Mario Covo is a founding partner of Finaccess International Inc. New York and has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of that company since 1999. Mr. Covo is also one of the founders of Columbus Advisors and the Columbus Group where he worked from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Covo was employed by Merrill Lynch as Head of Emerging Markets-Capital Markets from 1989 to 1995. Previously he was employed by Bankers Trust Company as Vice President in the Latin American Merchant Banking Group from 1985 to 1989 focusing on corporate finance and debt-for-equity swaps. Prior to that Mr. Covo was employed as an International Economist for Chase Econometrics from 1984 to 1985 focusing primarily on Venezuela and Colombia. |