Bio

Eduardo Berdegué, Managing Director in CFA's San Antonio/Austin office, has over 20 years of investment banking, corporate finance and corporate development experience in the US and throughout Latin America. His career prior to joining CFA in 2011 includes 10 years as an investment banker with a boutique M&A advisory firm, 7 years in senior corporate positions in the media & telecommunication industries, and 5 years as director for business development in the Latin American region for multibillion dollar US environmental services company. Eduardo founded NEXXO Consulting, an investment banking firm dedicated to advising and representing privately held firms in Texas in ownership transfer processes including recaps, rollups, and outright sales. NEXXO also assisted firms in the healthcare sector with strategic development in light of the regulatory changes affecting the industry. As general manager of the largest media group in his native Bolivia, Eduardo was instrumental in the group's growth through acquisitions of additional TV and radio stations, and in its subsequent sale to a European media conglomerate. Prior to that, as director of business development, Latin America, for Waste Management International, Eduardo was in charge of planning and coordinating the execution of the company's participation in service bids and acquisitions throughout the region. Eduardo traveled extensively throughout Latin America, and held residence in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, and Bolivia. Eduardo has a BA in Communications from Michigan State University and an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management where he attended as a Fulbright Scholar and was elected president of the student body. Eduardo currently holds FINRA Series 79 and Series 63 securities licenses as well as Texas Real Estate broker license.