our team
William A. Delphos, Founder and Managing Director
Under Mr. Delphos leadership, Delphos International has grown to serve over 600 clients in more than 50 emerging market countries. His extensive network and experience in both the public and private sectors make him an invaluable negotiator, facilitator, and creator of partnerships. Prior to founding the company in 1987, Mr. Delphos was Senior Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He also held a number of positions with Gould Inc., including Managing Director of International Operations. He is a nationally recognized speaker on the use of government resources for international business and has published numerous books on the subject (see Publications). He received his MBA from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he is an Emeritus Trustee.
Linda S. Habgood, Director
Ms. Habgood has spent her entire career in credit
and finance. Based on her experience as a banker, advisor and principal,
her forte lies in underwriting and structuring transactions to meet the
needs and requirements of all capital contributors. Ms. Habgood has led
Delphos International's International Project Finance Advisory Group since
1998, and in that capacity works with a diverse domestic and international
client base to design and arrange innovative financial solutions. She
has arranged hundreds of millions of dollars in long-term, limited recourse
debt financing and equity for private investors, and has visited, performed
due diligence and worked on financings in 70 countries. Previously, Ms.
Habgood was a senior project finance officer at the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation and a corporate finance banker specializing in secured lending
and leveraged leasing for Chase Manhattan Bank, NA. She received her MBA
from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Svetoslav Gatchev, Vice President
Mr. Gatchev has been with Delphos International since
January 1997 and has worked on many high-profile power, telecom, and other
financings in the global emerging markets, including the $1.3 billion
AES
Maritza East 1 — one of the largest project financings
in Central and Eastern Europe. A native of Bulgaria, Mr. Gatchev also
speaks English and Russian. He received his MBA at New York University's
Stern School of Business (class valedictorian) and graduated summa cum
laude from Washington College.
Todd Morath, Vice President
Since joining Delphos in 1999, Mr. Morath has worked
with a wide range of clients including upstream and downstream oil &
gas, telecommunications, power, and agribusiness at all stages of the
project cycle. Mr. Morath is based in Malaysia where he leads the origination
and execution of project financings for the firm in the Asia-Pacific region.
Before joining Delphos International, Mr. Morath worked in various positions
in the Market and Trade Economics division of USDA's Economic Research
Service, at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and at the World
Bank. He speaks Spanish, French, Czech and Russian, and has a MA in International
Economics and Eastern European Studies from SAIS (Johns Hopkins University),
and a BA with Honors from Brown University.
Associates:
Andrew Brown
Robert Jaspersen
Brian Tarmey
Analysts:
Andrew Ciarfalia
Niki Doshi
Subba Yerra
Office Manager:
Lita Ledesma