Operational Committee
Mateo is an investment banker with 25 years of experience. Mateo has been involved in numerous transactions with a total value in excess of US$ 10 billion.
His areas of expertise include natural resources (mining and hydrocarbons), infrastructure, agribusiness, and maritime and logistics sectors.
Mateo is currently Board Member of Macroconsult, Mapfre Perú Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros, Mapfre Perú Entidad Prestadora de Salud, Pastipan and Charlotte.
He served as Board Member of Macrocapitales SAFI (2015-2021), Castrovirreyna Compañía Minera (2001-2013) and Corporación Minera Castrovirreyna (2003-2013) and the Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Comisión Administradora de Carteras (2001-2003).
Mateo is an Economist graduated from the Universidad del Pacífico (Perú) and holds a MSc in Finance and Accounting from the London School of Economics (UK).
Many years of experience in medium-sized M&A-transactions.
Focus on advising shareholders, management teams, and investors on acquisitions, sales processes, and succession planning.
Head of the Business Services sector team of REACH.
M.Sc. in International Business from Maastricht University.
Alexander joined RIóN in 2005 as an Associate and since then he has successfully advised and closed transactions with over 65 customers in sell-side and buy-side mandates in the pharmaceutical, automotive, financial, business services, manufacturing, oil & gas, consumer and food & beverage sectors.
Since joining RIóN, Alexander has managed to close deals between family owned companies and large multinational companies, sold companies during restructuring processes, acquired subsidiaries of larger companies, and has advised 2 companies under Chapter 11 proceedings. Has also advised PE Funds in their exit of portfolio companies.
In order to fulfil client’s needs, Alexander has managed to find creative solutions to bridge valuation gaps, as well as other relevant differences and needs of counterparties, taking into account that family owners and large corporates have different or diverse objectives.
Prior to joining the firm, Alexander was an Associate at Aguilar Portilla y Asociados, S.C., a mid-market investment banking firm, where he successfully led various projects in the bottling, agribusiness, publishing, advertising and health care industries. Simultaneous with his responsibilities at Aguilar Portilla y Asociados, he was co-founder and regional manager at Secresi, S.C., a web-based company focused to follow up on creditors in the financial and industrial sectors.
- International MBA from Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School.
- BA in Business Administration, with honors, from Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA).
- Elaboration of reports in various International Arbitration proceedings, on behalf of the United Mexican States and the Dominican Republic.
Eirik joined Saga Corporate Finance in 2020.
Eirik has previous experience from RSM Norway where he worked with financial due diligence and valuation
