Board of directors
Thomas Cauchois, Chairman, Mr. Cauchois is a founder of FondElec
Capital Investors (“FondElecCI”) and has spent 12 years investing in global emerging
markets and twenty-two years in the global advisory and finance areas. FondElecCI
is an emerging markets private equity investment firm. Affiliates of FondElecCI
were early participants in investing in privatizations from Russia to Latin America
and successfully exiting, and managing about $150 million in direct investment
capital from a wide variety of instSanta Anitations, corporations and governmental
entities. Mr. Cauchois was on the Board of Cia Força e Luz Cataguazes-Leopoldina
in Brazil, and is on the Boards of Chispa Dos Inc. in El Salvador, and NexTep
in France. Prior to founding affiliates of FondElecCI, Mr. Cauchois was a Managing
Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Cauchois has an S.M. from the Sloan School
of Management at the Massachusetts InstSanta Anitate of Technology and an A.B.
from the University of California at Berkeley.
Alicia Návar Noyola, Mrs. Noyola's career has been centered on complex asset finance, including the energy and infrastructure sectors, working both in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Prior to founding FondElecCI and having a management role with its affiliates, she was Vice President for Latin America Development for Calpine Corporation, an affiliate of Electrowatt Ltd., a Swiss multi-national, and earlier was a partner in the law firms of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges and Lillick and Charles. Mrs. Noyola received her J.D. from Hastings College of the University of California, and a B.A. degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mark Abrams, Mr. Abrams` 30 year investment banking career includes his responsibilities as Deutsche Bank’s Head of Brazil Investment Banking (1999 – 2001), Head of Brazil Corporate Finance for Bankers Trust (1990 – 1999), executive positions at Bear Stearns (1988-1990) and BankBoston where he began his career in the areas of Latin American Management Reporting and the Comptrollers Office. In 2001 Mark formed investment banking boutique, Integritas Partners, which merged with Stratus Investimentos, a Brazilian venture capital and advisory group in 2005. Currently Mr. Abrams is a senior advisor to Stratus and Sr. VP for International Development for Boys Hope Girls Hope a St. Louis based NGO that assists academically capable and motivated children-in-need in the US and Latin America. Mr. Abrams is a resident of Brazil. Mr. Abrams earned his MBA, with Honors, from the Garvin School of Management – Thunderbird in 1976 and a BA in Economics from the University of Connecticut in 1975.
Sanjay Pai, Mr. Pai has extensive experience in the areas of private placements, project finance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and cross border transactions. He has worked extensively in Europe, Latin America, North America and South East Asia. Mr. Pai holds an MBA and is also fluent in Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. In 2005, Mr. Pai founded the Monetae Group Inc. a privately held corporate finance boutique based in New York City, specializing in private placements in middle market sectors in the U.S., Europe, Brazil and India. His vision for Monetae Group is to build upon his 20+ years experience in the financial industry worldwide to provide tailor made solutions to both private and publicly held mid-market companies, who are seeking expansion capital to build upon existing operations or to develop new lines of business. Through his career, Mr. Pai has developed extensive relationships with domestic and international hedge funds, private equity and mezzanine funds.
Alicia Návar Noyola, Mrs. Noyola's career has been centered on complex asset finance, including the energy and infrastructure sectors, working both in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Prior to founding FondElecCI and having a management role with its affiliates, she was Vice President for Latin America Development for Calpine Corporation, an affiliate of Electrowatt Ltd., a Swiss multi-national, and earlier was a partner in the law firms of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges and Lillick and Charles. Mrs. Noyola received her J.D. from Hastings College of the University of California, and a B.A. degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mark Abrams, Mr. Abrams` 30 year investment banking career includes his responsibilities as Deutsche Bank’s Head of Brazil Investment Banking (1999 – 2001), Head of Brazil Corporate Finance for Bankers Trust (1990 – 1999), executive positions at Bear Stearns (1988-1990) and BankBoston where he began his career in the areas of Latin American Management Reporting and the Comptrollers Office. In 2001 Mark formed investment banking boutique, Integritas Partners, which merged with Stratus Investimentos, a Brazilian venture capital and advisory group in 2005. Currently Mr. Abrams is a senior advisor to Stratus and Sr. VP for International Development for Boys Hope Girls Hope a St. Louis based NGO that assists academically capable and motivated children-in-need in the US and Latin America. Mr. Abrams is a resident of Brazil. Mr. Abrams earned his MBA, with Honors, from the Garvin School of Management – Thunderbird in 1976 and a BA in Economics from the University of Connecticut in 1975.
Sanjay Pai, Mr. Pai has extensive experience in the areas of private placements, project finance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and cross border transactions. He has worked extensively in Europe, Latin America, North America and South East Asia. Mr. Pai holds an MBA and is also fluent in Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. In 2005, Mr. Pai founded the Monetae Group Inc. a privately held corporate finance boutique based in New York City, specializing in private placements in middle market sectors in the U.S., Europe, Brazil and India. His vision for Monetae Group is to build upon his 20+ years experience in the financial industry worldwide to provide tailor made solutions to both private and publicly held mid-market companies, who are seeking expansion capital to build upon existing operations or to develop new lines of business. Through his career, Mr. Pai has developed extensive relationships with domestic and international hedge funds, private equity and mezzanine funds.