September 20, 2021 – Austin, TX – Sunny River Management, LLC ("SRM") is pleased to announce that Fausto Lucero has joined the firm’s investment team as a Principal. Mr. Lucero will have responsibilities that span the entire investment lifecycle of SRM’s portfolio companies and will also play a role in supporting SRM’s deal sourcing and execution, financing and strategic business development initiatives. He brings extensive leadership experience advising clients in investment banking transactions including M&A and capital raising, acquisition financing, leveraged and structured finance.
Jeremiah Yu, Managing Partner, said, "Fausto is a strategic and extremely capable leader that we have known for many years. He is a highly valuable addition to the firm's senior leadership team and will be an integral member of the Austin investment team. Both John and I have worked extensively with Fausto previously, and we enthusiastically welcome him to the SRM team."
John Cote, Managing Partner, added, "We are thrilled to welcome Fausto to the SRM team. Having known Fausto for many years, we know firsthand that he exhibits and lives the SRM values and will play a key role in growing SRM with all of us. Fausto brings an extensive background and perspectives that will greatly benefit SRM and SRM platforms."
Mr. Lucero said, "I am very excited to have the opportunity to join SRM and contribute to the firm’s expansion plans. With a disciplined investment approach and relentless focus on operational excellence, John and Jeremiah and the entire SRM team and their platforms have built an already successful portfolio with tremendous growth and value-creation potential."
Prior to joining SRM, Mr. Lucero spent 17 years in leadership positions in corporate and investment banking in New York City with a focus on senior client coverage and transaction execution in mergers & acquisitions, acquisition financing and leveraged and structure finance representing $49 billion in deal experience. As a Managing Director with MUFG, he was Head of Latin America Corporate Finance and Head of Power & Utilities client coverage. Prior to that, Fausto was a Vice President at Credit Suisse where he advised clients in mergers and acquisitions and equity capital raising transactions in Latin America. Mr. Lucero worked as an associate at JP Morgan’s North America Natural Resources Investment Banking group and began his career at ABN AMRO with roles in project finance, M&A and principal infrastructure investments. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.A. in Finance from Universidad San Francisco de Quito.