, NY
Associate Director, Corporate Finance and Distribution, Corporate/Leveraged Finance Group
July 2002-July 2004
 Evaluated complex capital structures and provided best efforts and fully underwritten financings in support of leveraged
buyouts and recapitalizations for leading financial sponsor firms and strategic buyers. Emphasis on ability to
syndicate/underwrite transactions in the $100 million to $1 billion range.
 Conducted due diligence, oversaw writing of marketing memoranda (bank books), prepared the syndication strategy, assisted
in the negotiation of credit agreements (including covenant packages) and the distribution of pending transactions.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
Chicago, IL
Senior Associate, Investment Banking, Leveraged Finance Group
2000–Oct 2001
 Marketed and executed core leveraged credit products (e.g. bank loans, bridge loans, high yield debt) for below investment
grade companies with industry groups and geographic coverage teams.
 Created financial models that measured borrowers’ ability to restructure, refinance, service debt and honor covenants under
different capital structures utilizing various financings. Evaluated market appetite for debt by tranche.
 Performed extensive due diligence and credit analysis (formal credit training) on borrowers; authored internal and marketing
memoranda (bank books); prepared the syndication strategy; assisted in the negotiation of credit agreements (including
covenant packages) and the distribution of pending transactions.
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES
New York, NY
Associate, Investment Banking, Debt Origination Group
1998-2000
 Responsible for the origination, pricing and marketing of fixed income corporate issues, including investment grade and splitrated debt, preferred stock/hybrid equity, swaps and mtns, as well as private placements.
MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
New York, NY
Manager, New Business Development
1994-1996
 Created, launched, developed Marvel Animation Art (“MAA”), a division of Marvel Comics specializing in the production and
distribution of animation art.
EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Master in Business Administration, Emphasis in Finance
 Appointed Chairperson, Stern Legacy Fund. Elected Vice-President, Graduate Finance Association.
 Awarded, Alex S. Auerbach Award for student service and academic excellence.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
New York, NY
May, 1998
Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature
June, 1993