Director at TAYSA Capital Partners. TAYSA is a leading boutique investment bank founded by ex-Lazard bankers that provides financial advisory services to clients and invests in venture capital and private equity in Latin America.Transactions executed in its first year include advising Sigma SAFI on the sale of two wind farms to Luz del Sur (China Three Georges) (c.US$ 400 MM, Peru); Equinor and Scatec on the sale of a solar plant to Central Puerto (117 MW, Argentina).

Investment Banking (M&A) Director in the Power, Energy and Infrastructure (PEI) sector for Latin America ex-Brazil and Mexico, based in Buenos Aires. Industries previously covered: FIG (banks & insurance), TMT (telecom & tech).Executed c.50 M&A, Debt Restructuring and Capital Raising transactions for an aggregate amount of c.US$ 25 Bn in 16 countries. Cross-border M&A deals, including deals involving counterparties within the region, as well as companies from USA, Europe and Asia.Main mandates in the PEI sector include advising the Colombian government on the splitting and sale of Electricaribe to EPM and a local consortium (US$2bn, Colombia), advising Sempra Energy on the sale of 83.6% of Luz del Sur to CYPC (China Three Gorges) (US$3.59bn, Peru), advising Sempra Energy on the sale of 100% of Chilquinta Energía to State Grid (US$2.23bn, Chile), advising YPF on the capitalization by GE of a 25% stake in YPF’s power generation subsidiary YPF Luz (US$310mn, Argentina), the acquisition of 42.5% of gas pipeline Electrogas by Portuguese group Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN) (US$180mn, Chile), the sale of ODS (IECSA) to the shareholders of Pampa Energía (Argentina), the increase of YPFB’s stake in Transierra (US$133mn, Bolivia), the sale of TOTAL's stake in TGN, GasAndes Argentina, and GasAndes Chile (Argentina, Chile).Main mandates in other industries include the acquisition and merger of BBVA Chile by Scotiabank Chile (US$3.2bn, Chile), the acquisition of Citi’s retail banking business by Santander Río (Argentina), the acquisition of RSA's LatAm operations by Suramericana (£403mn, 6 countries), the acquisition of AFP Cuprum by Principal Financial Group (US$1.5bn, Chile), the acquisition of Citi’s retail banking business by Ficohsa (Honduras), the sale of Banco Reformador to Colombia’s Grupo Aval (US$411mn, Guatemala), and the merger of Centro Financiero BHD with Grupo Financiero León (Dominican Republic).

Equity research, covering a selection of companies in the Telecom and Financial Institutions industries in Argentina.Research reports published to local clients, and to US clients through Lazard Capital Markets (NY).Responsible for formulating and updating views on share prices in an extremely volatile environment.

Equity Research outsourcing for top investment banks.Three years working with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch’s Global Head of Telecom Research, assisting in the coverage of stocks in the Canadian and American Cable & Telecom sector, as well as the development and publication of Global Telecom industry research reports, including highly-respected products across the telecom industry such as BofA-ML’s Global Wireless Matrix and the only three published issues of the Global Wireline Matrix.Building and maintaining valuation models, writing equity research reports, and in-depth research of specific sector issues in North America as well as on a global scale, in both developed and emerging markets. Topics researched cover triple play (cable, fixed telecom and broadband), mobile telephony and mobile broadband.

Intraday Trading on the NYSE, responsible for investing up to US$60,000.

University Library: Assisted the journals & magazines section for four years as part of scholarship. Tasks include web page creation, inventory, customer service (other students and professors), training of new staff.