Investment Management team
Dr Shamil Chandaria
Chairman of Ocean Capital. He joined Ocean Capital in November 2005. From 1997-2004, Dr Chandaria was a managing director at Deutsche Bank AG where, initially, he was the global head of the Structured Capital Markets Group. Subsequently he ran DB Investor, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG which managed Deutsche’s 25 billion euro portfolio of proprietary equity holdings, reporting directly to the CEO of Deutsche Bank. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Dr. Chandaria was a director at Barclays Capital (formerly known as BZW) in the structured capital markets business.
Dr. Chandaria has a Ph.D in finance from the London School of Economics, an MA with distinction in Philosophy from University College London and a first class degree in Economics from Cambridge University, where he was a senior scholar.
Edouard Bridel
Partner. He joined Ocean Capital in September 2002. He started his career in 1994 in the mergers and acquisitions department of Societe Generale. In 1996, he co-founded Forum Capital International, an FSA regulated specialist investment bank focused on mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts (‘‘LBO’’) and balance sheet restructuring. At Ocean Capital Edouard is responsible for origination, investor relations and operations. He is a board director of two SICAV (French Mutual Fund) quoted in Paris and regulated by the AMF. He graduated from French business school ESLSCA. He is fluent in French and English.
Pedro Errazuriz
Partner. He joined Ocean Capital in September 2002 and is is responsible for transaction execution and portfolio management. He has 18 years experience in the banking sector and 14 years experience in structured finance and securitisation acquired at Paribas Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch and then Goldman Sachs. He attended school at the Lycee Francais de Madrid and he is fluent in French, English and Spanish.