Bloom Capital team members in Mexico:
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