Diane Smith has joined Darby Overseas Investments to oversee its mezzanine finance activities in Latin America, with a particular focus on
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Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd. (“Darby”), the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Diane Smith has joined the firm to oversee its mezzanine finance activities in
Prior to forming her own firm to advise early stage entrepreneurs seeking private growth capital, Ms. Smith was a Managing Director at Electra Investment Trust PLC, a major private equity firm listed on the London Stock Exchange. In the late 1990s she led Electra's expansion into Latin America, forming fund management companies jointly with financial institutions in
Julio Lastres, Darby's Senior Managing Director