Summary of Experience

Areas of Expertise:
• Team Lead (P&L management)
• Entrepreneur & Consulting (setup of startups to VC funding)
• Mergers & Acquisitions and corporate and sovereign debt raising

• Strong experience in:
• Setup and development of startups
• VC funding of startups
• Advisory on buying and selling companies
• Industry focus: tech and internet for various industries

Some Achievements:
• Springwater Capital: identification of potential startup investments and advisory on developing their businesses – over 800 startups identified in pipeline in 15 months
• Springwater Capital: management of all elements of the financial management of the Group, investments & divestments
• Consenda: setup of business and business development to major and small to medium sized newspapers
• Advisory to VC funds on their startup investments
• Led multimillion dollar M&A transactions in various countries and raised billions in corporate, sovereign and multilateral funding, including over $900 million raised for the African Development Bank.

Other relevant experience:
• Co-Founder and Co-Editor of the leading Spanish-language financial news web site for 10 years (2005-2015), reaching almost one million unique readers per month
• Advisor to various startups
• Active with the IE Business School Entrepreneurial program
• Advisor to Produktif – a non-profit developing affordable and sustainable modular housing with zero carbon footprint