MANAGING DIRECTOR
20 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience
Former Vice-President at Goldman Sachs (M&A department, London)
Additional experience:
- Advisor to private equity fund Dolphin Capital Investors with investments in Europe and Latin America
Chief Financial Officer of regional groups in the aviation and manufacturing sectors in Latin America
Transaction experience in US, UK, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Australia
MA, University of Oxford
MANAGING DIRECTOR
20 years of strategy consulting and investment banking experience
Former Senior Manager at Mesoamerica and former Strategy Director at The Coca Cola Company (Central America, Caribbean, Andean Region)
Additional experience:
- Consultant at Bain & Company in Mexico City
Transaction experience in US, Latin America and Europe
Experience in structuring and raising private capital for companies
MBA, IESE Business School Barcelona
SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD
Our Senior Advisory Board features individuals with substantial track records as leaders in important business sectors in Latin America and beyond.
FAUSTO BEJARANO
Over 30 years of experience as a senior executive for multinational industrial companies in Latin America and EMEA
Former CEO Europe, Middle East and Africa and Former CEO Latin America at Aliaxis Group
- Former Managing Director for Latin America, General Cable and former Managing Director at Amanco
President of TEPPFA, the European Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association
MSc Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
GUSTAVO CARDENAS
Over 30 years of experience managing companies in the agroindustrial sector in Central America and the Caribbean
Former CEO, Central America and Caribbean at UPL Limited
- Former General Manager, Central America and Caribbean at Cerexagri B.V.
Expert in crop protection and related sectors in Latin America
MBA Interamerican University. Cornell Global Food & Agro Business Management Program
DEMIAN ESSER
Investment banker with 20 years of experience advising companies in M&A and financing
Co-founder and Partner of Pedralbes Partners an alternative investment firm based in Mexico City
- Former Director at Citigroup (M&A, London) with coverage of Transport and Services sectors
Former consultant at Accenture
MBA, IESE Business School
MARIO RIVERA
Leader in commercial and consumer banking segment in Central America with a total of 40 years of experience
17 years experience in senior management roles in the Banking sector
- Former CEO of Banco de Costa Rica, one of the largest banking groups in Central America with commercial, consumer and fund management banking operations
Board Member, Chamber of Commerce, Costa Rica
MBA Texas A&M University