Our Team

TAYSA has a team with long-standing experience in M&A processes and complex transactions in Latin America.

Santiago Alsina

Managing Partner

Santiago Alsina is Managing Partner of TAYSA Capital Partners. He has more than 30 years of investment banking experience, having executed more than 120 M&A, Debt Restructuring and Capital Raising transactions for an aggregate amount of more than US$ 38 Bn in 18 countries.

Flagship clients

TotalEnergies, Grupo Perez Companc, Equinor, Stellantis, YPF, AES Andes, Stoneway, Engie, CGC, Sempra Energy, Colombian Government (Electricaribe), AIMCo, China Southern Grid, Ecopetrol, Grupo Energía Bogotá, Glencore, REN, LG, among many others.

Mr. Alsina was a former Managing Director and Head of Lazard’s Power, Energy & Infrastructure Group in Latin America excluding Brazil and Mexico and Head of Argentina at Lazard. He has executed transactions and provided financial advisory services in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, USA, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

B.A. in Business Administration, Universidad Católica Argentina; CPA, Universidad Católica Argentina; MBA, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (Edward Tuck Scholar, and Prize for excellence in finance). Former member of the Tuck Latin American Advisory Board.

Jasmine Earnshaw

Managing Director

Jasmine Earnshaw is a Managing Director of TAYSA Capital Partners. She has more than 19 years of investment banking experience, having executed more than 50 M&A, Debt Restructuring and Capital Raising transactions for an aggregate amount of more than US$ 25 Bn in 16 countries.

Flagship clients

Equinor, Stellantis, CGC, YPF, Sempra Energy, Colombian Government (Electricaribe), Engie, REN, Total, BBVA, Citi, Suramericana, among many others.

Ms. Earnshaw was the former Director of Lazard’s Power, Energy & Infrastructure Group in Latin America excluding Brazil and Mexico. She participated in transactions in the Power, Energy & Infrastructure (PEI), Financial Institutions (FIG), and Telecom & Technology (TMT) industries throughout Latin America, working frequently with clients and counterparties from the US, Europe and Asia.

B.S. in Economics, Universidad de San Andrés (Buenos Aires, 2006); Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA, 2012).

Ornella Bottin

Vice President

Ornella Bottin is a Vice President at TAYSA Capital Partners. She has over 7 years of experience in financial advisory, including M&A and debt restructuring, throughout Latin America across the Power, Energy & Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Mining, and Agribusiness sector.

Flagship clients

Corporación América, CGC, Equinor, Scatec, Engie, Sigma FI, Stellantis, AES Andes, MSU Energía, MSU Agro, Stoneway, among others.

Ms. Bottin worked for 4 years at Lazard, where she was an Associate in the Power, Energy & Infrastructure group in Latin America excluding Brazil and Mexico. She participated in M&A and debt restructuring transactions throughout Latin America.

B.S. in Business Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires, 2018).

Alfonso Sundblad

Analyst

Alfonso Sundblad is an Analyst at TAYSA Capital Partners. He has over 2 of experience working with TAYSA Capital Partners in financial advisory, including M&A and restructuring, throughout Latin America across the Power, Energy & Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Mining, and Agribusiness sectors.

Flagship clients

CGC, Corporación América, MSU Energy and MSU Agro, among others.

Mr. Sundblad joined the firm in 2023, previously he taught economics at Cardenal Newman High School for 3 years.

B.S. in Economics, Universidad de San Andrés (Buenos Aires, 2023).

Carlos Vitón

Analyst

Carlos Vitón is an Analyst at TAYSA Capital Partners. He has participated with the team in a number of projects mostly in the energy sector.

Mr. Vitón, joined the firm in 2025, previously he worked for EY’s Global Delivery Services office in Buenos Aires.

B.S. in Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires, 2025).