LEASE ADVISORY AND ASSET FINANCE

Partner Biographies

Mark R. Adiletta, Managing Director. Mr. Adiletta has been associated with Carreden Group’s lease advisory and structured finance business since 2002. Prior to joining Carreden, Mr. Adiletta was Manager of the pricing group with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and its predecessor company, D'Accord Financial Services, Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Adiletta was one of the founders of the lease advisory group at UBS Warburg in 1996. At Carreden, Mr. Adiletta is responsible for syndication, structuring, analysis and execution of individual client advisory assignments. Mr. Adiletta's background includes 20 years experience in the structuring, analysis and execution of U.S. leveraged lease, project finance and direct finance leasing transactions, with eight years experience as a principal with Chrysler Capital and The CIT Group and twelve years as a lease advisor. Mr. Adiletta holds a B.S. in Financial Management from Clemson University and an M.B.A. from the University of Bridgeport.

Nirmala D. Charan, Managing Director. Ms. Charan has been associated with Carreden Group since the inception of the firm's lease advisory business in 2002. Ms. Charan began her career at D'Accord Financial Services, Inc. in 1995, before joining its successor company, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, in 2001. Ms. Charan is responsible for the structuring, analysis and execution of asset-based transactions for institutional investment in the transportation, power and manufacturing industries. Ms. Charan holds a B.A. in Journalism from New York University.

Andrew J. Donnally, Managing Director. Mr. Donnally has been associated with Carreden Group since the inception of the firm's lease advisory business in 2002. Mr. Donnally has 25 years of relevant asset finance experience at Carreden, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, D'Accord Financial Services, Inc., and First Chicago Corporation. Mr. Donnally is responsible for syndicating and executing institutional lessor equity investments in transportation, renewable energy and other power generation, manufacturing and infrastructure assets. Mr. Donnally’s background also includes restructuring commercial real estate financings and underwriting senior institutional debt for private equity acquisitions. Mr. Donnally holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business.