James Del Favero

James Del Favero is a Co-Founder of Ardea and Vice Chairman. James specialises in cross-border and other complex M&A transactions, bringing four decades of experience from all over the world.

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Prior to co-founding Ardea,  James spent 27 years at Goldman Sachs, working in the London, Paris, Sydney, and New York offices. He served as Head of Cross-Border M&A and as Chairman of the firm’s Fairness Committee. Before that, he worked at The First Boston Corporation and The Boston Consulting Group.

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James holds a BA in Engineering Science with First Class Honours from Oxford University, an MS in Nuclear Engineering from MIT, and an MBA from INSEAD, with Distinction. He is an Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and a member of the Chairman’s Circle at Chatham House (The Royal Institute for Foreign Affairs).

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