Edgar Hernandez – President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Hernandez followed more than 25 years’ experience as an investment banking professional in the areas of commercial banking, insurance, investment management, and risk management across Central and South America by founding in 2012 Pacific Capital Investment Banking Advisory, (“Pacific Capital”). Pacific Capital, a Guatemalan entity manages, works with and co-invests with companies such as Santander Group, Manttra, Allied Global, Qitronics, Pacific Trust and Grupo Hache in a range of industries and sectors including Agribusiness, Agritech, Energy and Business Process Outsourcing. The investments are selected and actively managed by Mr Hernandez, his management team at Pacific Capital and by employees of the co-investors. In addition, since 2023 Pacific Capital has been an advisor to CreAI, a Mexican start-up focused on developing artificial intelligence software solutions. Mr Hernandez, is the founding partner and principal of CreAI, he has also recently joined its Board of Directors. Mr Hernandez received an MBA in 1999 from INCAE Business School, Costa Rica, after graduating from Universidad Rafael Landívar in Guatemala in 1995 with a BA in Economics, and since 2005 Mr Hernandez has lectured on investment banking and international finance at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM) in Guatemala and also a director at Bolsa de Valores Nacional from 1999 to 2013.
Peter Jay, Non-Executive Chairman
Peter Jay , brings with him over 40 years of experience as a solicitor specialised in corporate work and, in particular, in public market matters and his experience also includes mergers and acquisitions and management buy-outs. Peter qualified as a solicitor in 1970 and was a partner in Ingledew Brown Bennison & Garrett and then, later, in Stein Swede Jay & Bibring. From 1998 to 2002, he was the Senior Partner of Finers Stephens Innocent moving to Beachcroft LLP in 2003 as a corporate finance partner until he resigned from the firm in 2007. He was a consultant to Beachcroft LLP for the following 2 years. Peter Jay continues to advise companies on corporate finance matters and he has held a number of directorships with both private and public companies.
Nilesh Jagatia, Chief Financial Officer
Nilesh Jagatia currently serves as Chief Financial Officer at Limitless Earth Plc and also currently holds Chief Financial Officer positions with AIM quoted Inspirit Energy Holdings plc (INSP) ( Engineering and renewable energy) and Octagonal Ltd, a Financial Services company based in the UK and Hong Kong. Nilesh has been involved with several IPO’s and was previously Group Finance Director of several AIM traded companies in the following sectors : Fintech, leisure, media and entertainment. Nilesh has over 25 years’ experience, including senior financial roles in divisions of both Universal Music Group and Sanctuary Group plc. He served as a Finance Director for an independent record label that expanded in to the US. Nilesh is a qualified accountant and holds a degree in finance.
Contact Nilesh at: nilesh.jagatia@limitlessearthplc.com
Daniele Penna, Non-Executive Director
Daniele is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience in the capital market sector. He spent 12 years in major investment banks (Credit Suisse and Barclays Capital) working on a wide range of structured finance transactions, Debt Capital Market and listed business solutions across EMEA. Daniele started his career as a lawyer in Italy in 1996 at the Attorney General Office of Italy before joining Clifford Chance law firm where he assisted for 4 years major financial institutions on complex structured finance transactions as well as providing regulatory advice on a broad range of listed and OTC structured products. Currently Daniele is Partner and General Counsel of EBW (East Bridge West) Capital UK, an FCA (AR) regulated UK advisory company active in the Fund solutions and Private Equity business space. Daniele holds a Law degree summa cum laude from La Sapienza University of Rome and he is an Italian qualified barrister.