Who we are

Who we are

Matei Păun

Founding Partner

  • Founder of BAC Romania in 2005;
  • Co-founder of HTI Group, a leading broker acquired by Morgan Stanley in 2007;
  • CEO during the restructuring and sale of DNT, one of the largest Romanian ISPs;
  • Manager of Regent Pacific’s local investment-banking operations;
  • Vice President with New York-based Firebird Management, a CIS/Eastern Europe equity hedge fund;
  • BA in International Relations from Trinity College, USA;
  • Has lived in Germany, Belgium and USA.

Arin Ion

Founding Partner

  • Partner of BAC Romania from 2008;
  • Co-Owner of Getica OOH (third largest outdoor advertising network in Romania);
  • Vice President within the Leveraged Finance group of Credit Suisse, London (2006-2008);
  • Responsible for finance and securitization at Wharton Asset Management, a London-based hedge fund specialized in mortgage-backed securities (2005);
  • Associate at Barclays Capital (London), specializing in securitization and risk-transfer transactions (2003-2004);
  • Senior Investment Analyst with International Equity Partners, GP for the Romania & Moldova Direct Fund (1999-2000);
  • Equity research analyst with Regent Pacific and Alpha Finance;
  • MBA from London Business School (Class of ‘02); BA in Finance (ASE Bucharest).

Cornel Fumea

Founding Partner

  • Director Deals Advisory and Corporate Finance with KPMG Corporate Finance (2008 – 2015);
  • Managing Director of BRD Securities Groupe Societe Generale (2006 – 2008), the capital markets unit of SG in Romania;
  • Head of Capital Markets & Corporate Finance with Alpha Finance Romania (2004 – 2006);
  • Investment Officer with Milestone Merchant Partners/ International Equity Partners, GP for the Romania & Moldova Direct Fund (1999 – 2004);
  • Equity Research Analyst for Global Securities Romania (1997 – 1998);
  • Member of ANEVAR since 2006 (National Association of Romanian Appraisers);
  • BA in Business Administration, Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest.

Adrian Vasile

Founding Partner

  • Finance Director of Fullscreen Digital SRL (RO) (May 2014 –Jan 2018), an information technology firm affiliated to TiriacFamily Office, the largest privately-owned Romanian conglomerate;
  • Finance Director of DP Holding SA (CH)/ East Europe Media NV (NL)/ AdevarulHolding SRL (RO) (Apr 2010 –Oct 2012), the largest Romanian press group at the time with EUR 77mn in revenues;
  • Internal Audit Director of The RompetrolGroup NV (NL)/ RompetrolSA (RO) (Nov 2006 –Mar 2010), the 2nd largest Romanian oil & gas group with USD 6 billion in revenues;
  • Internal Audit Manager of Coca-Cola HBC Romania (Feb 2005 –Oct 2006);
  • Senior Audit Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers Romania (Aug 2000 –Jan 2005);
  • ACCA qualified since 2003;
  • Bachelor of Science in Economics & Computer Science, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania.

Jacek Korpala

Investment Committee Member

  • Partner to Holon Consultants and business angel investor in several limited partnerships and private companies in Poland;
  • Co-Managing Director of ARX Equity Partners, a private equity firm that supports the growth of mid-sized companies in Central Europe;
  • He joined ARX in 1998 as head of Warsaw office and was responsible for deal originations and execution in Poland and Baltic countries;
  • From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Korpalawas with Arthur Andersen as Head of Corporate Finance;
  • Prior to his role with Arthur Andersen, he served as a Director for the Ministry of Privatization, Department of Large Privatizations in Poland;
  • Degree from the Department of Foreign Trade in SGPiS. 

Iulian Portasă

Partner

  • Senior Manager with KPMG Romania since 2011 where he worked on more than 40 deals, including sell-side and buy-side M&A, and debt and equity financings; prepared valuation analyses, merger and LBO models;
  • In charge of setting up and scaling a Financial Modelling Group as part of local advisory practice;
  • Contributed as author of a financial management textbook, published by Oxford: “Financial Management: Turning Theory into Practice”;
  • PG Degree in “Economics for Competition Law” from King’s College London;
  • DUT in “Techniques de Commercialisation” from Université de Strasbourg, Institut Universitaire de Technologie Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, France;
  • BBA in “Investment Management” from the Academy of Economic Studies – Management, Romania;
  • Business Valuation, Member of ANEVAR (National Association of Appraisers in Romania).

Mihaela Bîlbîe

Senior Investment Analyst

  • Manager in Deals, Transaction services with PricewaterhouseCoopers Romania (2016-2021) where she worked on preparing sell side and buy side due diligence analysis for more than 30 deals;
  • Audit senior with Deloitte Romania (2012-2016);
  • MSc in Risk management in Finance and Banking from the Academy of Economic Studies, Romania (2012-2014);
  • ACCA student.