PhD interested in infrastructure funds
Hi guys, I would appreciate it if I could get some feed back on my resume. I'm a PhD Engineering/MBA looking for an analyst position with an infrastructure fund. In my dissertation research I discovered that both debt and equity on some infrastructure investments are much riskier than previously thought and why. Now, I'm interested in making a career of infrastructure finance. I have a good amount of experience before my PhD but nothing in finance. My experience is first as an engineer in infrastructure and real estate development and then as an academic researcher in construction risk and finance, hence my focus on infrastructure finance only. I may not be the typical candidate and I'm not using the standard 1-page format, should I be? What would I cut? Is my resume killing me? Does my overall goal above sound realistic and solid? I have some networking questions but I'll ask those in a different forum. Thanks! K
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Your background is solid and the resume is fine. If I were still in investment banking, I'd take this profile very seriously for an associate position despite going to a non-target b-school.
Its tough to get in to infrastructure funds directly; typically, you need to spend a few years on the banking side for polish/training/exposure to financing structures/modeling skills.
I would network hard to get an associate job in either infrastructure investment banking, project finance or municipal finance and then plan on moving in 2-4 years to the buyside. I think with your resume, people will give you a serious look in.
One question: if you believe the market views infrastructure debt and equity as less risky than the intrinsic risk suggested by your analysis, why are you looking to become an infrastructure investor? Ultimately, your goal as an investor is to find deals you like, not kill every deal in front of you, and you need to have serious conviction around your investments.
mergersandaquisitions78, thanks for taking a look at my resume! I'm trying very hard to network and get my resume in hands to get noticed but it's an uphill battle from a non-target school. You ask a great question about why I would want to be involved in an asset where I would kill deals. I'm not sure but I'm guessing people don't make it big by NOT doing deals. I think private investment in public infrastructure in the US is going to grow immensely over the next few decades; we have pent up demand and the current funding system is unsustainable. There has recently been a shift in P3 models from the private party bearing revenue risk to the public party now bearing that risk. I think risk sharing is going to be unsettled and go through several more iterations until an equitable risk sharing model is settled upon. Until that time, I think their is opportunity in the chaos for smart people. I think I can pick deals better than others, even if that means saying no to a lot of deals. I'm very passionate about this asset class because I spent the last decade as an engineer; my pen has drawn some of these projects. I readily admit, I still have a LOT to learn but it sounds like one hoot of a ride! Does anyone else have comments on my resume? Does anyone have any good networking suggestions or comments on my plan?
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