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> About
Nexos > The Principals & Staff
Nexos has assembled a core
senior management team with complementary backgrounds and experience:
Eduardo
Bohórquez - Principal
Justo
Frías - Principal
John
McIntire y Salazar - Principal
Joseph
J. Vadapalas - Principal
Other Nexos staff members are:
Yi Tsai -
Executive Director
Andres
Castillo - Associate
Jonelle
Massop - Analyst
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Eduardo Bohórquez -
Principal
Mr.
Bohórquez was previously CEO of WestSphere Capital LLC,
a private equity firm focusing on investment in U.S. and Latin
American middle market companies.
In this position Mr. Bohórquez sourced, closed and monitored investments
for WestSphere’s various funds. WestSphere completed a $50 million U.S.
investment program. He sat on the board of directors of many of the U.S. funds’ portfolio
companies, including Southern California Food Services Inc., and Automated
Detection Systems Inc.
Prior to WestSphere, Mr. Bohórquez was a Managing Director of Chase
Investment Bank and a Vice President and head of the Corporate Finance Group
of Chase Manhattan Capital Markets of Puerto Rico. He created an international
product development group at Chase for multinational clients and worked with
the bank's mergers and acquisitions area on transactions in both the U.S. and
Latin America.
Mr. Bohórquez holds a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin,
an M.S. from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Finance and International
Business from the University of Wisconsin.
From 1982 to 1986, Mr. Bohórquez was adjunct professor at Columbia University
Graduate School of International and Public Affairs.
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Justo Frías - Principal
Mr.
Frías was until recently President and CEO of Gigante
USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mexican retailer Grupo
Gigante S.A. de C.V. He initiated and led the expansion of Gigante
retail grocery operations in the Los Angeles area. Until 1998,
Mr. Frías was Vice President of Grupo Gigante S.A. de
C.V. where he was responsible for managing all aspects of Gigante’s
220 retail store operations, including corporate functions such
as real estate and human resources.
Prior to Gigante, Mr. Frías started his own retail chain in Washington
and Oregon, which he subsequently sold. He began his career at Safeway, where
he rose to the level of Country President of Saudi Arabia and Jordan. His responsibilities
included initiating operations in those countries and developing relationships
with local owners and suppliers.
He attended the University of Maryland, where he concentrated in Aerospace
Engineering. Mr Frías is based in Nexos’ Los
Angeles office.
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John McIntire y Salazar -
Principal
Mr.
McIntire retired in 2004 as a Partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co,
where he headed all of the Latin American businesses of that
firm. He has more than 25 years experience as a capital markets
specialist and investment banker, the last 12 years of which
were focused on Latin America. Under his leadership, Goldman
Sachs’ Latin American businesses achieved record profitability
and industry leading positions in the advisory and financing
areas. Before managing the Latin region at Goldman Sachs, Mr.
McIntire was co-head of the Global Emerging Markets Group and
a senior capital markets advisor to private and public sector
clients.
Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. McIntire was a Director in the U.S. equity capital
markets area at CS First Boston, where he managed IPOs, secondary offerings
and related transactions for U.S. and international companies. He began his
career as a corporate finance specialist at The Chase Manhattan Bank, where
he worked with Nexos Principals Bohórquez and Vadapalas.
Mr. McIntire is a member of the U.S.-Mexico Binational Council, the New America
Alliance and is a Global Advisory Board member of Endeavor, the leading non-profit
organization promoting entrepreneurship in Latin America.
A native of Cuba, he is a graduate of Princeton
University with a BA in economics.
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Joseph J. Vadapalas - Principal
Mr.
Vadapalas was previously Chief Investment Officer of WestSphere
Capital LLC, a middle- market private equity firm focusing on
investment in U.S. and Latin American companies. He was responsible
for structuring, analyzing, financing, closing and monitoring
financial performance of the Fund’s investments. Mr. Vadapalas
also developed WestSphere’s investment management team
that successfully carried out a U.S. middle market consolidation
strategy. Mr. Vadapalas sat on the board of directors of all
WestSphere’s U.S. portfolio companies, including Medical
Laboratory Network, Southern California Food Services Corp and
Automated Detection Systems Inc.
Mr. Vadapalas previously worked at The Chase Manhattan Bank on a variety of
Caribbean and Latin American transactions, from acquisitions and project financing
to restructurings. He was a Director in Chase Manhattan Capital Markets and
a Vice President of The Chase Manhattan, N.A.
Prior to Chase, Mr. Vadapalas was with Atlantic Richfield Company's Research
and Development Group where he performed economic and technical evaluations
of new and existing petrochemical technologies at the company’s Texas
and California facilities. He also participated in the start-ups of major operating
facilities.
Mr. Vadapalas holds a B.S. in chemical engineering and a B.A. in chemistry
from the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a Masters in Public and
Private Management from Yale University.
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Yi Tsai - Executive
Director
Mr.
Tsai is an Executive Director of Nexos and
is primarily responsible for analyzing, structuring, financing,
closing and monitoring portfolio investments. Previously, he
was an Executive Director of CIBC Capital Partners, responsible
for overseeing sponsored private equity funds targeting Brazil,
Eastern Europe and Australia. Prior to joining CIBC in February
2001, Mr. Tsai was an executive of BRM Capital (a venture firm
with $300M under management) and WestSphere Capital, where
he worked closely with Nexos’ Principals
Bohórquez and Vadapalas from 1992 to 2000. Mr. Tsai
worked on all the deals related to WestSphere’s U.S.
track record, with particular focus on MLN.
Before WestSphere, Mr. Tsai held positions of increasing responsibility with
various multinational organizations including a Big Four accounting firm.
Mr. Tsai is a CPA and holds a BS in Accounting from National Chung-Hsing University
and an MBA in Finance from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead
School of Management.
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Andrés Castillo - Associate
Mr.
Castillo is an Associate of Nexos and primarily
responsible for screening potential investment opportunities,
conducting due diligence, industry research, assisting in structuring
and executing financings, and monitoring portfolio companies.
Previously, he was part of the corporate finance team at WestSphere
Capital, monitoring the Fund's investment portfolio, assisting
in capital raising efforts, and developing financial models,
valuations and offering memorandums.
Mr. Castillo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Pennsylvania
State University.
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Jonelle Massop - Analyst
Ms.
Massop is an Analyst of Nexos with responsibility
for providing analytical and due diligence support, maintaining
private equity, corporate and investor contacts and management
of the New York office.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Technology from
Clarkson University and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Sports Business
at New York University.
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