Team

Andre Bhatia shares overall responsibilities for all management and investment activities of the firm. Andre founded the firm in 2024. Andre has over 25 years of private equity and merger and acquisition experience, having been involved in over 20 transactions. Prior to founding Symbiome Capital, Andre worked at ACON Investments as managing partner investing in industrial, oil & gas, retail and telecom companies among others in the United States and Latin America. Prior to ACON, Andre worked at TPG/Newbridge private equity and, prior to that, in investment banking at Merrill Lynch.

Andre received his BA Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Computer Science and Economics and an MA in Economics from Columbia University.

Andre currently serves on the board of Total Mechanical (Commercial HVAC) and served on the boards of Northern Tier Energy (gas stations, refinery, pipeline), Mariner Energy (exploration & production oil & gas), Cabo (fiber to the home), Signal International (offshore rig repair and construction), BSM (service provider to wind farm, road, port, and civil construction), Fiesta Supermarkets, Dori Alimentos (snack company), Sapore (food service), Fairway Media (outdoor advertising) among others.

Stephen Woerner is an partner responsible for identifying, conducting due diligence and participating on the board of the companies acquired. Stephen has over 30 years of experience in the electric and gas utility industry. Most recently Stephen was the President (Divisional CEO) of National Grid of New England. It is a British muti-national electric and gas investor-owned utility. The New England Division encompasses 1.4 million electric utility customers, 900,000 gas customers a multi-state transmission network, a fleet of liquified natural gas facilities and a Canadian transmission interconnection for hydro imports.

Prior to National Grid, Stephen served as President and COO for Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) with 1.3 million electric and 700,000 gas customers. He also held positions as Chief Information Officer and Chief Integration Officer for Constellation Energy and led its integration into Exelon.

His responsibilities included various executive, leadership and technical roles, encompassing responsibilities in engineering, customer service, operations, supply chain, information technology, emergency preparedness, construction management, corporate transformation, strategic planning, and mergers and acquisitions. He served on the Edison Electric Institute CEO Policy Committee for Reliability, Security and Business Continuity.

Stephen has an MBA from Loyola University of Maryland and his BA in Electrical Engineering Drexel University.

Marcus Varotti is a partner at Symbiome Capital Partners. Marcus has over two decades of private equity and M&A experience in Latin America, United States and Europe. Most recently, Marcus was the Head of M&A for Grupo Conexão, one of the leading independent internet service providers in Brazil, where he led the initial acquisition of two ISPs backed by ACON Investments LLC, followed by 12 add-on acquisitions, five-fold growth in subscribers and a successful exit.

Prior to that, he was a Principal at ACON Investments, sourcing, evaluating and negotiating investments in Brazil across a variety of sectors. Before joining ACON Investments, Marcus was responsible for overseeing the portfolio of investments of Newbridge Latin America (TPG Capital affiliate).

Marcus also assisted Indigo Partners, a global transportation private equity fund, in its review of transportation investment opportunities. Prior to joining Newbridge in 2000, he was in the private equity and investment banking groups of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now UBS) in New York and London.

Marcus serves on the board of Total Mechanical )Commercial HVAC) and served on the board of Propasa (paper/packaging), Milano (clothing retailer), La Corona (chocolate company), Bristol Group (P&C insurer), Diveo (data center), Pluna (airline), Peter Piper Pizza (restaurant chain), Beyond Angels (angel investing network) and Fresh 52 (food producer).

Marcus is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish. He graduated summa cum laude from Cedarville University with a B.A. in Finance and Accounting.

John Roush is a partner at Symbiome Capital Partners. John has over three decades of executive leadership and operating experience across industrial, environmental, manufacturing and technology-enabled businesses.

Most recently, John served as CEO of Pine Environmental Services, a leading provider of environmental testing and measurement equipment. Prior to Pine Environmental, John was an Operating Executive at ACON Investments, where he focused on industrial and medical products and services and served on portfolio company boards.

Prior to ACON, John served as CEO of Novanta Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVT), a publicly traded technology manufacturer. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles at PerkinElmer, including President of its Environmental business, and served in leadership roles at Honeywell. John began his career at General Electric and McKinsey & Company.

John received an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BSEE Magna Cum Laude from Tufts University.

Kwame Lewis is the CFO of Symbiome Capital Partners. Kwame has over two decades of financial services experience focused on investment management, private equity fund operations, accounting and financial reporting.

Kwame co-founded LewisLevy Consulting, a consulting firm providing advisory services to fund managers. Previously, he served as Head of Product Innovation, Fund Services, North America at TMF Group. Prior to TMF Group, he was a Director in Accordion Partners’ FAAS practice and served as CFO and Chief Accounting Officer of ACON Investments, a private equity firm with strategies across the United States, Latin America and Europe. Earlier in his career, Kwame spent more than 16 years at PwC, where he focused on private equity, venture capital and fund-of-funds audits.

Kwame has a BSc in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University and is a CPA, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom and a CFA charterholder.

Ingrid Chou is a Vice President at Symbiome Capital Partners, bringing nearly a decade of private investment transaction experience in companies focused on energy transition and climate strategies.

Prior to joining Symbiome Capital, she was a vice president at SEAF, a fund manager that provides growth-oriented capital and operational support to SMEs across developing markets globally. At SEAF, Ingrid played a key role in fund formation, deal evaluation and execution, and the management of credit funds. She also worked closely with the executive team to develop the firm’s climate investment strategy, focusing on energy transition and nature-based solutions. Prior to joining SEAF, Ingrid was an associate at the Global Environment Fund (GEF), primarily focusing on fund formation and deal execution in the environmental and clean energy sectors.

Ingrid holds an MBA from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and a B.A. from National Taipei University.

Alex Kim joined Symbiome Capital Partners as an analyst in 2025. He is responsible for supporting the firm’s deal execution, due diligence, and portfolio management.

Prior to joining Symbiome Capital, he was an intern at West Lane Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Los Angeles, where he supported the evaluation of new investments. Prior to West Lane, Alex interned at HRG Capital.

Alex holds a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

Kyle is an advisor to Symbiome Capital and has over 20 years of experience in the electric and gas utility and power generation industries, and 30 years of M&A experience. Most recently Kyle was the SVP of Corporate Finance and Development at Exelon (NASDAQ: EXC) where he was responsible for the Corporate Development, Corporate Financial Planning, Treasury, and Insurance functions. Previously, Kyle served as SVP and Chief Development Officer for Exelon, where he was responsible for all mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic transactions for the company.

As the Chief Development Officer of Exelon, Kyle led the Corporate Development group in the origination, evaluation, approval process and execution of transactions for the company. Over the course of that time, the Corporate Development team led over 65 closed transactions with a total equity value of over $38 billion (including the acquisitions of Constellation Energy and Pepco Holdings, Inc., and the spin-off of Constellation (NASDAQ: CEG) from Exelon), growing Exelon from two to six utilities.

Prior to joining Exelon in 2003, Kyle worked in the global mergers and acquisitions practice at Lehman Brothers in New York.

Kyle earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Stephen Pang is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Montana Technologies (NASDAQ: AIRJ), a portfolio company of Transition Equity Partners, which went public in March 2024. Mr. Pang previously served as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at TortoiseEcofin Investments (“TortoiseEcofin”) and was responsible for TortoiseEcofin’s public and private direct investments across its energy transition and infrastructure strategies.

At TortoiseEcofin, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Tortoise Acquisition Corp., which merged with Hyliion Inc. (NYSE: HYLN) in October 2020. After the business combination, he continued to serve as a director and was a member of its Audit Committee until February 2024. Mr. Pang also served as Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II until the completion of its business combination in August 2021 with Volta Industries, Inc. (“Volta”). Volta was subsequently acquired by Shell USA in March 2023.

Prior to joining Montana, he also served as President and Chief Financial Officer of TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III (NYSE: TRTL), which announced a business combination with One Energy Enterprises Inc. in August 2023. Before joining Tortoise Capital Advisors in 2014, Mr. Pang was a director in Credit Suisse’s Equity Capital Markets Group. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2012, he spent eight years in Citigroup Global Market’s Investment Banking Division, where he focused on equity underwriting and corporate finance in the energy sector. Mr. Pang earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond and is a CFA charterholder.

Oscar Garcia is an advisor to Symbiome Capital Partners. Oscar has over three decades of executive, operating and investment experience across telecommunications, technology and infrastructure businesses in the United States and Latin America.

Oscar currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Neovia Solutions, a telecommunications and IT solutions provider. He also serves as President of GOALD LLC, where he advises private equity funds on acquisition due diligence, business valuations and operational analyses for technology investments across North and South America.

Previously, Oscar served as President and CFO of Diveo, a private equity-backed data center operator focused on major markets in Latin America. At Diveo, he managed operations across the United States and Latin America and helped lead the company’s sale process to a major media company in Brazil. Earlier in his career, Oscar served as Director of Finance at SkyTel Latin America.

Gilbert Minionis is an advisor to Symbiome Capital Partners. Gilbert has over four decades of executive, operating, and investment experience across telecommunications, industrials, chemicals, and business services.

Gilbert Minionis is currently CEO and partner of NetUno in Venezuela since 2000, ACON Investments’ first fund in the triple-play telecom market. More recently, he was the CEO of ACON Investments’ triple-play telecom operation in Brazil. Prior to joining NetUno, and focusing on turnarounds, Gilbert was the CEO of Telecomunicaciones Bantel, CEO of Tecnosal Venezuela (a Paul Soros Group privatized Salt Works), EVP of Corimon (the largest Venezuelan private chemical group) and CEO of Infosat (a satellite and terrestrial private networks telco). Prior to that, Gilbert spent 18 years at Dupont, where his last position was President of Dupont Venezuela and EVP South America for Dupont Coatings.

In addition to being CEO of NetUno, Gilbert is an investor and Board Member in Semper Laser Holdings, a start-up chain of laser hair removal clinics. He is also an investor in other private equity ventures. Gilbert received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University.