News | April 3, 2024
Secretariat Announces Four Promotions to Managing Director
Secretariat announces four promotions to Managing Director: Stuart Allan, Bryan D’Aguiar, Matt Farber, and Ryan Marsh.
Bryan D’Aguiar is a Managing Director in the damages and forensic investigations practice. He brings over 20 years of institutional investing experience in developing markets to provide insights on major disputes across the world. He has provided expert evidence on industry, valuation, and damages in several international cases and arbitrations and has been recognized by Lexology Index as a Future Leader in Arbitration.
Washington, DC
Bryan D’Aguiar supports the damages and forensic investigations team with industry, financial and valuation insights and analysis across the world. He has provided expert evidence on valuation and damages in several international cases and arbitrations. He has been recognized by Lexology Index as a Future Leader in Arbitration and recommended as a Quantum of Damages Expert.
Mr. D’Aguiar has more than 20 years of analytical and institutional investing experience in emerging and frontier markets. With a deep understanding of the competitive and business environment in almost 60 countries, he conducts research and valuations across multiple sectors. He has helped institutional investors invest in these markets using various structures, and his work has won numerous awards for high returns through market-leading strategies.
Mr. D’Aguiar’s experience includes managing emerging market portfolios at The RockCreek Group and Ashmore Group on behalf of several blue-chip global pension and retirement funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, etc. He has served as a voting member on several Investment and Valuation Committees and as a board member at Ashmore Investment Saudi Arabia.
Mr. D’Aguiar worked in the Middle East for 15 years and was responsible for building research teams at Saudi National Bank Capital (the securities arm of Saudi Arabia’s largest bank) and SICO Bahrain. He also worked in Asia for 15 years and began his career in India at Mumbai-based B&K Securities, where he was an Asiamoney-rated financials analyst and an investment strategist with the institutional equities team.
Lexology describes Mr. D’Aguiar as “a highly committed and motivated expert” who has “the ability to quickly master the gist of issues and always ask the right questions”, “has an impressive depth of knowledge and a unique ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to lay audiences” and “precise, detail-oriented, and excellent on the stand.”
Secretariat Announces Four Promotions to Managing Director
Secretariat announces four promotions to Managing Director: Stuart Allan, Bryan D’Aguiar, Matt Farber, and Ryan Marsh.
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