Biographies
 
Biographies

 

 

Christian Langaard
clangaard@euro-latin.com

  • Founder and Managing Director of Euro-Latin.
  • 15 years of international investment banking experience at Credit Suisse First Boston
    and Banque Paribas.
  • Managed Paribas’ business development efforts and offices in the South
    American region.
  • Built leading franchise and highly profitable investment banking operation.
  • Structured and managed numerous large and sophisticated transactions in the
    region, including IPOs, privatizations, M&A and corporate finance advisory
    mandates and equity and debt capital markets transactions.
  • Chairman of the Board of Marcuard Asset Management Latin America.
  • Partner and Member of the Board of Directors at Marcuard Holding.
  • MBA, Finance & International Business, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of
    Management, Northwestern University.
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Luis German Fernandez
Associate Director
lgf@euro-latin.com

  • 20 years of international investment banking experience at Banco Mariva.
  • Managed Mariva’s international and local business development.
  • Built a leading and high profitable commercial strategy that included the
    investment banking operation.
  • Structured and managed, in partnership with international investment banks,
    numerous large and sophisticated transactions in Argentina, including IPO’s,
    M&A and corporate finance advisory mandates.
  • Developed and managed debt and equity capital market divisions, a Pension
    Fund Management Company, a Retirement Insurance Company.
  • Partner and former Member of the Board of Directors at Banco Mariva, former
    President of the Board of Directors at a leading Brockerage House, former
    Partner of a leading Leveraged Buy Out Fund.
  • Public Accountant, University of Buenos Aires.
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Peter Davenport
Associate Director

  • Founder and Managing Partner of The Axxon Groups since 1992.
  • More than 10 years as CEO of leading Private Equity firm, with a track record unmatched in Argentina (25%+ compounded IRR).
  • 15 years of operating experience with Corning Inc. in US, Brazil and Europe.
  • Founder, CEO and President of REL Consulting (U.S).
  • Chairman of Barugel Azulay and Colorin.
  • Member of the Board of Burger King, Papel Misionero, Demibell (Caro Cuore), GIASA.
  • MBA, New York University.
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Sven Engevik
Associate Director
se@euro-latin.com

  • Prior to Euro-Latin Capital, contracted for one year to establish an investor relation department in the Argentinean oil company Trefoil (Buenos Aires head office) listed at Oslo Stock Exchange, managed all the routines and procedures to secure compliance with the regulations.
  • More than six years transaction experience:
    • Senior advisor at Oslo Stock Exchange, responsible for new listings, among others SeaDrill, Aker, Aker Yards, Aker Drilling, Deep Sea Supply, Consafe Offshore, Eastern Drilling.
    • In addition, company responsibility for approx. 30 companies, hereunder Statoil, Aker Group, Pan Fish, Fjord Seafood, SeaDrill (+ Smedvig), Eastern Drilling and inspection of prospectuses and offer documents (share issue etc.).
    • Part of the financial due diligence team at PricewaterhouseCoopers Transaction Service and an Analyst at Handelsbanken Securities, Corporate Finance
  • Master of Science (MSc) in Finance and Master of Business and Economics, Norwegian School of Management.
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Viviana Maisterra
Senior Associate
vm@euro-latin.com

  • Five years of private equity experience as Associate at AIG Capital Partners for the Southern Cone Fund, based in Buenos Aires.
  • Participated in the investment process, identification and proposal of investment opportunities, due-diligence processes and transaction closings. Monitoring of some AIG Capital Partners’ transactions in Latin America and report to head office in New York.
  • Key transactions closed include:
    • Disco Supermarkets, where AIG Capital Partners integrated a consortium with Cencosud and other private equity funds to acquire Disco Supermarkets chain from Ahold.
    • Easy-Mail, AIG invested to acquire a telecommunication company operating in Argentina and Uruguay
  • Studied Business Administration at University of Buenos Aires.
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