1. Hometown: Cary, NC
2. Current city: Durham, NC
3. Current Role: Vice President at Albright Capital
4. How did your career start and what are some highlights? I spent one year in Bank of America’s capital markets group before returning to Georgetown to pursue the Master in Latin American Studies degree. Since graduating, I have worked at Albright Capital, where I invest in private equity and credit opportunities in emerging economies. It is perpetually interesting work through which I’ve had the privilege of traveling to Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe and more recently of serving on the board of one of our portfolio companies.
5. What is your favorite IBD memory? Through the IBD I was able to participate in a World Bank-led group study alongside five other IBD students. The study focused on the food/food services startup ecosystem in DC, and our group visited several businesses and nonprofits throughout the District and spent time with the owners/operators. I really enjoyed the camaraderie on that project.
6. How did your experience in IBD prepare you for your career? IBD prepared me holistically for a career international business. Not only did I gain a strong foundation in the particular challenges that businesses face in emerging economies, but also, and maybe more importantly, the political/economic context around those challenges and the soft skills required to do business in those economies. For example, I’ve reviewed plenty of opportunities in Brazil involving a company in court restructuring / a distressed asset, and especially early in my time at Albright it was helpful having a framework to analyze the political and economic causes for such a situation and who the major players were (e.g. a port concession facing claims from a public authority/counterparty).
7. What was your most memorable IBD course? I really enjoyed Prof. Ryan’s gateway course because it was basically a semester-long case study of my choosing: I (and others) applied the concepts that Prof. Ryan put forward to a specific company (in my case, Ambev). Prof. Senyuz’s investing in emerging markets course was similarly a fun semester-long case study at the macro level (in this case, I focused on whether to invest in equities indices in Chile as the country faced a presidential election).
