Alvaro Poncioni Merian is the Founder and Managing Partner of EDNAM Capital. He previously served as Global Head of Building Materials at Morgan Stanley Investment Banking. Over the course of his nearly 20-year career, he was involved in most of the cement sector’s major restructuring and mergers and acquisitions transactions. 

Mr. Merian has acted as a trusted adviser to senior decision-makers globally and has advised on completed mergers, acquisitions, and capital markets transactions with an aggregate value exceeding USD 110 billion. 

He attended Classes Preparatoires at Lycee Chateaubriand and holds a Master of Science in Management and Finance from HEC Paris, as well as a Master of Arts in Public Affairs and International Relations from Sciences Po Paris. He is a laureate of the Concours Général des Lycées. 

Mr. Merian was born in Paris and educated in Brazil, Argentina, France, and Portugal. He has a strong interest in mountaineering, history, and literature, is a member of the Royal Philatelic Society, and is fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English.