Our team
Sylvain Mercier
35 years of experience in Commercial and Investment Banking, the last 15 years at Board level. Began his career in Scotia Bank Canada and took on progressively challenging positions in Canada, Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East. Since 1997 he has concentrated his efforts in Eastern Europe, principally Romania where he led the start up of the Raiffeisen Bank Group as CEO and Country Head and where he subsequently led the local M&A advisory team for Erste Bank Group in their EUR 3,7 Bio. acquisition of the Romania Commercial Bank (BCR). He currently heads up the firm focused on the needs of clients wishing to create new entities or acquire, re-structure and re-position existing entities within emerging and transitional economies. Since 2000, the firm has undertaken mandates with leading financial groups in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia.
Catalin Voloseniuc
26 years of experience in Commercial Banking, Investment Banking and Asset Management. He started his career at the Romanian Central Bank, worked for Creditanstalt (Bank Austria) in Romania and DEPFA BANK, DEKA BANK and COMMERZBANK in the United Kingdom. While based in London, he acted as head of CEE Loan Origination. He also set up and directed a Romanian based money market, open ended fund for foreign investors in 2004-2007 that exceeded EUR 100 Million, in size. Since joining the firm in 2014, he has been engaged in acquiring mandates within the financial sector related to the deleveraging and consolidation of the Romanian banking sector. He was awarded a BSc. in Mathematics from Bucharest University and an Advanced Management Program Degree from Harvard Business School.
Dennis Govan
35 years in international financial services as CEO, NED, advisor to the board and consultant across multi-disciplined businesses. He started his career in Lloyds Bank Plc and subsequently led investment, corporate and retail businesses in the UK, Europe, USA, Middle East and the Caribbean with responsibility for multi jurisdictions.Served as chair and member of numerous committees including: Investment, Credit, ALCO, Audit, Remuneration, IT, Operations, Country Management (Corporate Governance & Risk).He is an Associate of The Institute of Taxation, UK – ATII, Member of The Chartered Insurance Institute, UK – CERT PFS (FPC/MAQ) and successfully completed the Bank Leadership Programme “Exec MBA” at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania.
Florentina Dutu
18 years of Commercial Banking experience. Started her banking career in the Raiffeisen Bank Group in Romania. Joined the firm in 2000 with the initial responsibility for setting up the Romanian subsidiary. Undertook progressively important assignments within the financial sectors of Romania and other CEE countries. She currently heads up the firm’s organisational practice. She has been awarded an MS. International Private & Public Law from the Hyperion University, Bucharest Romania and an MA in English and French language and literature from the University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.