Our Team
 
 
 
 

Joaquim Abelló

Vice President

Agustín Abelló

Vice President

Anthony J. Paget

Vice President

Jordi Abelló

Associate Director
 
 
 
 
 
 

Joaquim Abelló - Vice President   

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Joaquim Abello

Education

Doctor in Industrial Management, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Polytechnic University of Barcelona.





Professional Experience

  • He is partner and Vice-President at Redirection M&A, S.L., which he also founded.
  • Founder and President of Mercury Mergers, S.L., Barcelona. M&A Consultants.
  • Founder and President of Ward Howell Executive Search, S.L., Madrid and Barcelona. Executive Search firm.
  • Managing Director of the Stock Exchange and M&A Division of Banca Catalana, Barcelona.
  • Associate Managing Director of SOFEMASA, Madrid (SEMA Group).
  • Organization and IT Manager, Banco Industrial de Cataluña, Barcelona.
  • Senior Consultant at Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co, Paris, France.
  • Technical Consultant at the O.I.T., Geneve, Switzerland. United Nations Organism.
During his wide professional activity, Joaquim Abelló has worked with a significant number of Spanish and foreign clients, having closed more than fifteen M&A transactions, most of them cross-border.


Other Activities

  • Member of the Círculo Ecuestre, Barcelona.
  • Member of the British Chamber of Comerce.
  • Member of the Chambre Française.
  • Member of the Club de Golf de Sant Cugat.

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Agustín Abelló – Vice President 

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Agustín Abelló

Education

Doctor Industrial Engineer, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Polytechnic University, Barcelona.

ADE (Alta Direccion de Empresas) by ESADE.



Professional Experience

  • Partner and Vice-President, Redirection M&A, S.L.
  • Partner at Mercury Mergers, M&A firm.
  • Partner at Ward Howell, executive search firm.
  • Director and Partner at the Consultancy Division of Price Waterhouse (now IBM) in Barcelona. He was also a member of the Advisory Board at a national level.
  • Consultant and later Director of the Catalonian Region at CP, S.A., consultancy firm specialized in design and implementation of Management Systems. Getronics acquired this company.
  • Commercial Director at DIMAT (Industrial Distributor of Materials, Automatisms and Telecom products), Barcelona.
  • Organizational engineer at Motores Sura S.A., Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), producer of diesel engines with German Henschel license.

During his 30 years in consultancy, Agustín has had many contacts in several mid-sized and blue chip Catalan and Spanish companies. He has also been a member of several Boards of Directors and Associations.

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Anthony J. Paget – Vice President 

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Anthony J. Paget

Education

BA in Economic Geography (1975 - University of London - England)

MMBA in Finance (1978 - New York University - USA).


Professional Experience

  • Vice President, Redirection, S. L.
  • Managing Director of Tricapital Partners in London, specialising in LBOs.
  • Director in Madrid of Drexel Burnham Lambert.
  • Vice President of Dean Witter Capital Markets International, London.
  • Banking Group in Caracas and New York where he was responsible for all syndicated credit activities, Mergers & Acquisitions, interest rate swaps and private placements.
  • “Lending Officer” of Manufacturers Hanover, Nueva York.
  • Analyst in Corporate Finance with Goldman Sachs, New York.

Mr. Paget has more than twenty years experience in international finance in the United States, South America and Europe.

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Jordi Abelló – Associate Director  

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Jordi Abelló

Education

BA and Master in Business Administration by ESADE - Barcelona.

Master in International Management (MIM) by Thunderbird – American Graduate School of International Management – Phoenix, Arizona (USA).

Professional Experience

  • Associate Director at Redirection M&A, S. L.
  • Consultant at ABN METRICS, Marketing consultancy firm. Elaborated several Business Plans with José Luis Nueno, who is an ordinary professor at IESE.
  • Strategic Business Analyst at Andersen Consulting - Accenture in Barcelona.
  • Export and Marketing Department at Benfumat, S.A., smoked food producer.

His focus on consulting, as well as the variety of projects done in several companies, have given him a wide knowledge of the business world, understanding the peculiarities of many varied sectors.

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