Mark joined YAC over seven years ago and brings more than 30 years of experience advising governments, institutions, and companies on funding and strategic transactions valued at over $6 billion. He began his career as a lending officer at Irving Trust - Bank of New York before moving into investment banking with the BGN–Credit Suisse First Boston advisory team, then the #1 M&A ranked advisor in Argentina over a decade. He later helped in the launch of Cohen SA’s public-market structured-finance unit, which achieved a #3 market ranking. He was also involved with the IDB, KPMG and Natural Resources S.A. He holds a BA from Georgetown University and earned his MBA with honors from Columbia Business School. In academia he taught courses in Corporate Finance at the Master level at the Universidad Nacional de Asuncion and classes at the UBA and Universidad Palermo. He is bilingual in English and Spanish, with working knowledge of Portuguese and a familiarity with French. FINRA Series 63 and 79 licensed.