Director Corporate Finance

Robbie Woodford

Master in Economics & Strat. Management. Universities in the Netherlands and Dublin. Working experience at ING and CapitalMind. Experience in M&A & finance >8 years, National and international. Joined M&A Worldwide Amsterdam in 2017.

Industry Experience:

Luxury goods; Retail and franchising; Textile & clothing; Trade; Transport & logistics; Wholesale.

Chairman - Bordeaux

Isabelle Arnaud-Despreaux

26 years experience in M&A advisory (5 years in leading M&A bank institution, 5 years at EY corporate Finance) + 2 years in strategy consultancy.

Managed more than 100 transactions ranging from large caps (ex France Telecom, Disney, etc) to small caps.

Leader of the Transports & Logistics Industry Group.

Industry experience:

Advertising, PR & marketing; Aerospace & defense; Agriculture; Beverages; Education and training; Information technology; Leisure; Life sciences; Luxury goods; Recycling; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Telecom; Trade; Wholesale.

Associate

Rodrigo Althoff

Associate at Galapagos Cypress since 2019, having worked and led M&A and debt-raising deals as well as evaluation projects in a number of industries, mainly logistics, fintechs, technology, urban mobility and infrastructure.

Industry experience:

Energy & renewables; Financial services; Healthcare; Information technology; Transport & logistics.

Member of Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.

Managing Partner

Carlos Carvalho

More than 20 years of experience in M&A, Corporate Finance, Strategy, Retail, and Financial  Services. Coordinated several Corporate Finance projects in Portugal, Spain, Angola, France, England, Poland, and the US. Vertical specialization.

Industry experience:

Financial services; Retail and franchising.

Member of Financial Services & Logistic & Transportation Industry Groups.

Partner

Wolfgang F. Fink

Ph.D., M.B.A., and Industrial Engineer. CEO and CFO in private firms and major corporations: Blumenbecker, IMI Norgren,
Cooper Crouse-Hinds; manager in Siemens and ABB. Valuation of acquisitions shares and asset transactions, integration. 

Industry expertise:

Building & construction; Electronics; Engineering.

Business Analyst

Michal Gibala

Has professional experience in marketing data analytics and digital marketing strategy. Now, he begins his career in M&A as Business Analyst at JP Weber and is also pursuing a Master’s Studies in Finance.

Managing Director

Eric Oganesoff

President and CEO, TracerNET, Inc.

CEO, GreenStone Industries, Inc.

President, Washington Resources Group, Inc.

White House appointment to NASA.

Industry expertise:

Aerospace & defence; Building & construction; Energy & renewables; Government; Information technology; Telecom.

Director of Business Development

Salvador Serra

Director of Business Development (ArsCorporate): September 2024 – Current Job

Sales & Marketing Manager (MST Holding). Barcelona. October 2021 – August 2024

Mission: Yearly Sales and Marketing Plan definition and execution. BPO’s international new business development within key strategic industries (automotive, banking, consumer electronics, healthcare and tourism).
Manage a Sales and Marketing Team: goal setting, motivation, coaching, problem-solving, support and joint visits to Key Accounts.
Achievements: +6M € new business recurring business after 2 years.

Client Delivery Manager at CPM International (Omnicom Group). Barcelona. May 2015 – October 2021

Mission: develop existing key accounts and generate new business. Successfully supported Inside Sales and Customer Service projects in fast-paced environments, leading some of the company’s most important campaigns
Main projects: I have been managing 5 major projects (Agilent Technologies, Intel, Shared Services, ViaVan and Harley Davidson) generating more than 5M € revenues yearly
Project related tasks: Operations support, Client Management, Finance (P&L forecast creation and reviews), Sales and Marketing (creating and participating in new business quotes and pitches)
Achievements: the Agilent project has received the following ECCSA (European Contact Centre and Customer Service Awards) awards: finalists as “Best Team of the Year 2018”, “Best Partnership 2019”, “Customer Centric Project 2021”

Customer Satisfaction Programs in After Sales at SEAT S.A.. Barcelona. September 2012 – April 2015

Mission: led the design and development of Customer Satisfaction Programs in After Sales
Project related tasks: worked cross-functionally to implement those programs (Quality, Marketing, Technical Support, Customer Care, Sales and Warranty department)
Project-related tasks: ongoing support to the importer’s network: market status analysis (Customer Satisfaction, Phantom Tests and Auditing KPIs), root-cause analysis, action plan proposal and agreed measures monitoring
Achievements: 95% Customer Satisfaction KPI targets achievement within the International importer’s network. Importers network satisfaction with our support: average score of 4,2 out of 5.

Industry Experience:

Automotive; Business services; Electronics; Information technology; Wholesale.

Executive Director

Mark Steed

Joined Armillary Private Capital as an Executive Director, after a 37-year banking career, initially in the UK with Barclays and subsequently in New Zealand with Westpac New Zealand Limited. From 1995, led and cultivated high performing teams at Westpac NZ’s Corporate Banking, Leveraged Finance (Private Equity funded investments including M&A, MBO/I’s), Property Finance, and more recently Agribusiness, Commercial and Business Banking. These teams have been specifically responsible for providing banking solutions to the Primary, Corporate, Property and Business sectors and clients whilst supporting strategic growth and development of the bank’s key strategic priorities and development through programmes of transformation, continuous improvement, and operating within acceptable Risk and Regulatory parameters.

Transformation programmes include Customer Insight, Customer Acquisition, People Development and Capability, Digital Transformation, Service Leadership through Sales Force Effectiveness, Productivity and Cost Management, and Infrastructure Development. As the former Head of Business Banking at Westpac NZ, along with a leadership team, led teams ranging from 25 specialists to 500 banking generalists throughout NZ who work closely with clients and stakeholders that range from Commercial through to Corporate and Institutional customers delivering solutions and advice to help them succeed today and be well placed for tomorrow’s opportunities. Responsibilities have included providing a Business Banking strategy a subset of the Westpac NZ and Institutional & Business Banking strategy.

Extensive experience working with clients and leading teams in Corporate, Property Finance Commercial, Agribusiness and Business Banking and first-line Risk in New Zealand. A broad appreciation of the changing landscape, challenges and sources of competitive advantage in running these teams. Customers show enthusiasm for emerging digital technologies and operating efficiencies, and financial services remain an industry built on similar levels of change, evolution and relationships that I have nurtured and led the Westpac Business Banking team in not only transforming, building and maintaining solid relationships with their customers in ever-changing times (particularly during Covid). All along delivering consistent results across all performance metrics in particular, refining first line Risk Management and Regulatory requirements across the respective distribution business.

Director

Koji Tauchi

MBA in Waseda Business School.
Over 30 years experience in consulting and economic research field.
Worked in the consulting firm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, focusing on cross-border alliance and M&A deals for mid-sized Japanese clients from various industries such as construction, global logistics, manufacturing etc.

Industry Experience:

Automotive; Building & Construction; Chemicals; Clean technology; Electronics; Energy & renewables; Engineering; Financial services; Food; Government; Healthcare; Life sciences; Real estate & facility management; Retail and franchising; Wholesale.

Member of the Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.