Unicorn Strategic Partners has announced in a press release the appointment of Carlos Ravachi as a partner. Based in Miami, he will lead the firm’s US Offshore wholesale business and the institutional market in Colombia.
Ravachi spent almost nine years at Robeco in Miami where he led the US Offshore wholesale business and Latin America institutional business in Perú and Colombia.
“We are very proud to expand our team with such talented members like Ravachi. The partners who started this project 4 years ago – Florencia Bunge, Head of Wholesale Latin America; Eduardo Ruiz Moreno, Head of Institutional Business in Latin America; and Mike Kearns, Head of US Offshore – believe that investing in talent is the key to success”, commented David Ayastuy, managing partner at Unicorn Strategic Partners.
Prior to landing in Miami in 2013, Ravachi worked in the financial industry in his native Colombia. Between 2002 and 2013 he worked for Banco Finandina, Colombian pension manager La Previsora, Citi, HSBC and Credicorp Capital, according to his LinkedIn profile.
After welcoming Ravachi, Ayastuy pointed out that their goal is to become one of the leading distributors in the financial industry. In this sense, “we have partnered with prestigious asset managers such as Vontobel and BNY Mellon Investment Management for the US Offshore market, Muzinich&Co and Vontobel for the LATAM wholesale space; and Union Bancaire Privée AM, Muzinich&Co and La Financiere de L’Echiquier for the LATAM institutional market.”
Unicorn SP has expanded its team during the past two years. In addition to Ravachi, the latest members to join the team include several well-known industry professionals; Matías Paulsen from Larrain Vial, Gonzalo Viana from Compass Group, Maggie Cabrera from HSBC, Andres Casais from BNY Mellon, Roberto Paut from AFP Cuprum, and Milagros Silva from Legg Mason.