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GCG Advisors is a Financial Advisory Firm, founded in 2005, whose constant goal is to provide comprehensive financial services based on a philosophy focused on professionalism and excellence.
GCG Advisors has broad and significant experience in advisory and origination, as well as the design and structuring of public and private financing, with a special focus on executing capitalization solutions through local and foreign capital markets, in developed and emerging global markets —with special emphasis on the Andean markets of Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Panama in Latin America.
GCG Advisors is independent, which allows it to align its services with the objectives and interests of its clients, free of distortions in its analysis, recommendations and execution of financial and capitalization solutions.
Culture
Honesty
GCG Advisors centers its services exclusively on its clients' interests, free of conflicts of interest or bias.
Excellence
GCG Advisors focuses its work on a philosophy of preparation, dedication and respect for its clients, aiming for flawless execution.
Integrity
GCG Advisors assumes full responsibility toward its clients, with professional conduct guided by ethics.
Our Team
Managing Partner / Founder
Jose E. Gonzales
Has over 25 years of experience in Corporate Finance and Equity Research and Analysis in Global Developed and Emerging Capital Markets. Mr. Gonzales lead the joint Corporate Finance and Advisory Practice between GCG Advisors and Econoinvest Casa de Bolsa C.A. in Venezuela, achieving the most relevant origination and execution capital markets transaction recorded over the last two decades in Venezuela. Mr. Gonzales has been Managing Director of LW Asset Management in New York; Corporate Finance Director of Credit Lyonnais Securities New York and Director of Equity Research and Strategy for Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia -Global Emerging Markets. In 1996, Mr. Gonzales established the Equity Research and Investment Banking operations of ING Barings in Caracas. Between 1995 and 1996, he was Head of Equity Strategy for the Andean Pact for Nomura Research Institute in New York. Since 1992, Mr. Gonzales worked for Credit Lyonnais Securities in New York as Senior VP of Research for Latin America and in 1991 he established the Andean Pact Research effort for Barings Securities in New York. Mr. Gonzales has a BA in Communication Sciences from Universidad de Lima in Peru and a Master's Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York. Mr. Gonzales has done PhD studies in Sociology at the University of California at Berkeley.
Partner / Founder
Eduardo Crovato
Has over 20 years of experience in Corporate Finance and Equity Research and Analysis in Global Developed and Emerging Markets. Mr. Crovato was engaged in the Design and Structuring of Financial Product at the Corporate Finance and Advisory Practice of GCG Advisors, leading to multiple and benchmarking capital markets transactions in partnership with Econoinvest Casa de Bolsa C.A. in Venezuela. Mr. Crovato has been Head of Research and Structuring for LW Securities in Caracas; Associate for Enron Corporation in Houston; Associate for the Emerging Markets Corporate Finance Division of Credit Lyonnais Securities in New York; Senior Equity Analyst for BBO Servicios Financieros in Caracas and Equity and Credit Analyst for ING Barings in Venezuela. Mr. Crovato holds an MBA from The Sloan School of Management at MIT and a BA in Business Administration from the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas.
Partner
Luis Guillermo Sosa
Leads the Asset Management practice of GCG Advisors focusing in Real Estate, Technology and New Ventures and has more than 25 years' experience in Financial Institutions. He was Managing Director at Econoinvest Capital and Econoinvest Casa de Bolsa where he headed the joint venture in Corporate Finance with GCG advisors and was the Chairman of the Board at Seguros Carabobo in Venezuela. He worked for JP Morgan's Emerging Markets Group, as well as the Treasury of ING Bank Caracas Branch and BBO Servicios Financieros in Venezuela. Mr. Sosa has a degree in Economics from Universidad Católica Andres Bello in Caracas and holds a degree in Financial Specialization from IESA in Caracas. During 2012 he completed the Owner Management Program (OPM) at Harvard's Business School.