Diego Kantt joined JH Partners in 2009.  His responsibilities include deal origination, evaluating new investments, and working with partner companies, particularly in international markets.

Diego has been actively involved in several transactions and partner companies of JH Partners in emerging market opportunities such as Studio Moderna in Eastern Europe, Jurlique in Asia and Neutral Duty Free Shop in Latin America as well as Country Home Products and Chefs Catalog in the U.S. domestic market.

Diego’s operating experience includes working side by side with Neutral Duty Free Shop’s management team while based in Uruguay, leading key strategic initiatives such as improving reporting and internal controls, raising bank financing, executing add-on acquisitions and becoming a Gap Inc. franchisee to develop Gap standalone stores in the Uruguayan Market as well as store-in-stores on the border between Uruguay and Brazil.

Prior to joining JH Partners, he was an analyst in the investment banking division at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers in New York. At Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers, he was part of the Financial Sponsors Group where he was involved in several M&A and financial sponsor transactions including cross border M&A, leveraged buyouts and deal financings.

Diego received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science from the University of Miami.  He is fluent in Spanish.