PCA’s global network and independence offers innovative, unconflicted and fact-based strategic advice to a diverse client base, including governments, Sovereign Wealth Funds, private equity groups, entrepreneurs, small and mid-sized companies.  As the transaction advisory affiliate of the Albright Stonebridge Group, the leading international strategic consulting firm, we have a unique network of relationships to identify opportunities, facilitate relationships, and support transactions around the world.

Our team has real and relevant emerging markets experience and in-depth industry knowledge to help energy, power and infrastructure clients achieve their investment and strategic goals.

Abhay Pande

Abhay Pande

Managing Director

Abhay has over 28 years’ senior experience in investment banking, strategy consulting, and private equity. Alongside is work at Princeton Capital Advisors, Abhay is a partner at Linnean Capital Management, an US-based quantitative asset management firm, and chairman of Ironmont Hydro, Ltd, a Singapore-based investment holding company, and is a commissioner at PT Arkora Hydro.

Abhay has over 28 years’ senior experience in investment banking, strategy consulting, and private equity. Alongside is work at Princeton Capital Advisors, Abhay is a partner at Linnean Capital Management, an US-based quantitative asset management firm, and chairman of Ironmont Hydro, Ltd, a Singapore-based investment holding company, and is a commissioner at PT Arkora Hydro.

Previously, Abhay was Managing Director at American Capital, a publicly listed private equity firm. While there, he established and oversaw the firm’s operations in Asia, and was a member of the Energy and Infrastructure fund’s investment committee.

He spent 16 years at Citigroup’s investment banking department (formerly Salomon Smith Barney) where he was a Managing Director, co-head of Asian Energy investment banking, and Head of Southeast Asia Industrials. During this time at Salomon Smith Barney and Citigroup, he oversaw, originated, led or executed several hundred transactions, including over $35 billion of loans, bond and equity transactions and over $32 billion in mergers & acquisition transactions. Prior to joining Salomon Smith Barney in 1998, Mr. Pande was a Principal at global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney Inc., where he worked on strategy and mergers & acquisition assignments.

Mr. Pande has an AB in quantitative economics from Dartmouth College, and an MBA with high honors in finance and strategy from the Booth School at the University of Chicago, where he was a Wallman Scholar.  He is based in the New York City area.

Juan Carlos Hartasanchez

Juan Carlos Hartasanchez

Director, Head of EMEA and Latin America

Juan Carlos Hartasánchez is Director and Head of EMEA and LatAm at Princeton Capital Advisors. He has over a decade of experience on emerging-market entry and growth strategies, cross-border transaction advisory, and dispute resolution.

Juan Carlos Hartasánchez is Director and Head of EMEA and LatAm at Princeton Capital Advisors. He has over a decade of experience on emerging-market entry and growth strategies, cross-border transaction advisory, and dispute resolution. Alongside his work at Princeton Capital Advisors, Juan Carlos is a Senior Advisor at the Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG), where he previously was Vice President and advised companies on regional growth strategies by identifying business opportunities, assessing the regulatory environment, evaluating risks, and establishing strategic partnerships. He also participated in the firm’s management and new client development efforts.

Previously, Juan Carlos was Manager of Business Development for Rev Worldwide, a fintech company, and Business Analyst at MPower Labs, an R&D incubator and business accelerator where he evaluated investment opportunities. Earlier in his career, Juan Carlos worked at a boutique investment bank in Mexico City, at the Central Bank of Mexico, and consulted for the Ministry of Finance of Mexico City.

Juan Carlos has appeared on Bloomberg and is regularly quoted on Latin America economic and political issues in outlets including CNBC, Mexico Daily News, The New York Times, and POLITICO.

He earned his M.B.A. at Harvard Business School, and his B.S. in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autonómo de México (ITAM), with a specialization in Finance. Juan Carlos has also completed certification courses on advanced valuation at NYU Stern School of Business.

Juan Carlos speaks fluent English and Spanish, and is proficient in French. He is based in Madrid, Spain.

Ken Hyatt

Ken Hyatt

Senior Advisor

Ken Hyatt is Senior Advisor at Princeton Capital Advisors, where he advises clients of the firm on complex international transactions, and investment matters in international markets. Prior to joining PCA, Mr. Hyatt served in the U.S. Department of Commerce as the Acting Under Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade. Previously, Mr. Hyatt formed CMPartners, a negotiation consulting firm, where he was founder and partner, and was a management consultant with Bain & Company.

Ken Hyatt is Senior Advisor at Princeton Capital Advisors, where he advises clients of the firm on complex international transactions, and investment matters in international markets.

Prior to joining PCA, Mr. Hyatt served in the U.S. Department of Commerce as the Acting Under Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade. He oversaw the strategy and operations of the International Trade Administration (ITA) with an annual budget of approximately $500 million and more than 2,200 employees worldwide. He led ITA which contributes to the development of U.S. trade policy; identifies and resolves market access and compliance issues; promotes U.S. competitiveness and the strength of U.S. companies in the global economy; administers U.S. trade laws; and undertakes a range of trade and investment promotion and trade advocacy efforts. In this role, he worked with a wide range of U.S. companies helping them achieve their international objectives and with foreign governments on the development and implementation of trade and investment policies. He also co-led the creation of SelectUSA, the U.S. government’s investment attraction agency, led the U.S. government’s support for BrandUSA, the U.S. national tourism promotion organization, and co-led the development of the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Strategy.

Previously, Mr. Hyatt formed CMPartners, a negotiation consulting firm, where he was founder and partner. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hyatt was a Principal at Conflict Management Inc. and a management consultant with Bain & Company in its Boston, London, and Munich offices. At Bain, he led teams of consultants analyzing and implementing a variety of strategic and organizational projects at leading American and European multinational corporations, focusing on strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, sales and marketing strategy, and training.

Mr. Hyatt also has been an Associate at the Harvard Negotiation Project where he taught seminars for business executives, law, and other graduate students.

Mr. Hyatt received a B.A. from Yale College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and was a Fulbright/West German Exchange Service Scholar. He speaks German.

He is based in Washington, D.C.

Robert Malleck

Rob Malleck

Senior Advisor

Rob has over 26 years’ senior experience in corporate and investment banking, structured and cross-border finance. He spent 25+ years at Citigroup’s corporate and investment banking department, primarily as Managing Director in the Global Energy Group and as head of North American Maritime franchise. He oversaw a range of transactions, including investment and non-investment grade, fixed income debt, derivatives and all manner of credit-based engagements. Rob has extensive experience arranging facilities in conjunction with U.S. Ex-Im Bank, MARAD Title XI, DFC (OPIC), IFC, MIGA, IDB, CAF, BNDS, Finnvera, SACE Simest and KExim/Ksure. Rob holds a FINRA – Series 7 (Registered Rep), Series 63 and Series 24 licenses and is a registered representative with our affiliated BA Investments, our affiliated broker dealer.

Rob has over 26 years’ senior experience in corporate and investment banking, structured and cross-border finance. Along side his work at Princeton Capital Advisors, Rob is a Series A investor in the acquisition of Burmester & Vogel, a leading maritime technology platform.

He spent 25+ years at Citigroup’s corporate and investment banking department where he was a Managing Director in Citi’s Global Energy group, acting as senior banker and trusted advisor to a range of leading internationally-focused oil field service providers. Prior to that, Rob headed Citi’s North American maritime franchise where he covered both energy related offshore clients, U.S. Jones Act firms and international shipping companies. He oversaw the origination, structuring and execution of a wide range of transaction types including liability management engagements, investment and non-investment grade, fixed income debt, derivatives and all manner of credit-based engagements. His earliest work at Citi was in the project and structured trade finance group, where he organized large-scale cross-border loans on a limited and non-recourse basis for a range of industrial and energy sponsors. Rob has extensive experience arranging facilities in conjunction with leading export and multi-lateral credit agencies like the U.S. Ex-Im Bank, MARAD Title XI, DFC (OPIC), IFC, MIGA, IDB, CAF, BNDS, Finnvera, SACE Simest and KExim/Ksure. A number of his transaction’s were named debt deals of the year by Euromoney.

Rob holds securities licenses with FINRA – Series 7 (Registered Rep), Series 63 and Series 24, investment banking principal. He was named Business Senior Credit Officer at Citi in 2014.

Mr. Malleck has a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, during which time he received a Fulbright grant to attend the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Study, an adjunct to his attendance in Columbia’s East Asia Institute.

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