The highly experienced technical and financial team, has overseen 60+ mine builds and over US$200bn of mining sector transactions, and works in a close and collaborative manner with management teams to deliver optimal results

Sam is a Principal on the Appian Credit & Royalty team.  He is based in New York and his responsibilities include originating, evaluating, structuring, executing and monitoring credit & royalty investments.

Prior to joining Appian, Sam spent five years at Cerberus Capital Management, a global alternative investment platform. At Cerberus, he worked in their Emerging Market Credit practice and was responsible for originating, structuring, executing and hands-on active management of credit investments.

Previously, Sam also worked for eight years at ARC Fund, a metals and mining private equity fund focused on expansion capital and underinvested businesses. He began his career at J.P. Morgan within its Latin America Investment Banking Advisory team, which focused on M&A and capital markets.

Sam graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.