OPIC Selects Alexandria Exim, LLC as Originator In Enterprise Development Network

July 12, 2012

(OPIC) WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, has selected Alexandria Exim, LLC, an investment and project finance consulting company, to serve as an originator for a growing alliance with the private sector designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) expanding into emerging markets overseas.

The alliance, the Enterprise Development Network (EDN), is expanding the ability of OPIC – the U.S. government agency charged with facilitating U.S. private sector investment in emerging markets – to provide financing to SMEs doing business in developing countries.

Through the support of financial institutions, business consultants, associations, law firms and regional investment promotion agencies, EDN is designed to enhance SME access to OPIC products and services. By empowering such service providers, the network is resulting in more efficient, cost-effective delivery of services to American businesses.

Alexandria Exim, LLC facilitates overseas investment by matching U.S. investors and corporations with host-country companies in emerging markets. It supports entrepreneurs seeking project finance by conducting market research, assessing investment potential, and developing project feasibility studies and business plans. Among its services: helping clients to obtain OPIC financing and political risk insurance; pre-qualifying investment projects; and preparing and submitting OPIC applications.

Alexandria Exim, LLC focuses on projects in the ASEAN economic community – Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam – as well as other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. It also targets investment projects in OPIC priority sectors, including sustainable agriculture; renewable energy; sustainable management of natural resources; housing and mortgage finance; microfinance; transportation infrastructure; water and sanitation; tourism; telecommunications; and medical equipment and hospital facilities.

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