Bio's
Violy McCausland-Seve
CEO
Ms. McCausland-Seve has been successfully completing carrying out value-added transactions and providing advisory services for the past 30 years. She is recognized as the most successful banker on Wall Street focusing on Latin America. Furthermore, she has pioneered restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, and capital raising for Latin American companies, giving her the most hands-on experience in the region.
Over her career, Ms. McCausland-Seve has personally led more than US$65 billion in successful transactions, not including the transactions made by other members of teams she has led. Ms. McCausland-Seve has an extensive track record of structuring transactions such as mergers, divestitures, acquisitions, spin-offs, public and private [read more]
Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro
COO and Head of Corporate & Legal Affairs
Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro joined Violy & Company in 2005 and currently serves as the COO and Head of Corporate and Legal Affairs. He is also a Federal Attorney – Associate Attorney General for Brazil and a member of the Brazilian Bar Association, having received his law degree from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Mr. Ribeiro began his career as an investment banker [read more]
Philippe Gastone
Managing Director
A Managing Director with Violy & Company since 2008, Philippe Gastone has extensive experience in Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Development. He has acquired a strong cross-continent and cross-border experience in Europe, USA, and South and Central America. He has lead corporate development initiatives, acquisitions and divestitures in multiple industries [read more]
Juan Osorio
Director, Head of Business Development
Mr. Osorio is currently Director and Head of Business Development at Violy & Company. Prior to this he held several positions within the firm including Chief Operating Officer, and Country Manager for Colombia. Mr. Osorio has worked extensively in the Beverage, Packaging, Biofuels, Sugar and Media industries in Europe and Latin America. His work experience in these sectors includes [read more]
Angela Ortiz
Vice President
Angela Ortiz started at Violy & Company in 2007 and has since become a leader in generation and execution of projects in media, gaming, packaging, food, shipping, ports, payment systems, logistics, courier and paints and coatings sectors across Latin America. Before joining Violy & Company, Ms. Ortiz served as an Associate at Inverlink and an Analyst at Corredores Asociados, an [read more]
Andres Certain
Associate
Joining Violy & Company in 2006, Andres Certain advises on the legal implications of complex, cross-border transactions and has served in strategic analytic support of major transactions such as the sale of the largest sugar operation in Honduras for approximately US $100 million and the acquisition of VME Media by PRISA. Mr. Certain previously worked as a Senior Attorney at [read more]
Jorge Bonetti
Associate
Jorge Bonetti has worked in Violy & Company since 2009 and has been an integral member of the internal Prisa Team. Prior to joining Violy & Company, Mr. Bonetti worked as a financial analyst at Palm Fund, LLC in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Bonetti received a BS from Boston College and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Jorge Bonetti is passionate about [read more]
Juan Manuel Ordonez
Director
Juan Manuel Ordonez joined Violy & Company in May of 2004, and currently a Director at the firm. Mr. Ordonez has led investment banking transactions across Latin America in diverse industries such as pharmaceuticals, retail, financial services, logistics, petrochemicals, food / beverage, and packaging, for the last 7 years. Juan Manuel has helped to close transactions upwards of US$600 [read more]
Francisco J. Aduriz
Manager, V&Co Colombia Office
Director and General Manager of V&Co’s Colombia Office: Mr. Aduriz began as an Associate in August 2005, focused on several industries including financial services, supermarkets, dairy foods, chocolate, sugar confectionery, vegetable oils, slaughterhouses, packaging, construction, logistics and courier services, gaming and entertainment, chemicals / pharmaceuticals, urban [read more]
Juan Manuel Torrado
Associate
Mr. Juan Manuel Torrado joined Violy and Company in July 2008 after working in the Investor Relations Division at Ecopetrol S.A., and as Financial Analyst at Advance Consultores, developing consulting advisory to various companies in the areas of road concessions and developing financial appraisals. Juan Manuel also struck out as a professor of Macroeconomics and Finance at the Universidad de [read more]
Carlos Ortin Fernandez-Ordas
Analyst
Mr. Carlos Ortin Fernandez-Ordas has a Bachelor in Business Administration and Masters in finance by CUNEF with over 3 years of experience in investment banking. Carlos joined Violy & Co. in March 2011. Previously, Carlos worked at N+1 investment banking division in Madrid and, while he was studying his Master’s degree, Carlos worked as an intern at Banco Sabadell [read more]
Daniel Botero
Analyst
Daniel Botero joined the Violy & Company team in August 2010. He holds a B.S. in Economics with a minor in Business from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), where he is currently finishing his M.S. in Economics. Daniel also holds a Certificate in International Economics and Finance from Tilburg University (The Netherlands). He previously worked as Research Assistant and TA for the [read more]
Margarita Rodriguez
Chief of Staff
Margarita Rodriguez joined the Violy & Co team in June 2011 as Chief of Staff. Prior to joining the company, she worked for various contemporary art galleries and Artists’ Studios in New York, Paris and Bogota, including Hauser & Wirth, Yvon Lambert, and Atelier Julio LeParc. Ms. Rodriguez is also the founder and principal curator of Rincon Projects, a pop-up curatorial [read more]