Fink Center for Finance

Brandon Priest is pursuing his MBA with an emphasis in finance at UCLA Anderson. During his first year, Brandon interned with TELEO Capital, where he evaluated and executed software and technology investments. In his second year, Brandon joined Aurora Capital Partners, a Los Angeles based middle-market private equity firm. At Aurora, he is responsible for evaluating investment opportunities and conducting due diligence.

At Anderson, Brandon is an Anderson Asset Management Fellow and Vice President of Finance for the Japan America Business Association. Brandon received his B.Sc., in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Coleman Monroe is pursuing his MBA at UCLA Anderson with an emphasis on Private Equity and Strategy. Last summer, Coleman interned in Bain & Company’s Private Equity Group where he worked on diligences in the technology and education industry. As an avid golfer, the highlight of Coleman’s summer was working on a growth strategy for a golf course management company. This summer he will be interning at Sumeru Equity Partners, a SaaS-focused growth equity firm, before returning to Bain full-time.

Before coming to Anderson, Coleman worked in corporate development at Microsoft, leading acquisitions, commercial partnerships, and growth projects for the Azure cloud computing business. He holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from the University of Southern California.

Eunice (Yuqian) Ye is pursuing an MBA at UCLA Anderson with an emphasis on finance and healthcare. Prior to Anderson, she was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, working in the Financial Services Assurance group on various audit and compliance projects in the healthcare insurance sector. She also spent her career at Fosun Private Equity in Shanghai, evaluating investment opportunities in healthcare and life sciences segments. Eunice is currently a New Ventures Fellow at UCLA Technology Development Group.

At Anderson, Eunice holds leadership roles as a VP of Strategic Partnerships in the Healthcare Business Association and a VP of Career Development in the Greater China Business Association. Eunice holds a BBA in accounting and finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Everett Hateley is pursuing his MBA with a focus on corporate finance at UCLA Anderson. Everett spent the past summer at Sun Capital Partners, a FL-based private equity firm, evaluating and executing middle-market investments in the consumer and business services industries.

Prior to Anderson, Everett worked at Infrastructure Capital Advisors as an Equity Research Analyst in New York, where he analyzed real estate investment trusts (REITs). Everett received his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Gavin Krogius is pursuing an MBA with a specialization in Corporate Finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Gavin holds director positions on Anderson's Investment Finance Association and the John Anderson Golf Club.

Prior to Anderson, Gavin was a Principal at Promontory Financial Group, a boutique consulting firm for financial services companies. There, he mainly focused on credit risk engagements, reviewing credit functions, as well as analyzing clients’ loan portfolios and individual credits. Prior to Promontory, Gavin worked at Goldman Sachs in private wealth management where he was on two investment advisory teams that managed ~3.2BN for high-net-worth individuals, pension funds, and smaller institutions. He graduated from Southern Methodist University, with a B.B.A. in Financial Consulting and where he was a member of the NCAA Division 1 Tennis Team.

Giacomo Prandelli is pursuing his MBA with an emphasis on entrepreneurship and social impact at UCLA Anderson. Prior to Anderson, he was an associate in the Consumer & Retail Investment Banking group at HSBC in New York City. He started his career as an analyst in the M&A group at HSBC. Giacomo is currently an MBA Associate intern at Rocana Ventures.

At Anderson, Giacomo holds leadership roles as a President of Anderson Venture Impact Partners, a student-led impact investing fund, and VP of Finance for the Retail Business Association. Giacomo is also a Deutschman Venture Fellow. Giacomo graduated Cum Laude from Boston University with a BS in Finance.

Joaquín Trucco is pursuing his MBA with a focus on private equity at UCLA Anderson. Joaquín will spend this summer at Accel-KKR with the Latin American team, evaluating and executing growth-equity investments in the technology industry.

Prior to Anderson, Joaquín worked at Tyndall Group, a Latin American boutique investment bank founded by ex J.P. Morgan bankers, as an Analyst and Associate in the Santiago office, where he led and conducted market research, financial modeling (including DCF, DDM, and LBOs), marketing material development, and due diligence in more than 15 M&A transactions advising leading players in Retail, Infrastructure, Health Care, Salmon Farming, Mining Services, and Technology.

Joaquín received his Industrial Engineer and Master of Science in Engineering degrees from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Mauricio Sedas is pursuing his MBA with an emphasis on real estate and finance at UCLA Anderson. While at Anderson, Mauricio interned with CIM Group, a LA based real estate and infrastructure private equity firm, evaluating real estate investment opportunities across several markets. Prior to Anderson, he was an Investment Associate at Artha Capital, a Mexican real estate private equity firm, where he was responsible of evaluating, conducting due diligence, executing transactions and overseeing portfolio assets. At Anderson, Mauricio holds leadership roles as VP of Finance in the Latin American Business Association and as VP of International Ventures in the Association for Real Estate at Anderson. He received his BS in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

Nayef Bataineh is pursuing his MBA with a focus on Private Equity and Sustainability Leadership at UCLA Anderson. Prior to Anderson, Nayef was a Development Executive at Catalyst Investment Management, the first cleantech infrastructure private equity fund in the Middle East and North Africa. At Catalyst, Nayef headed the energy storage and hybrid projects division, overseeing techno-economic and investment risk analyses, investor approvals, and processes to access subsidized financing. Nayef began his career at Shamsuna, a four-person developer team that built the first solar farm to connect to the Jordanian grid and the first wind farm in the region.

At Anderson, Nayef is the Executive Vice President of the Energy and Cleantech Association and an active member of the Entrepreneur Association and the Soccer Club. Nayef received his B.S. in Environmental Sciences from UC Santa Barbara.

Ryan Barman is pursuing his MBA with a focus on private equity and healthcare at UCLA Anderson. While at Anderson, Ryan joined Salt Creek Capital, a San Francisco Bay Area-based private equity firm, as an Associate Intern. Ryan is the VP of Private Equity for the Investment Finance Association (IFA) and is also a member of the Healthcare Business Association (HBA).

Prior to Anderson, Ryan worked at Synergy Advisors, a Los Angeles-based healthcare-focused investment bank, as an Associate. Ryan received his BA in Economics and Political Science from UCLA.