He also holds a Master degree in Finance from the Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina (CEMA), which he complemented with a Master degree in Bankruptcy from the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires (UBA). Julio Fermo is founding partner and director at Columbus Merchant Banking. Mr. Fermo has worked in the Investment Banking industry for more than 16 years, covering the whole range of products such as fixed income, structured products, multilateral financing, advisory, syndicated loans, project finance, M&A, private equity, venture capital, liability management, work-outs, LBOs, among others.