Stelac’s managing partners have extensive experience having been involved in multiple mergers, acquisitions, financial restructuring, and start-up operating companies.

Stelac is led by two seasoned professionals 

Charles de Viel Castel
Managing Partner

Before founding Stelac, Mr. de Viel Castel was a Director and Head of Sales Management for Private Wealth Management Latin America for Deutsche Bank.

Before, Charlie worked at Goldman Sachs in the Latin America Corporate Finance Group in the Investment Banking Division, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and financial restructurings.

He holds a BA with dual concentration in Economics and International Relations from Brown University.

Carlos M. Lopez-Oña
Managing Partner

Before founding Stelac, Mr. Lopez-Oña was an independent private equity and venture capital professional focused on small to medium sized companies. Prior to that, Carlos was the COO and Executive Vice President in charge of operations for eDiets.com, Inc. and the founder and CFO/COO of DietSmart, Inc. He also co-founded and acted as COO/CFO of UdefineU LLC.

Carlos worked as a private equity associate at BT Capital Partners (Bankers Trust) and as an analyst in the Latin America Corporate Finance Group at Chase Manhattan Corporation. He holds an M.B.A. from NYU and a B.S.E. in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.