Our Team
Jacobo Gadala-Maria
President and CIO
Over the course of his thirty-plus year career in finance, Mr. Gadala-Maria has led numerous investment management firms. His professional history includes executive roles at Bankers Trust Company (North American Deputy Group Head), Vestrust Securities (Principal and Founding Partner), Dresdner Lateinamerika Financial Advisors (Chief Executive Officer), EFG Capital International (President) and PRS International (President and CEO). Mr. Gadala-Maria has been involved with corporate fixed income as a trader or investor for most of his career.
Mr. Gadala-Maria is a board member of Insigneo Financial Group, a Miami-based Broker-Dealer. He is also the Honorary Consul of the Principality of Monaco for El Salvador and a Chevalier of the Order of Grimaldi.
Mr. Gadala-Maria received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from the University of Rochester.
Ken Anderson
COO
Ken has over two decades of experience in the financial services industry. After beginning his career at Credit Suisse in New York, Ken began managing investment portfolios for high net worth individuals first at SunTrust Bank and later at PRS International.
Ken holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) certificate and served on the board of CFA Society Miami from 2007 to 2015. Ken received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Wesleyan University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Laurette Tonos
Analyst
Laurette began her career in financial services as a corporate banking intern at Banco BDI in Santo Domingo, where she supported financial analysis, credit assessments and credit proposal development for corporate clients. She went on to complete two internships in Ernst & Young's Forensic Technology practice in New York, where she built SQL-based data solutions and developed analytics strategies supporting investigations for high profile clients.
Laurette received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in Business Analytics from the University of Notre Dame. Laurette joined Unimar in 2026.
Valerie Gadala-Maria, CFA
Advisory Board Member
Valerie brings over a decade of experience in financial services to her role as an Advisory Board Member, including roles in investor relations, investment analytics and capital markets regulation. In addition to holding the position of Director at Unimar from 2019 through 2021, Valerie’s work experience includes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Gresham Investment Management, MacKay Shields LLC and Advent Capital Management. She is currently a Senior Vice President at iCapital, an alternative investments platform.
Valerie earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame in 2009. She subsequently earned a Masters in Economics and International Studies from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 2013. Valerie is a CFA Charterholder.