Joe Bonavita joined Capital One Southcoast in 2007 and is a Senior Vice President in the Investment Banking group. Capital One Southcoast, which is based in New Orleans, is the capital markets division of Capital One Financial Corporation and has a primary focus on the energy industry with equity research, institutional sales & trading and investment banking capabilities.
Prior to joining Capital One Southcoast he was a founding member of the private placement group specializing in Traditional (4)2 Regulation D and 144A debt transactions at BNP Paribas Securities Corp. in New York City. While at BNP Paribas he was head of transaction origination for North and South America, Australia and globally for project finance opportunities. Prior to this he worked in the private placement group at Lehman Brothers in New York City where he focused on minority and majority equity, mezzanine and debt transactions for domestic and international issuers. He received a B.S. in Finance and Marketing from Fairfield University and a M.S. in Finance from Boston College.