About the Authors

KEITH ALLMAN is an investment manager at Bamboo Finance, a private equity fund that invests in for-profit, commercially viable companies that provide a good or service that beneficially impacts the lives of low-income individuals. Mr. Allman is primarily responsible for generating new investment opportunities and managing existing investments. In addition, he manages the risk-monitoring process of the portfolio. Previously, Mr. Allman was the director of analytics and modeling at Pearl Street Capital Group, where he focused on private equity fund of funds, capital relief transactions, and venture debt funds. He also founded Enstruct, which services clients worldwide in capital markets and equity valuation, distressed valuation, and quantitative-based training. His analytical training originated at Citigroup, where he modeled structured products for their conduits and eventually emerging market transactions for its Principal Finance group. He has published three books with John Wiley & Sons, including Modeling Structured Finance Cash Flows in Excel: A Step-by-Step Guide, Reverse Engineering Deals on Wall Street: A Step-by-Step Guide, and Corporate Valuation Modeling: A Step-by-Step Guide. He is also an active volunteer for Relief International, for which he provided on-the-ground training for credit analysts at microfinance institutions in the Middle East. He is currently a director on Relief International's board. He holds bachelor's degrees from UCLA and a master's ...

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