Acasta Cuba Capital’s advisory services are led by our Managing Partners, supported by other professionals who have extensive and long experience in the Cuba market. We also work with the leading financial experts to provide full services to our clients.
MARK ENTWISTLE
Mark Entwistle, Managing Partner, Acasta Cuba Capital. He has over 30 years of experience in global business and international affairs, negotiation and diplomacy, government relations and operations, public policy issue management, strategic communications, public affairs and advocacy. Considered a global thought leader, he has been advising companies, governments and other interested parties on Cuba related matters for over 25 years. Mark served as Ambassador of Canada to Cuba from 1993-1997 and as a corporate director for public and private companies.
Prior to joining Acasta, he served as Senior Advisor to Teneo Strategy LLC in New York. A career Canadian diplomat for 15 years, serving in Israel and Russia, he was also Press Secretary and director of communications to the Prime Minister of Canada, Chief of Staff to another former Prime Minister and parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
JUANITA MONTALVO
Juanita Montalvo, Managing Partner, Acasta Cuba Capital. She is an executive experienced in developing and leading strategies to drive performance through excellence in corporate governance, partnership and joint venture management and good business practice. She was a Senior Vice President at Sherritt International Corporation (TSX:S), Cuba’s largest foreign investor, builder and operator in mining, oil & gas, and power production – where she worked for 18 years. She has significant international P&L experience having held roles in corporate, field operations and construction phases. She was the Vice President of Operations Support in Cuba where she worked for 7 years and led Sherritt’s joint venture, The Soy Processing Company, from commissioning to nameplate production, through to divestiture. She was Sherritt’s Country Manager in Madagascar during the construction of the $7 billion Ambatovy Joint Venture with Sumitomo Corporation, Korea Resources Corporation and SNC-Lavalin. She is an independent director of Dundee Precious Metals (TSX:DPM).
