Waltnel is an independent advisor based in Trinidad and Tobago, with nearly 20 years of local, regional and international expertise in Finance and Strategy. He has a combination of experience globally in Corporate Finance and Developmental Finance, having worked in Investment Banking in New York, as well as for a multilateral in Washington DC and Trinidad and Tobago. While in the USA, he was a key team member for several large acquisitions in the Caribbean. Waltnel also led the Mergers and Acquisitions and Strategy Group for a regional bank based in Trinidad and Tobago.
Waltnel is passionate about development in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean as a whole and has a keen interest in initiatives that can attract talent to Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. Waltnel has been instrumental in driving the discussions regarding a potential Scale UP T&T project. He has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a B.A in Math and Computer Science from Hamilton College.