Edward Bodmer

Edward Bodmer provides financial and economic consulting services to a variety of clients, he teaches professional development courses in an assortment of modeling topics (project finance, M&A, and energy) and delivers courses for the University of Texas.

His consulting activities include developing complex project finance, corporate and simulation models, providing expert testimony on financial and economic issues before regulatory agencies, and advisory services to support merger and acquisition projects. In addition, Professor Bodmer has been involved in formulating significant government policy related to electricity deregulation; he has prepared models and analyses for the Asian Development Bank; he has evaluated energy purchasing decisions for many corporations; and, he has provided advice on corporate strategy. Professor Bodmer has taught customized in-house courses for Shell Oil, General Electric, HSBC, Citibank, CIMB, Lindlakers, Saudi Aramco and many other energy and industrial clients.

As part of his consulting activities, Professor Bodmer has created a wide variety of models for energy companies, investment banks, commercial banks and government agencies. Recent assignments include analysis of project financing of renewable energy projects in the USA; analysis of infrastructure for the Karachi Port Trust; credit analysis of a toll road; and consideration of a framework to finance merchant power plants. Professor Bodmer has constructed a unique framework for electricity price forecasting and valuation using production cost modeling techniques combined with option price theory and Monte Carlo simulation. Along with the consulting experience, he has taught specialized courses in financial modeling, electricity pricing, option valuation, mergers and acquisitions, and contracting.

Professor Bodmer was formerly Vice President at the First National Bank of Chicago where he directed analysis of energy loans and also created financial modeling techniques used in advisory projects. He received an MBA specializing in econometrics (with honors) from the University of Chicago and a BSc in Finance from the University of Illinois (with highest university honors). He has authored many articles and is in the process of completing a textbook on valuation and modeling. Professor Bodmer was born in Manchester, England and currently resides in Chicago.