Our analysts, experts and industry veterans come from  cash management, payments, consultancy, banking and academia. Meet the global Redbridge team.

Management

  • David Vafai is Chairman of Redbridge and CEO of bfinance International Limited. Prior to founding the company in 1999, he worked at Mercer in Toronto, Goldman Sachs International in London and Bertelsmann in Paris. David holds an HBSc in Actuarial Science from the Universtiy of Western Ontario, an MBA from INSEAD and is a CFA and CAIA charterholder.

    David Vafai

    Chairman

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  • David Laugier is the Chief Operating Officer of Redbridge. After first working at Paribas, then at BNP Paribas, David joined bfinance. He has spent the past fifteen years developing bfinance's Debt & Treasury advisory business. Now operating under the name Redbridge, his teams have offices in Paris, Europe and North America. David graduated from Paris Dauphine University.

    David Laugier

    Chief Operating Officer

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  • Patrick has over 25 years international experience across advisory and senior leadership roles. His leadership roles include managing director, operations at Alexander Forbes, CEO of client & market services / group head of operations EMEA & AsiaPac at Marsh and executive director, global sales & marketing at Lombard International. In an advisory capacity, he has held partner roles at Oliver Wyman and Humatica, a private equity focused advisory firm. Patrick holds a Bachelor in Economics from UCL and an MBA from Manchester BS. He is Swedish and Italian and conducts business in German, French, Italian, Swedish, and English.

    Patrick Mina

    Chief Executive Officer

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Corporate Coverage - North America

  • Michael Russell Headshot

    Michael joined Redbridge in 2021 and brings more than 10 years of banking and relationship management experience to the team. He began his career as an analyst within J.P. Morgan's Investment bank focused on the Energy sector before moving to their Asset Management division. He was most recently a member of J.P. Morgan's Wholesale Payments group where he helped build out their Healthcare segment focused on transaction banking.

    Michael Russell

    Director

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  • Anna Barger

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    Anna Barger

    Director

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  • Dave Strand (CTP), joined Redbridge Analytics from Weiland Corporate Solutions at Fiserv. Dave has twenty plus years of achievement with client engagement and sales in the financial products arena focusing on corporate bank fee & account management products, FX solutions and payment platforms.

    Dave Strand

    Senior Director

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Cash Management Advisory

  • Alexandre manages a team of consultants specializing in Treasury, Cash Management and Banking Relationship. He joined Redbridge in 2008 after working at Deloitte for several years.

    Alexandre Bousquenaud

    Managing Director

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  • Constance joined Redbridge in 2016 after working on EY’s audit team for several years. She has a Master's in Finance from Grenoble - Ecole de Management.

    Constance Véron

    Senior Director

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  • Amanda rejoined the Redbridge team in 2022, and currently leads the client services team with in Analytics. She has over 20 years of experience in the banking and financial industry, with a background in retail banking, corporate treasury, and project management.

    Amanda Bird

    Director

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Payments Advisory

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    Dan leads the Global Payment Strategy practice within the Treasury Advisory team. His background includes payments consulting along with several years working for a boutique merchant processor. Dan is a Certified Treasury Professional and a Certified Payments Professional.

    Dan Carter

    Senior Director

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  • Chelsey Kukuk HS

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    Chelsey Kukuk

    Director

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Debt Advisory

  • Didier manages Redbridge’s debt advisory division. He joined the team in 2013 with 25 years of experience in balance sheet structuring, rating and fund raising acquired at Moody's, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Oddo Corporate Finance. Didier received his degree from ESSCA.

    Didier Philouze

    Managing Director - Debt Advisory

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  • Audrey Lokker Headshot

    Audrey Lokker, CFA, has over 25 years of experience in the U.S. debt capital markets, with experience in CDOs, asset-based lending, large corporate lending and middle market/sponsor finance. She spent 11 years at JP Morgan Chase and has spent time at a large international bank and a regional bank on both the credit underwriting and relationship management teams. She has deep expertise in the way banks view the value of relationships and credit risk, and has covered a wide variety of transactions from simple revolvers to complex multi-tier structures. Audrey earned her BA in economics from Trinity University and her MBA from the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University. Audrey is married, with two children, and has lived in Houston for almost 30 years. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, yoga, reading, and volunteering.

    Audrey Lokker

    Director

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Support

  • Tasha Etsibah is the US HR Director at Redbridge. She joined the company in 2022 and came with 17 years of Legal and HR experience. Tasha qualified as a Lawyer in the United Kingdom and specialized in Employment Law & Personal Injury Law. She has worked in multiple countries including France, the UK, Costa Rice and the US and has deep and broad knowledge of HR practices. Tasha is Head of our HR Department in the US and is part of our Global HR Team.

    Tasha Etsibah

    Director

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