Gaston Mauvezin

Gaston is a seasoned executive with 25+ years of experience in leadership positions having served as Chief Restructuring Officer, Chief Wind Down Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operations Officer, and Chief Financial Officer at firms  in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. He currently serves on the Board of Directors and as a member of several committees for both private and public companies.

Gaston has extensive experience in operational and financial restructuring and turnarounds, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate finance, as well as capital raising. He also has meaningful experience supporting international arbitration disputes, including matters involving complex commercial disagreements, cross‑border contractual conflicts, damages modeling, forensic valuation issues, and the management of multidisciplinary expert teams in high‑stakes proceedings. His work includes assisting counsel with strategic analysis, evidence development, and financial assessments that inform arbitration strategy and expert testimony

Throughout his career, Mr. Mauvezin has developed both in-depth functional expertise and a strong transactional acumen in the field. His outstanding achievements include:

• The reorganization of a major United States automotive OEM operation in South America for the manufacturing and distribution of cars and light trucks in Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela.
• The reorganization of a leading spirits manufacturer, which included disposing non-core assets (such as a cap manufacturing business and real estate properties) to focus on liquid and bottling capabilities.
• The turnaround and financial restructuring of a large housing developer during the Financial Crisis in 2008-09, including the renegotiation of credit lines in excess of $ 50 million and the reorganization of 13 projects.
• The planning, capital raising, development and operation (from start up to market leader in just under 5 years) of the largest forestry-industrial investment in Mexico, an investment in excess of $200 million.
• The development of one of the largest regional forestry portfolios, spanning some 50,000 acres across Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia, both through acquisitions, associations and green field developments.
• The post-merger integration process for the operation of a large multinational wine and spirits firm, allocating and integrating assets, brands, systems and teams to different acquirers.

Mr. Mauvezin holds an Industrial Engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He is also a Certified Computer Programming Analyst. Mr. Mauvezin is fluent in Spanish and English.