Partner and founder of Australis Partners, an independent firm of management of private equity funds, focused on the countries of the Pacific Alliance, México, Colombia, Peru and Chile. Cristián began his career at Citigroup in 1991 as a member of the Corporate Finance team. For 10 years he accumulated valuable experience in M & A transactions and Debt for large Chilean and regional companies, both in local and international capital markets. Since 1998 his career has focused on private equity business. First, he contributed to the development of this business at local level (Chile); then, from 2001, he has been a member of the global private equity platform for emerging markets of Citi -CVCI (Citigroup Venture Capital International). As a part of his professional development in the business of private equity, he has participated in companies from different sectors such as: real-estate and construction, fishmeal and fish oil, non-metallic mining, telecoms and fiber-optic networks, breeding and export of salmon, energy, among others. Cristián is a Commercial Engineer graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1991) and obtained a Master in Finance from the London Business School (1996).
- Name: Cristian Celis Morgan.
- Gender: Male.
- Qualification: standing director, dependent.
- Year of birth: 1969.
