Michael Gerrard
Career
Michael holds an MBA from The American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and a B.A. in Finance from the University of Miami. Michael headed Latin American Capital Markets division at Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, before founding BroadSpan Capital.
Background
Mr. Gerrard is a co-founder of BroadSpan and the firm’s CEO. Mr. Gerrard has more than 30 years of experience as an investment banking advisor in Latin America and the Caribbean and has successfully led transaction teams in 15 countries. While at BroadSpan Mr. Gerrard has advised global and regional corporations, financial institutions and government entities in a variety of complex mergers, acquisitions and restructuring assignments throughout the region and across industry sectors. In addition to his other responsibilities, Mr. Gerrard heads BroadSpan’s Restructuring and Debt Advisory practice and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Board of Managers.
Prior to BroadSpan, Mr. Gerrard managed the Latin American Capital Markets division of Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of Barclays Bank PLC, where he was responsible for capital markets origination, structuring and execution in Latin America and the Caribbean. While with Barclays, Mr. Gerrard structured and executed over $3.5 billion of cross border financings for private and public sector issuers throughout the region via 33 competed transactions.
Mr. Gerrard is a member of the IIF’s Special Committee on Financial Crisis Prevention and Resolution and is a Member of the Board of Directors of Guardian Holdings Limited and Margaritaville Caribbean Ltd. He holds a B.A. in Finance from the University of Miami and earned his MBA. from The American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). He speaks English, Spanish and is proficient in Portuguese.
BroadSpan Capital is the exclusive Brazilian and Caribbean partner of Mergers Alliance
