Rob Chepak is Co-Owner of TREP Advisors, LLC. Rob has been the owner of two technology companies and has more than 20 years of financial services experience starting as a key relationship manager in London, United Kingdom in 1999. While at Merrill Corporation, he has been responsible for sourcing and originating M&A and other capital markets transactions for European, Middle Eastern and African clients in telecommunications, technology, luxury retail, transportation, packaging and logistics. He has been on deal execution team for more than 200 public equity and high yield debt transactions. Selected clientele includes:
- Manchester United (UK), IPO
- Novartis (Switzerland), M&A, regulatory and compliance
- Nokia (Finland), debt, regulatory and compliance.
- Ducati Motor Holdings (Italy), IPO
- Salvatore Ferragamo (Italy), IPO
- Ryanair (Republic of Ireland), IPO
- Ardagh Glass (Republic of Ireland), High Yield Debt
- ProLogis (Luxembourg), IPO
- Sasol (South Africa), Debt
- Fage (Greece), High Yield Debt
- Kappa Packaging (Netherlands), M&A
In addition, Rob has helped execute sovereign finance transactions for the Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Gov’t of South Africa.
Rob was part of the development team that created the first virtual data room, the core digital repository for M&A transactions today. He left financials services to start his own business. In 2016, Rob founded a blockchain-enabled software company for identity and document management in the supply chain and real estate sectors. TruDoss is one of the few companies to achieve a practical commercial application of blockchain technology. “Enterprise Security Magazine” featured TruDoss and Rob on the cover. Rob is the holder of two related U.S. patents.
Rob graduated first in his MBA class from TRIUM, a joint degree program run by the London School of Economics, New York University and H.E.C. Paris. He also holds an advanced degree from Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University.
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