Joseph Argilagos
Mr. Argilagos is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Viamericas Corporation. Prior to assuming that position with Viamericas, Mr. Argilagos was a founding partner of Angel Interactive Capital, a New York based venture capital firm specializing in Internet, new media and technology companies in the Americas. Prior to joining Angel Interactive, Mr. Argilagos was a managing Director at Merrill Lynch in New York.
Over his sixteen-year career with Merrill Lynch, Mr. Argilagos was one of the persons responsible for establishing and managing Merrill´s global presence in fixed income derivatives. He headed the firm´s global foreign exchange business and was Chairman of Merrill Lynch International Bank.
Mr. Argilagos was also co-head of Merrill´s global equity-linked business. This division was comprised of global equity derivatives, program trading, index arbitrage and convertible bonds with over four hundred finance professionals. Mr. Argilagos served on MIT´s Financial Engineering Board at the Sloan Business School and has lectured on derivative risk management and applications at several business schools nationwide. Mr. Argilagos graduated from the Foreign Service School at Georgetown University in 1983.
Over his sixteen-year career with Merrill Lynch, Mr. Argilagos was one of the persons responsible for establishing and managing Merrill´s global presence in fixed income derivatives. He headed the firm´s global foreign exchange business and was Chairman of Merrill Lynch International Bank.
Mr. Argilagos was also co-head of Merrill´s global equity-linked business. This division was comprised of global equity derivatives, program trading, index arbitrage and convertible bonds with over four hundred finance professionals. Mr. Argilagos served on MIT´s Financial Engineering Board at the Sloan Business School and has lectured on derivative risk management and applications at several business schools nationwide. Mr. Argilagos graduated from the Foreign Service School at Georgetown University in 1983.
