Bio

Fernando joined Stanton Road Partners in 2021 and has nearly 10 years’ experience in investment banking and corporate advisory. Fernando’s advisory experience includes public and private M&A transactions, strategic advisory and public/private capital raisings. Prior to joining Stanton Road Partners, Fernando worked at Goldman Sachs in Sydney and London and Grant Samuel. Fernando’s recent advisory roles include: advising Atom on its sale to Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), advising Compare Club on its partnering transaction with Next Capital, advising Pacific Equity Partners on the sale of Evolution Healthcare, Mortgage Choice on its scheme of arrangement with REA, Adamantem Capital on its acquisition in the carbon credit sector, Pemba Capital Partners on the acquisition of Arteva Funding and Next Capital on the acquisition of SilverChef. Other selected transactions include advising Greenstone on its partial sale to CDPQ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia on various equity and debt capital raisings, Amedeo on its equity capital raising from Pine Brook Capital, Goldman Sachs on its sale of Rothesay Life to Blackstone, GIC and Mass Mutual and Santander on the partial sale of its asset management business to Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic. Fernando has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S.E. in Operations Research & Financial Engineering from Princeton University. Fernando also served as an infantry officer in the United States Army prior to commencing his investment banking career.