International Development & Finance
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William "Chip" Gehle Bachelor of Arts in Economics Southern Methodist University 1972 Master of International Management Thunderbird School of Global Management 1973 Guest lecturer at the: American Management Association Texas Society of CPAs. University of Houston University of Miami University of Texas Tel. (1) 832-878-4614 wgehle@internationaldiligence.com |
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE
corporate advisory firm, to assist companies in the evaluation, development
and financing of international and domestic projects and opportunities. He
worked on a wide range of projects for clients in the U.S., Mexico, Canada,
Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
- Chip Gehle is a cross-cultural executive with 35 years' experience in domestic
and international business development, corporate and institutional lending,
trade and project finance, joint ventures, acquisitions, divestitures and
workouts.
He grew up in New York City, Santiago, Chile, Washington DC, Mexico City,
Mexico, and Bogotá, Colombia. During these formative years he developed a
strong interest in international relations and business, and fluency in Spanish.
After completing his college and post-graduate studies, he joined the Chase
Manhattan Bank in New York City and completed the bank's intensive
Global Credit Training Program. He later held international and domestic
corporate lending positions with money-center and regional banks including
Southeast Bank, Citibank, InterFirst Bank, The Irving Trust Company and
Citicorp. His responsibilities included corporate and institutional lending
throughout Latin America, trade and project finance worldwide, and workout
and turnaround situations.
corporate advisory firm, to assist companies in the evaluation, development
and financing of international and domestic projects and opportunities. He
worked on a wide range of projects for clients in the U.S., Mexico, Canada,
Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
In 1999, he joined Enron Engineering & Construction Company to manage the
due diligence and approval processes for Enron's international and domestic
engineering and construction business. After Enron’s bankruptcy, he was
retained as a “key employee” to manage the workout of several joint ventures
in Mexico, to sell certain companies and assets, and to settle project owner
and subcontractor claims through the bankruptcy process.
In 2005 he resumed his consulting business through IDF. Recent consulting
assignments have included acquisition searches, due diligence, strategic
equity sourcing, development of business plans and corporate information
memoranda.