Toby Gardner

Current

• Full-Time MBA Student at UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Past

• Investment Analyst at CalPERS - Global Real Estate Unit
• Investment Team at Columbia Winds, LLC (Venture Capital)

Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• Curtin University of Technology

Connections

152 connections

Industry

Financial Services

Websites

• Business Week Writer

Toby Gardner’s Summary

Work experience in Venture Capital in several countries including the US, UK, Italy, and Australia. Currently studying my Full-Time MBA at UC Berkeley.

Toby Gardner’s Specialties:

Portfolio restructuring, mergers and acquisition, valuation, negotiations

Toby Gardner’s Experience

• Full-Time MBA Student

  UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  (Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  MBA Investment Banking Fellowship (1 of 8 students in 2010 class)
  Career Coach: Buy-side Finance
  Business Week MBA writer: Published articles (1 of 8 students across the US)
  Co-founder, Haas Asia Business Association

• Investment Analyst

  CalPERS - Global Real Estate Unit

  (Financial Services industry)

  March 2009 — September 2009 (7 months)

  Performed restructuring analysis and distressed valuation at the asset and fund level of $9B in US Urban Real Estate for the purpose of deleveraging the portfolio.
  Analyzed $250M of 'risky' opportunistic assets to evaluate non-performing investments and potential recourse actions including walk-away, equity call, and debt restructuring.
  Assisted in the preparation of the new performance evaluation and selection criteria of existing investing partners for the purpose of asset allocation post-restructure.
  Studied core, value-added, and opportunistic real estate valued between $50m to $500m in all US geographic and product sectors (housing, office, retail etc.)

• Investment Team

  Columbia Winds, LLC (Venture Capital)

  (Financial Services industry)

  June 2003 — March 2008 (4 years 10 months)

  Investment team member on societally beneficial investing with $200M AUM
  
  Assisted in all acquisitions and operations for societally beneficial fund with deal flow experience in the USA, UK, Australia, and Italy.
  
  Quantitative & Analytical Skills
  Analyzed financial and operational forecasts of prospective investments valued between $5-50M in several industries.
  Conducted market analysis and DCF valuations for prospective investments in real estate, construction, and shipping/distribution companies.
  
  Strategy & Leadership Skills
  Italy: Relocated to Italy for one year as the firm's representative to negotiate distribution licenses for art reproduction with the Vatican and its Library and Observatory Collections. Contracts generated $3million in revenues for the US Company and US non-profits.
  US: Led the pre-development of a 600 acre $100M real estate project from land acquisition to Master Plan approval.
  Australia: Proposed, negotiated, and led a joint venture between an Australian public company and one of our portfolio investments, generating $6 million of cash and stock.
  Assisted in a joint venture with a Nigerian environmental construction firm and coordinated the $8M shipment of operational equipment to Nigeria from Mexico via US border control.

Toby Gardner’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  MBA , Finance , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

  Certificate in EBS: Alternative Energy
  Independent Study Topic: Asset & Portfolio Restructuring
  Berkeley MBA Investment Banking Fellowship (1 of 8 students in class)
  Class Representative: Graduate Business Forum, Taiwan (1 of 3 students sent by school)
  Buy-side Finance Career Coach for 1st year students
  CFA Level I Candidate (Dec 09 exam)

• Curtin University of Technology

  Bachelor of Commerce , Finance & Management 2003

  1 year study abroad program

Additional Information

Toby Gardner’s Websites:

• Business Week Writer

Toby Gardner’s Interests:

Charity: co-founded a charity program and raised $100,000 for a non-profit Coaching: Coached Men’s Division II and University level rugby teams Interests: Rugby, mountain climbing, skydiving, marathon, college football, travel (35+countries)

Toby Gardner’s Groups:

•    Haas/Berkeley Alumni
•    Graduate Business Forum
•    Cal Alumni Association | UC Berkeley
•    Curtin University of Technology
•    Old Norvicensians
•    Top 10 MBA: Australian Students & Alumni

Toby Gardner’s Honors:

• Awarded Berkeley MBA Investment Banking Fellowship (1 of 8 students in 2010 class)
• Selected Business Week MBA writer: Published articles (1 of 8 students across the US)

Toby Gardner’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• business deals
• reference requests
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