John D. Karam
Energy Transition Investments and Finance Executive
- Role
- Senior Director, Treasury Finance at Oxy
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John D. Karam
Results focused leader with over 25 years of project development, business development, asset management, commercial management, portfolio management, project investments and project finance experience in power, renewable energy and energy transition. MBA in Finance with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.Key experience includes:• Managed a ~$2b tax equity investment portfolio as well as originated and underwrote tax equity investments in wind and solar projects. • Managed the P&L, commercial value, project company & financing agreement compliance, regulatory compliance, and partner, lender and other investor reporting for a 5GW portfolio of utility wind, utility solar and distributed solar power assets with over $12 billion of invested capital from project debt, tax equity and sale leaseback financing.• Evaluated and conducted due diligence and built business case for investing in solar, wind and gas-fired power projects. Developed solar, wind and gas-fired power plants.• Negotiated commercial contracts such as power purchase agreements (PPA) for solar, wind and gas-fired power projects. Performed business / project financial valuation and risk assessment to support investing in power.
Experience
Senior Director, Treasury Finance
Jan 2023 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Finance carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) projects.Key accomplishments include- Closed the purchase of $205mm investment tax credit from Solar/BESS project tax equity hybrid partnership- Structured $300mm tax equity investment in partnership to co-own gas processing carbon capture facility with CO2 off-take to Oxy enhanced oil recovery (EOR)- Contributed to $1b warrant inducement tender offer.
Education
Stanford University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering
1987 — 1993
The Wharton School
Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Honors, Finance
2007 — 2009
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