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BUSINESSES LOCATED IN MEXICO AND LATIN AMERICA

Going forward returns can only be

achieved through true value creation.

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WHO WE ARE

Tempest is a mid-market private equity investment firm focused on high potential opportunities with sensible valuations located in Mexico and Latin America. We have a value focus with an activist approach.
 
Tempest has a proven track-record in identifying and partnering with leading entrepreneurs across industries.

WHO WE ARE

THE TEMPEST DIFFERENCE

Tempest is founded on the principle that change and uncertainty are to be embraced rather than avoided. We believe in directed, disciplined, resilient, ethical action. We construct concentrated high conviction portfolios in companies with clear competitive advantages and industry leading management teams.

 

Our organization believes that best practices are the minimum at which we shall perform. Strong governance, and transparency to our stakeholders is something they are entitled to.

ACTIVE VALUE INVESTING

The traditional approach to private equity is broken. Financial engineering has run its course. Returns must be achieved through true value creation. This can only take place when actively partnering and engaging with management teams that share the drive to performan and the highest ethical standards.

We generate value for our investors through a meticulous bottom-up approach that selects firms with structural advantages that provide downside protection while at the same time leveraging our internal and external capabilities for the benefit of portfolio companies.

 
These high conviction positions coupled with Kelly Criteria portoflio construction allow us to provide Margin of Safety to our investors within what we like to call an Active Value approach.
ADVISORY

ADVISORY SERVICES

Tempest Capital is a diversified financial advisory & private equity firm specialized in special situations. Tempest supports companies in optimizing capital structures, managing liabilities, and enhancing company value.Our identity is rooted in a client-centric philosophy and an activist approach, aligned with the highest international standards of corporate governance. We aim to drive the transformation of the organizations we support, generating sustainable value through strategic and operational improvements.

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TEMPEST TEAM

ADVISORS

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RICARDO FERNÁNDEZ JUNIOR
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

Ricardo founded Signal Capital after acquiring Hamilton Lane's operations in Brazil, which he led for 10 years. He was responsible for the entire Hamilton Lane strategy for Latin America, and for originating and structuring all investments in the region. He previously served as Vice President of Capital Dynamics Brazil.

 

Mr. Fernandez has been involved in transactions amounting to +US$ 2 billion in primary and secondary investments and joint ventures. In addition, he was a member of the Hamilton Lane Global Investment Committee.

 

Ricardo completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and has an MBA from IESE Business School.

Joncarlo is the Founder of Upwelling Capital Group LLC, a California-based boutique investment advisor that provides services and capital solutions to premier institutional investors. Clients include endowments, foundations, family offices and a broad set of global investment organizations.

Prior to forming Upwelling in 2011, Mr. Mark was a Senior Portfolio Manager at the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), where he was responsible for investing in global private equity partnerships and direct investments, with a portfolio that exceeded US$48 billion of exposure. In addition, from 2007 to 2010, Mr. Mark served as chairman of the board for the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), whose 350 institutional members manage over US$1 trillion in private equity assets.  Prior to joining CalPERS in 1999, Mr. Mark spent six years with Premier Farnell PLC.

Mr. Mark currently serves as an executive trustee of the University of California Davis Foundation and is chairman of the Finance and Investment Committee.  From 2012 to 2018, he was on the board of AltExchange Alliance, an industry body chartered to define, maintain and promote a single data standard for the private equity industry. 

Mr. Mark earned an MBA from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis and received a BA from the University of California, San Diego. He also holds Series 62, 63 and 65 FINRA securities licenses.
JONCARLO MARK
EXTERNAL ADVISOR
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+52 (55) 7100 4570 

Av. Paseo de la Reforma 296 Piso 25, Colonia Juárez, 06600, México, CDMX

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