Patrice Guiol founded Alpax Inc. in 2003 after 20 years of successful experience in Mergers & Acquisitions in Latin America, including:

• 5 years with ING as Head of the Latin American Mergers & Acquisition Group based in New York;
  
  
• 8 years with Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) where he was Head of Financial Advisory Services for Latin America and Africa; and
  
  
• 7 years with JP Morgan. In 1982, Mr. Guiol initiated JP Morgan’s Mergers and Acquisitions activities in Latin America.

Patrice holds a masters degree in corporate law from Université de Paris II Assas and a bachelor's degree in economics and finance from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. He is a CPA and is fluent in French, English and Spanish. Patrice also understands Portuguese.