Javier Macaya is the founder and CEO of Athelera, LLC a New York and London based M&A boutique investment bank which he established in January 2000 (www.athelera.com).

Throughout his career Javier has represented clients in transactions valued over $20 billion, acting as financial advisor to many leading companies, entrepreneurs and family groups in the Americas and Europe with interests in the telecommunications, consumer products, media, retail and financial services industries.

Between 1996 and January 2000, Javier was a co-founder, partner and managing director of Violy, Byorum & Partners LLC, a Latin American-focused investment bank based in New York. Javier was one of four partners responsible for building the firm into an organization with over 100 employees and offices in New York, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Bogotá and Monterrey.

Between 1994 and 1996 Javier was an Associate at James D. Wolfensohn Incorporated, a New York based investment bank. At JDWI, Javier was one of an original two-person team responsible for building the firm's Latin American business which earned a top-five advisor ranking in the region.

Between 1991 and 1994 Javier was an Associate at JP Morgan's investment banking department. Javier graduated from the JP Morgan Corporate Finance Program.

He is a director of Compass Group, MPG USA and Fun & Basics. Javier also is on the board of Tufts University's Institute for Global Leadership.

Javier was educated in Spain, England, Switzerland and the United States. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University in 1991. He is a native of Spain and has three children.