Speaker Biographies

Paul Quintero

CBS ''95, VP Business Investments, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

Paul Quintero joined the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ) in June 2003 as Senior Vice President of Business Investments. Mr. Quintero is responsible for the origination, due diligence, negotiation, structuring and close of all investments made by UMEZ through its $250 million fund, which is earmarked for the commercial and economic revitalization of Upper Manhattan. Mr. Quintero has ten years of financial experience as both an investment banker and certified public accountant, with significant experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, accounting and auditing.

Before joining UMEZ in 2003, Mr. Quintero was a Vice President at Lehman Brothers, where he worked in the Global Communication and Media Group within the investment banking division. At Lehman, Paul led and managed a number of financings and merger and acquisition transactions for clients in the wireless and diversified media industries, including serving as sole book runner for USA Interactive's inaugural $750 million bond offering, sole book runner and sole arranger for TSI Telecommunications Services Inc.'s concurrent $245 million high yield bond offering and $328 million senior credit facility, sell-side advisor for Pegaso Telecomunicaciones' $1.36 billion sale to Telefónica and advisor to Vodafone in its $1.0 billion acquisition of a 35% stake in Grupo Iusacell.

Prior to Lehman, Mr. Quintero worked as a Senior Associate at Schroder & Co., where he worked in the Industrial Manufacturing Group within the investment banking division. While at Schroder, Paul coordinated and managed merger and acquisition transactions for mid-cap industrial manufacturing clients, including serving as buy-side advisor for a $750 million cross-border acquisition of a foodservice equipment manufacturer and sell-side advisor for a number of small private manufacturers. Before joining Schroder, Mr. Quintero began his banking career with Chase Securities (now JPMorgan Chase) where he coordinated and managed syndicated loan financings and merger and acquisition transactions for both domestic and Latin American clients across a range of industries.

Paul is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and worked three years as a Senior Accountant for the Seattle office of Deloitte & Touche. While at Deloitte, Paul managed and performed financial statement audits and reviews, SEC filings and consulting services for clients in the construction, manufacturing, insurance and utility industries.

Mr. Quintero earned a BA in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Washington and was among the 100 students selected by the Washington state legislature for a four-year full tuition scholarship under the Washington State Scholars Program. Paul earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and was a Robert F. Toigo Foundation fellow.

Paul looks forward to contributing to UMEZ's aim of improving the economic condition of residents in Upper Manhattan - one deal at a time.