Chris Kanstrup

About Chris Kanstrup

Christopher Kanstrup is a bilingual (English/French) business builder who identifies growth opportunities and executes with urgency to achieve aggressive goals. Throughout his 25-year career, Chris has combined financial fluency, operations acumen and problem-solving skills to advance future-state agendas for corporate and non-profit enterprises.Chris’ diverse professional experience—from international development as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa to corporate M&A work on Wall Street—informs his entrepreneurial mindset and ability to design and implement transformative initiatives. He excels in corporate strategy development, startup and project financing, deal structuring and financial modeling. Currently, Chris serves as Vice President & Relationship Manager in the Community Development Finance Group at California Bank & Trust, a Zion Bancorporation NA. His career highlights include: Real Estate Development: Originated and underwrote $419.9MM in construction loans and $107.6MM in permanent loans for 26 affordable housing real estate projects in eight years. This represents 31.7% and 37.7% of all construction and permanent loans booked, respectively, for the CDFD group. Corporate M&A: Led and implemented successful sell-side M&A process for $200MM Caribbean portfolio for AIG. Oversaw bidder identification, valuation analysis, share/asset purchase negotiations, purchase price negotiations, transition/separation execution and post-closing disputes. Capital Markets Consulting: Raised $28.6MM in Qualified Equity Investment from four Community Development Entities and $10MM from an additional lender for Hardee Fresh, an indoor agricultural vertical farming company, to open a 350K-square-foot plant in Americus, Georgia. Developed transaction pro formas and created legal, tax and economic frameworks. Startup Enterprise: Managed all aspects of a self-funded startup, Air Apparel, in the pharmaceutical sector. Developed prototype and secured design patent and trademark for a customized rescue inhaler cover. Created business model, financial pro formas and capital-raising pitch deck.

Experience

1. Vice President and Relationship Manager, Community Development Finance Group

   California Bank & Trust

   Jul 2017 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Lead all aspects of financing for affordable housing and real estate projects throughout bank’s footprint across the western US. Source and originate business; structure and underwrite debt and equity investments via traditional debt and equity, bonds and tax credits; perform asset management of outstanding debt and equity facilities; lead internal groups to book debt and equity facilities; and collaborate with external legal teams to document deal structure.

Education

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

  MBA, Finance

• University of Colorado

  BA, History

Skills

• Management
• Financial Services
• Business Development
• Management Consulting
• Ipo
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Emerging Markets
• Portfolio Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Analysis
• Trade Finance
• Negotiation
• Financial Analysis
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Due Diligence
• International Business
• Investments
• Finance
• Restructuring
• Strategic Planning
• Strategy
• Valuation
• Risk Management
• Insurance
• Corporate Finance
• Business Strategy
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Modeling
• Program Management