James Alexis Mendez Padilla – Partner

• 15 years of experience in transaction advisory and private equity investments
• Co-founder of Thoreau Capital Partners in Brazil with whom Bloom still maintains close ties. Alex co-led a restructuring assignment as CFO and participated in advisory projects while he lived in Brazil for 2 years
• Previously, Associate at Long Point Capital, a private equity group with USD$350 million under management based out of New York
• Experience in M&A with Deloitte in New York and Harris Williams & Co. in San Francisco
• Additional experience with UBS and Morgan Stanley
• Alex graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Economics. Alex speaks fluent Spanish, English, Portuguese and conversational French

 

Brett Shisler – Director, New York Correspondent

• Brett serves as Bloom Capital's correspondent in New York for cross-border transactions and investments
• Eight years of experience advising middle-market and large cap companies on transactions and investments
• Currently Vice President at Gruppo, Levey & Co., a boutique investment bank in New York
• Previously, Associate at Quad-C Management, a leading middle-market private equity fund in New York
• Additional experience in the Leverage Finance Group of UBS Investment bank and the Corporate Strategy group at Deloitte
• Brett graduated summa cum laude from RPI and holds a Masters in International Finance from NYU's Stern School of Business

 

Elizabeth Bañuelos – Senior Associate

• Senior Associate at Bloom Capital in México
• Experience as an analyst for several multinational companies including Siemens VDO, Continental Automotive and BAC Credomatic
• Technical experience with various quantitative analyses
• Graduated from ITESM (Guadalajara) in Finance including a semester abroad at ICADE, University of Comillas in Madrid, Spain
• Master of Business Administration with a focus in Finance - Tec Milenio
• Elizabeth speaks Spanish, English and basic Italian

 

Carolina Lira – Analyst

• Junior Analyst at Bloom Capital in México
• Participation at academic projects focused on administration and enterprise valuation, project evaluation, and investment portfolios
• Graduated from ITESM Guadalajara Campus including a semester abroad at Angers, France focused on Business Administration
• Certification on Stock Markets by ITESM, AMIB figure 3 and a postgraduate program on Introduction to Business Management by IPADE
• Carolina Speaks Spanish, English and basic French