Paul Freedman is Chief Counsel at the AES Corporation, a global energy company. Mr. Freedman was previously for Credit Programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and has substantial government and private sector experience in capital markets transactions in developed countries and emerging markets. He has worked on the first non-sovereign bond offerings in several developing countries, and he has played a leading role in the structuring and negotiation of USAID's partial credit guarantees for bond offerings and bank loans in over 40 developing countries.

Craig O'Connor has served as Director of Environmental Business Development at the U.S. Export-Import Bank for 15 years and as an Adjunct Professor of International Business at Georgetown University for the past 10 years. He has worked with international companies, government agencies and banks in a number of key emerging markets to structure financing for trade and project transactions, and has extensive experience with loan guarantees, leasing, credit lines and risk mitigation.

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