A FEW PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE
Carlos Barrera
Atlas Renewable Energy
Carlos Redondo Rincón
ROADIS Mexico
César Cañedo-Arguelles
CIFI
César Ramírez
Credicorp Capital
Diego Canales
GIC
Fernando Bravo
Goldman Sachs
Frederick Pierru
Marverde Infraestructura
Ionut Doldor
AviAlliance
Jaime Perez de Laborda
Balam Fund
José María Zertuche
BlackRock Real Assets
Juan Camargo
OMERS Infrastructure
Julian Torrado
CIBC Capital Markets
Leonardo Vianna
Grupo CCR
Marco de Carvalho
Barclays
Mike McCarthy
APG Asset Management
Willem Sutherland
ING Wholesale Banking
Wilson Ferreira Jr.
Eletrobras
Carlos
Carlos Barrera
CEOAtlas Renewable Energy
Carlos Barrera (Ucho) is currently CEO of Atlas Renewable Energy. Before joining Atlas Renewable Energy, Ucho worked at SunEdison for six years, as Managing Director & VP for Latin America where he grew the business from scratch to invest $1bn in a span of 4 years, and develop 500MW+ of projects financed and constructed.
Prior to that time, Ucho was at BP in multiple executive roles across Oil & Gas, Cleantech Venture Capital, and Alternative Energy in London, Australia, China and Madrid.
Ucho holds an Engineering degree from Lehigh University, a PLD certificate from Harvard University, and an Executive MBA from Kellogg, Northwestern University.
Carlos
Carlos Redondo Rincón
Director GeneralROADIS Mexico
Professional with over 13 years’ experience dedicated to the Infrastructure and Renewable Energy sectors with main focus in Management, Investment and Business Development areas. I have participated on the Origination, Assessment, Structuring, Financing and Selling assets with a total value of more than USD 6 billion. Broad international experience in leading companies in their sectors, having spent more most of my career abroad in the USA, UK and Mexico.
Double bachelor degree in Business Administration and Law.
César
César Cañedo-Arguelles
CEOCIFI
César Canedo-Arguelles is the CEO of CIFI, the leading non-banking financial institution in Latin America and the Caribbean in the fields of infrastructures and energy. He is a Founding Member of CIFI and he leads the global development of the company, especially the advisory, financing and fund management activities. Today, the company has taken part in over 160 projects with a total investment of $1.3 billion in the region.
César
César Ramírez
Head Portfolio ManagerCredicorp Capital
César Ramirez holds a MBA at the Kellog School of Management, MPA at the Kennedy School of Government Harvard. Has more than 20 years experience in investments. Former Managing Director of Petroperú, before starting in Credicorp worked as managing director at Trafigura Colombia, ING Funds, was Vice-president at AIC International Investments and held the position of investments specialist at IFC.
Diego
Diego Canales
Assistant VP - PE & InfrastructureGIC
Diego Canales joined GIC’s Infrastructure team in 2016. He is involved in the origination, execution and asset management of GIC’s investments across the Americas.
Before joining GIC, Diego was with Macquarie Capital’s infrastructure team, covering Latin American principal investments and advising clients on M&A transactions across the power & utilities, renewables and transport sectors.
Diego holds a double B.A. in Business Administration and International Relations from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
Fernando
Fernando Bravo
Managing Director - InfrastructureGoldman Sachs
Fernando heads the Goldman Sachs’ Andean Region coverage effort for the Latin American Financing Group, where he is responsible for origination and structuring of financing opportunities. Prior to assuming his current role, Bravo was a member of the emerging markets local sales team and also Principal Funding and Investments group where he focused on providing financing for Latin American infrastructure projects. Prior to joining the firm, Bravo worked at Bear Stearns and UBS Securities in the Latin American debt capital markets and derivatives departments for more than five years. He earned bachelor’s degrees in physics, engineering, and economics from Washington and Lee University and his MBA from the Wharton School.
Frederick
Frederick Pierru
Managing DirectorMarverde Infraestructura
Frederick is currently the CEO of Marverde Infraestructura. On top managing the company, he co-supports KKR’s business development effort in Mexico. Prior to his current role, Frederick has held several operational positions, in particular in the O&G industry. More recently he was also a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group, leading management consulting projects in many countries of the American continent. Among other degrees, Frederick holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from the ITESM, a Master in Industrial Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.
Ionut
Ionut Doldor
Director M&AAviAlliance
Ionut Doldor is Director M&A and heads Latin America and India business development at AviAlliance. He has more than 10 years of experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams for airport privatizations and investments, being involved in numerous projects across the globe on both buy- and sell-side. Examples include divestments of airports in the UK as well as bids in Portugal, Puerto Rico, Chile, Brazil and India.
Ionut has joined AviAlliance in 2016, and has previously worked in Spain with Ferrovial Airports and in the UK at Heathrow Airport. He has degrees in business administration, economics and finance.
Jaime
Jaime Perez de Laborda
Managing DirectorBalam Fund
Jaime is Managing Director at Balam Fund. He led the M&A and financing team at Vector Cuatro, focusing on the merchanting operations and financing in the Latin American market (and leading Vector Cuatro's implementation in the region). Previously, he was the Director of one of leading Spanish corporate finance firms, building a 10+ years experience in M&A, assessment and raising capital and debt in a wide range of sector, advising the key venture capital firms and industrial clients in national and cross-boarder transactions.
José
José María Zertuche
Managing Director, InfrastructureBlackRock Real Assets
Mr. Zertuche has over 16 years of experience investing in Mexican real assets. He is former Vice-President of I2, the leading infrastructure investment manager in Mexico acquired by BlackRock in October, 2015. His prior experience is in investment banking, including M&A, debt and equity capital markets transactions, asset management, strategy and operations. Mr. Zertuche was a founder of Infraestructura Institucional ("I2") in 2010, and served as Chief Financial and Investment Officer since its inception in 2010. Prior to founding Infraestructura Institucional, Mr. Zertuche served as Chief Investment and Control Officer of Mexico Retail Properties ("MRP Group"), which he co-founded in October 2002.
Juan
Juan Camargo
Managing DirectorOMERS Infrastructure
In his role as Managing Director at OMERS Infrastructure, Juan is responsible for the origination, acquisition and management of infrastructure assets, primarily in the Americas. Juan serves on the board of GNL Quintero in Chile and various boards of directors relating to the Airports Worldwide portfolio. Juan has extensive experience investing in large-scale infrastructure assets globally. After starting his infrastructure investment career at OMERS Infrastructure, Juan moved to Abu Dhabi and helped develop ADIA’s infrastructure investment platform. Juan returned to OMERS Infrastructure to join the NY office, where he is currently based. Juan has a B.Com degree from the University of Toronto.
Julian
Julian Torrado
Managing Director, Latin AmericaCIBC Capital Markets
Julian Torrado is responsible for the representation of CIBC Capital Markets in Colombia, including comprehensive product marketing and the origination plan for Corporate and Investment Banking transactions. These include M&A, Equity and Debt Capital Markets, Derivatives and tailored Transactional Banking Solutions. From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Torrado was Managing Director and Head of Corporate Clients Coverage for a Spain-based international financial group in Colombia. Mr. Torrado holds a law degree from the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario and received a Specialization Degree in Financial and Stock Law from the Universidad de Los Andes. Mr. Torrado is also FINRA Registered (Series 7 and Series 63).
Leonardo
Leonardo Vianna
CEOGrupo CCR
Leonardo Vianna has a degree in civil engineering from FUMEC - Fundação Mineira de Educação e Cultura and a law degree from UNIP – Universidade Paulista. Participated in major road engineering projects as Ring Road - Anel Rodoviário de Belo Horizonte (MG), highway - Rodovia dos Bandeirantes (SP), railroad - Ferrovia do Aço (MG) and railroad - Ferrovia dos Carajás (PA) in Brazil and Expressway Nº1 in Iraq. He took part in the implementation of the highway concession Rodovia Presidente Dutra (SP-RJ) from its inception until 2002 when he was appointed CCR’S New Business Officer, position held until 2018, when he was chosen to be CEO of the CCR Group.
Marco
Marco de Carvalho
Managing DirectorBarclays
Mr. de Carvalho joined Barclays in New York in 2009; he became Head of LatAm M&A in 2012, Head of Banking for Brazil in 2014, and CEO of Barclays Brazil in 2015. He has 22 years of Banking experience, having worked for 9 years at Merrill Lynch in New York and 3 years at Unibanco in Brazil. He is a Board member of the Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro. Mr. de Carvalho holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. degree in Aeronautics-Mechanical Engineering from ITA.
Mike
Mike McCarthy
Senior Portfolio ManagerAPG Asset Management
J. Michael McCarthy, CFA, is a Senior Portfolio Manager with APG Asset Management US Inc. Mr. McCarthy is responsible for originating, structuring, and managing private infrastructure investments in the Americas. Previously Mr. McCarthy was with UBS Investment Bank in the Americas Infrastructure Advisory group, as well as working in the Americas Chairman’s Office. Prior to this, Michael served as a founding employee and Vice President of Infrastructure Ontario. Michael began his career with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance. Mr. McCarthy graduated from Queen’s University with a B. Commerce degree, earned a MBA from Columbia Business School and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Willem
Willem Sutherland
Head of Latin AmericaING Wholesale Banking
Willem Sutherland heads the Latin America region for ING. While travelling extensively in Latin America, he is based in New York. Prior to assuming his current position, he was head of the Infrastructure Finance and Advisory activities for ING in the Americas. Willem has more than 20 years of experience in debt structuring, advisory, project finance and debt placement in the Americas. Prior to joining ING, Willem worked for ABN AMRO in Europe, Mexico and New York. He has been based in New York since 2001. Willem holds an MSc degree in Business Engineering from the Technical University of Twente, in the Netherlands.
Wilson
Wilson Ferreira Jr.
CEOEletrobras
Wilson Ferreira Jr is CEO of Eletrobras. He graduated in Electrical Engineering at the Engineering School of Mackenzie University, and in Business Administration at Mackenzie University. He holds a master's degree in Energy from USP and holds several specializations, among which Workplace Safety Engineering (Mackenzie University), Marketing (Getúlio Vargas Foundation) and Electric Power Distribution Management (Swedish Power Co.). At Cesp, he held several positions, including Chief Distribution Officer. He was CEO of RGE from, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bandeirante Energia S.A. and CEO of CPFL Paulista. In 2002, he became CEO of CPFL Energia and he was also the Chairman of Abradee and Abdib.
A FEW PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE
Carlos Barrera
Atlas Renewable Energy
Carlos Redondo Rincón
ROADIS Mexico
César Cañedo-Arguelles
CIFI
César Ramírez
Credicorp Capital
Diego Canales
GIC
Fernando Bravo
Goldman Sachs
Frederick Pierru
Marverde Infraestructura
Ionut Doldor
AviAlliance
Jaime Perez de Laborda
Balam Fund
José María Zertuche
BlackRock Real Assets
Juan Camargo
OMERS Infrastructure
Julian Torrado
CIBC Capital Markets
Leonardo Vianna
Grupo CCR
Marco de Carvalho
Barclays
Mike McCarthy
APG Asset Management
Willem Sutherland
ING Wholesale Banking
Wilson Ferreira Jr.
Eletrobras
Carlos
Carlos Barrera
CEOAtlas Renewable Energy
Carlos Barrera (Ucho) is currently CEO of Atlas Renewable Energy. Before joining Atlas Renewable Energy, Ucho worked at SunEdison for six years, as Managing Director & VP for Latin America where he grew the business from scratch to invest $1bn in a span of 4 years, and develop 500MW+ of projects financed and constructed.
Prior to that time, Ucho was at BP in multiple executive roles across Oil & Gas, Cleantech Venture Capital, and Alternative Energy in London, Australia, China and Madrid.
Ucho holds an Engineering degree from Lehigh University, a PLD certificate from Harvard University, and an Executive MBA from Kellogg, Northwestern University.
Carlos
Carlos Redondo Rincón
Director GeneralROADIS Mexico
Professional with over 13 years’ experience dedicated to the Infrastructure and Renewable Energy sectors with main focus in Management, Investment and Business Development areas. I have participated on the Origination, Assessment, Structuring, Financing and Selling assets with a total value of more than USD 6 billion. Broad international experience in leading companies in their sectors, having spent more most of my career abroad in the USA, UK and Mexico.
Double bachelor degree in Business Administration and Law.
César
César Cañedo-Arguelles
CEOCIFI
César Canedo-Arguelles is the CEO of CIFI, the leading non-banking financial institution in Latin America and the Caribbean in the fields of infrastructures and energy. He is a Founding Member of CIFI and he leads the global development of the company, especially the advisory, financing and fund management activities. Today, the company has taken part in over 160 projects with a total investment of $1.3 billion in the region.
César
César Ramírez
Head Portfolio ManagerCredicorp Capital
César Ramirez holds a MBA at the Kellog School of Management, MPA at the Kennedy School of Government Harvard. Has more than 20 years experience in investments. Former Managing Director of Petroperú, before starting in Credicorp worked as managing director at Trafigura Colombia, ING Funds, was Vice-president at AIC International Investments and held the position of investments specialist at IFC.
Diego
Diego Canales
Assistant VP - PE & InfrastructureGIC
Diego Canales joined GIC’s Infrastructure team in 2016. He is involved in the origination, execution and asset management of GIC’s investments across the Americas.
Before joining GIC, Diego was with Macquarie Capital’s infrastructure team, covering Latin American principal investments and advising clients on M&A transactions across the power & utilities, renewables and transport sectors.
Diego holds a double B.A. in Business Administration and International Relations from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
Fernando
Fernando Bravo
Managing Director - InfrastructureGoldman Sachs
Fernando heads the Goldman Sachs’ Andean Region coverage effort for the Latin American Financing Group, where he is responsible for origination and structuring of financing opportunities. Prior to assuming his current role, Bravo was a member of the emerging markets local sales team and also Principal Funding and Investments group where he focused on providing financing for Latin American infrastructure projects. Prior to joining the firm, Bravo worked at Bear Stearns and UBS Securities in the Latin American debt capital markets and derivatives departments for more than five years. He earned bachelor’s degrees in physics, engineering, and economics from Washington and Lee University and his MBA from the Wharton School.
Frederick
Frederick Pierru
Managing DirectorMarverde Infraestructura
Frederick is currently the CEO of Marverde Infraestructura. On top managing the company, he co-supports KKR’s business development effort in Mexico. Prior to his current role, Frederick has held several operational positions, in particular in the O&G industry. More recently he was also a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group, leading management consulting projects in many countries of the American continent. Among other degrees, Frederick holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from the ITESM, a Master in Industrial Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.
Ionut
Ionut Doldor
Director M&AAviAlliance
Ionut Doldor is Director M&A and heads Latin America and India business development at AviAlliance. He has more than 10 years of experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams for airport privatizations and investments, being involved in numerous projects across the globe on both buy- and sell-side. Examples include divestments of airports in the UK as well as bids in Portugal, Puerto Rico, Chile, Brazil and India.
Ionut has joined AviAlliance in 2016, and has previously worked in Spain with Ferrovial Airports and in the UK at Heathrow Airport. He has degrees in business administration, economics and finance.
Jaime
Jaime Perez de Laborda
Managing DirectorBalam Fund
Jaime is Managing Director at Balam Fund. He led the M&A and financing team at Vector Cuatro, focusing on the merchanting operations and financing in the Latin American market (and leading Vector Cuatro's implementation in the region). Previously, he was the Director of one of leading Spanish corporate finance firms, building a 10+ years experience in M&A, assessment and raising capital and debt in a wide range of sector, advising the key venture capital firms and industrial clients in national and cross-boarder transactions.
José
José María Zertuche
Managing Director, InfrastructureBlackRock Real Assets
Mr. Zertuche has over 16 years of experience investing in Mexican real assets. He is former Vice-President of I2, the leading infrastructure investment manager in Mexico acquired by BlackRock in October, 2015. His prior experience is in investment banking, including M&A, debt and equity capital markets transactions, asset management, strategy and operations. Mr. Zertuche was a founder of Infraestructura Institucional ("I2") in 2010, and served as Chief Financial and Investment Officer since its inception in 2010. Prior to founding Infraestructura Institucional, Mr. Zertuche served as Chief Investment and Control Officer of Mexico Retail Properties ("MRP Group"), which he co-founded in October 2002.
Juan
Juan Camargo
Managing DirectorOMERS Infrastructure
In his role as Managing Director at OMERS Infrastructure, Juan is responsible for the origination, acquisition and management of infrastructure assets, primarily in the Americas. Juan serves on the board of GNL Quintero in Chile and various boards of directors relating to the Airports Worldwide portfolio. Juan has extensive experience investing in large-scale infrastructure assets globally. After starting his infrastructure investment career at OMERS Infrastructure, Juan moved to Abu Dhabi and helped develop ADIA’s infrastructure investment platform. Juan returned to OMERS Infrastructure to join the NY office, where he is currently based. Juan has a B.Com degree from the University of Toronto.
Julian
Julian Torrado
Managing Director, Latin AmericaCIBC Capital Markets
Julian Torrado is responsible for the representation of CIBC Capital Markets in Colombia, including comprehensive product marketing and the origination plan for Corporate and Investment Banking transactions. These include M&A, Equity and Debt Capital Markets, Derivatives and tailored Transactional Banking Solutions. From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Torrado was Managing Director and Head of Corporate Clients Coverage for a Spain-based international financial group in Colombia. Mr. Torrado holds a law degree from the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario and received a Specialization Degree in Financial and Stock Law from the Universidad de Los Andes. Mr. Torrado is also FINRA Registered (Series 7 and Series 63).
Leonardo
Leonardo Vianna
CEOGrupo CCR
Leonardo Vianna has a degree in civil engineering from FUMEC - Fundação Mineira de Educação e Cultura and a law degree from UNIP – Universidade Paulista. Participated in major road engineering projects as Ring Road - Anel Rodoviário de Belo Horizonte (MG), highway - Rodovia dos Bandeirantes (SP), railroad - Ferrovia do Aço (MG) and railroad - Ferrovia dos Carajás (PA) in Brazil and Expressway Nº1 in Iraq. He took part in the implementation of the highway concession Rodovia Presidente Dutra (SP-RJ) from its inception until 2002 when he was appointed CCR’S New Business Officer, position held until 2018, when he was chosen to be CEO of the CCR Group.
Marco
Marco de Carvalho
Managing DirectorBarclays
Mr. de Carvalho joined Barclays in New York in 2009; he became Head of LatAm M&A in 2012, Head of Banking for Brazil in 2014, and CEO of Barclays Brazil in 2015. He has 22 years of Banking experience, having worked for 9 years at Merrill Lynch in New York and 3 years at Unibanco in Brazil. He is a Board member of the Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro. Mr. de Carvalho holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. degree in Aeronautics-Mechanical Engineering from ITA.
Mike
Mike McCarthy
Senior Portfolio ManagerAPG Asset Management
J. Michael McCarthy, CFA, is a Senior Portfolio Manager with APG Asset Management US Inc. Mr. McCarthy is responsible for originating, structuring, and managing private infrastructure investments in the Americas. Previously Mr. McCarthy was with UBS Investment Bank in the Americas Infrastructure Advisory group, as well as working in the Americas Chairman’s Office. Prior to this, Michael served as a founding employee and Vice President of Infrastructure Ontario. Michael began his career with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance. Mr. McCarthy graduated from Queen’s University with a B. Commerce degree, earned a MBA from Columbia Business School and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Willem
Willem Sutherland
Head of Latin AmericaING Wholesale Banking
Willem Sutherland heads the Latin America region for ING. While travelling extensively in Latin America, he is based in New York. Prior to assuming his current position, he was head of the Infrastructure Finance and Advisory activities for ING in the Americas. Willem has more than 20 years of experience in debt structuring, advisory, project finance and debt placement in the Americas. Prior to joining ING, Willem worked for ABN AMRO in Europe, Mexico and New York. He has been based in New York since 2001. Willem holds an MSc degree in Business Engineering from the Technical University of Twente, in the Netherlands.
Wilson
Wilson Ferreira Jr.
CEOEletrobras
Wilson Ferreira Jr is CEO of Eletrobras. He graduated in Electrical Engineering at the Engineering School of Mackenzie University, and in Business Administration at Mackenzie University. He holds a master's degree in Energy from USP and holds several specializations, among which Workplace Safety Engineering (Mackenzie University), Marketing (Getúlio Vargas Foundation) and Electric Power Distribution Management (Swedish Power Co.). At Cesp, he held several positions, including Chief Distribution Officer. He was CEO of RGE from, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bandeirante Energia S.A. and CEO of CPFL Paulista. In 2002, he became CEO of CPFL Energia and he was also the Chairman of Abradee and Abdib.
Keynote
Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas Minister
Brazil's Ministry of Infrastructure
A civil engineer from Instituto Militar de Engenharia, with a specialization in Project Management and Master in Transport Engineering. Legislative advisor to Brazil's Congress. He served as an engineering at the Brazilian Army; head of the technical division at Companhia de Engenharia do Brasil in the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti; general coordinator of Auditing in the Transport section at Brazil's Office of the Comptroller-General (CGU); executive director and managing director at DNIT; and secretary of Projects Coordination in the Special Secretariat of the Investments Partnerships Program (PPI).
Keynote
James McCormack
MD and Global Head of Sovereign
Fitch Ratings
Managing director and global head of sovereign and supranational ratings, based in Hong Kong. James re-joined Fitch in October 2013 from the Bank of Canada where he held a senior credit role. Prior to this, James spent three years with Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong where he was an Executive Director in credit risk management and advisory. James joined Goldman Sachs in 2010 from Fitch, where he held various senior roles in the Sovereign Ratings Group, including Head of the Asia-Pacific Sovereign team. Prior to joining Fitch, James was a country risk analyst for Export Development Canada and an economist for the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa. He began his career as an economist at Wharton Econometrics (WEFA).
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CCR Group is one of the major infrastructure concession companies in Latin America. Divided into four business units, CCR Highways SP, CCR Highways BR, CCR Mobility and CCR Airports, the company operates in the main transportation modes in the region. In the road segment, it controls 3,265 kilometres of highways in four Brazilian states where the highest concentration of GDP passes through. In the transportation of passengers, it holds the concessions of lines 4 and recently won the auction to manage lines 5 and 17 of the São Paulo metro system. In addition, it is responsible for the boat system and the VLT in Rio de Janeiro and the subway operation in the capital of Bahia, Salvador. In airport concessions, the company operates in the airports of Quito (Ecuador), San José (Costa Rica), Curaçao and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Besides, the CCR Group also has expertise in high-capacity data transmission and airport services in the United States.
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Sao Paulo | SP | Brazil
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+51 213 6565
Lima | Peru
We are a Peruvian company with more than 84 years of experience, organized into three business lines: Engineering and Construction, Infrastructure and Real Estate. We have permanent operations in Peru, Chile, and Colombia, which allow us to offer our services at a regional market. And have participated in the development of projects in 13 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting in all of them the excellence of our operations and our responsibility with the development of the communities in which we operate.
Our vision of being the most reliable engineering and infrastructure company in Latin America demonstrates our commitment to do things well and work with the highest management standards to gain the trust of our customers.
São Paulo | SP | Brazil
As a global leader, Alvarez & Marsal is noted for its performance enhancement, restructuring and business consultancy services, which focus on boosting growth and accelerating results for clients. A&M has extensive experience in the infrastructure area and has delivered various management, restructuring and asset valuation projects for highway, port, energy and telecom ventures. A&M believes Brazil is a market that presents a range of opportunities that will help expand its service portfolio. It has therefore created the Infrastructure & Capital Projects (I&CP) department, staffed with consultants trained to offer clients a multidisciplinary approach analyzing a wide range of issues, including, strategy, finance, capital structure, tax, licensing, management and construction support, dispute resolution and asset development. A&M provides potential investors with support during the privatization process and is a one-stop-shop capable of validating underlying value-generating processes.
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Much like a conversation in your own living room, the dynamic environment allows you to engage with your peers in an informal and collegial setting.
Project Leader
Melissa Dalla Rosa
Head of Infrastructure Latam
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+55 (11) 97153-1370
Melissa
Melissa Dalla Rosa
Head of Infrastructure LatamGRI Club
Melissa Dalla Rosa é Diretora de Infraestrutura e atua principalmente na expansão do GRI Club Infra na América Latina. Graduada em Comunicação Social – Relações Públicas pela Unisinos (RS), Pós-graduada Publicidade Institucional, Comunicação Multimídia e Organização de Eventos pela Universidade de Florença – Itália, onde viveu por sete anos, está concluindo um MBA em Gestão do Agronegócio pela ESALQ/USP. Possui mais de 10 anos de experiência na área de relações públicas e eventos.
Advisory Board Members
Alonso García Tamés
Managing Director, Latin America
CDPQ Capital Mexico
Andre Clark
President and CEO
Siemens no Brasil
Andrés García Novel
Principal Investment Officer
International Finance Corporation
Benjamín Torres-Barrón
Partner
Baker McKenzie
https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en
+52 55 5279 2979
Ciudad de México | Federal District | Mexico
As the largest law firm in Latin America with over 850 attorneys across 15 offices in 7 countries*, Baker McKenzie offers clients 60+ years of on-the-ground presence in the region for their most important energy and infra transactions and disputes.
Bernardo Serafim
Head for Latin America Development
Vinci Concessions
Bruno Sena
CEO
BMPI
Bruno Werneck
Partner
Mayer Brown Tauil & Chequer
Carlos Redondo Rincón
Director General
ROADIS Mexico
Celso Pedroso
CEO
Solví Participações
César Ramírez
Head Portfolio Manager
Credicorp Capital
Dênio Cidreira
President
Fonte Nova Negócios e Participações
Elias de Souza
Partner - Infra and Capital Projects
Deloitte
http://www.deloitte.com
+55 11 5186 1000
São Paulo | SP | Brazil
Deloitte is one of the world’s leading firms, delivering outstanding management, consulting and advisory services in 154 countries, to more than one-half of the largest companies listed in Fortune Global 500, as well as public enterprises and institutions, locally important clients and fast-growing multinational companies. Deloitte is committed to driving economic growth and supporting a sustainable society. Using the Deloitte Network’s insights to handling challenges and opportunities is the gateway to achieving individual growth, business success and to creating a prosperous society. Deloitte has an infrastructure and capital projects team that provides a wide range of services throughout the asset lifecycle, combining global best practices from their experience on the world’s largest and most complex projects to help clients to maximize the value of their investment. We advise public and private sector projects commissioners, as well as both sides of a public-private partnership.
Emilio Uquillas
Director Representative in Mexico
CAF Development Bank of Latin America
Guilherme Caixeta
Senior Vice President, Infrastructure
GIC
Hector Gomez Ang
Country Head Brazil
International Finance Corporation
Jean Pierre Serani Toro
CEO, Investment Banking
Grupo Bancolombia
José Guilherme Souza
Senior Partner
Vinci Partners
José María Zertuche
Managing Director, Infrastructure
BlackRock Real Assets
Ciudad de México | Federal District | Mexico
BlackRock is trusted to manage more money than any other investment firm. Our business is investing on behalf of our clients - from large institutions to parents and grandparents, teachers, nurses, doctors and people from all walks of life.
Laurie Fitzmaurice
Vice President Business Development
EDF Renewables
Leonardo Vianna
CEO
Grupo CCR
http://www.grupoccr.com.br/
+55 11 3747 5100
São Paulo | SP | Brazil
CCR Group is one of the major infrastructure concession companies in Latin America. Divided into four business units, CCR Highways SP, CCR Highways BR, CCR Mobility and CCR Airports, the company operates in the main transportation modes in the region. In the road segment, it controls 3,265 kilometres of highways in four Brazilian states where the highest concentration of GDP passes through. In the transportation of passengers, it holds the concessions of lines 4 and recently won the auction to manage lines 5 and 17 of the São Paulo metro system. In addition, it is responsible for the boat system and the VLT in Rio de Janeiro and the subway operation in the capital of Bahia, Salvador. In airport concessions, the company operates in the airports of Quito (Ecuador), San José (Costa Rica), Curaçao and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Besides, the CCR Group also has expertise in high-capacity data transmission and airport services in the United States.
Manuel Rodríguez Arregui
Founding Partner
Ainda Energía & Infraestructura
Ciudad de México | Federal District | Mexico
Ainda is a listed private equity fund (CKD) focused on investing in energy and infrastructure projects in Mexico. Ainda has signed a strategic alliance with Goldman Sachs Merchant Bank Division to identify opportunities to co-invest in the country.
Marcos Almeida
Managing Partner
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
Mario Gabriel Budebo
Partner and Chief Executive Officer
MIP - EXI CKD
Mauricio Ossa Echeverri
Presidente - CEO
Odinsa
Miguel Toledo
CIO - Colombia & Peru
International Finance Corporation
Renato Sucupira
President
BF Capital
São Paulo | SP | Brazil
BF Capital is an Independent Financial Adviser on Structured Finance and it is one of the main project finance structuring consultants for large-scale Infrastructure Projects in Brazil. BF Capital works throughout the entire operation of Structuring Cycle with tailor-made financial solutions according to the needs of each sector and business. BF Capital assessed more than 169 projects, structuring BRL 15 Billion, implemented 85 EOIs and 45 Bidding processes in the last 5 years.
BF Capital is a team of highly skilled professionals and shaped the best practices in the sector. Leader in Project Finance for Water & Sewage and Airport concessions in Brazil, it is also widely recognized for important achievements in other sectors like Energy Generation, Transmission, Clean Energy, Urban Mobility.
Ricardo Szlejf
Managing Director - Infrastructure
CPPIB
Sylvia Coutinho
Head of WM Latam & Country Head UBSGroup
UBS
Teresa Vernaglia
CEO
BRK Ambiental
São Paulo | SP | Brazil
BRK Ambiental is the largest private Brazilian Company in the area of environmental solutions. Through the control of its assets, the Company can guarantee more assertive decision-making, applying best governance practices in all of its segments. This allows BRK Ambiental to ensure that the processes and systems are the same for all of its operations, guaranteeing operational gains and more accurate quality control.
In the Water and Wastewater segment, BRK Ambiental operates in all regions of the country under full concession (water and wastewater) or partial concession (wastewater) model, as well as through PPPs (Public-Private Partnerships) and other associations with state and municipal entities. In addition, it has guaranteed its position with a strategy focused on synergy and on offering quality services. All of this guarantees effective performance when tackling the sanitation deficit challenge present in Brazil, while working in a complementary fashion with the government.
Alonso
Alonso García Tamés
Managing Director, Latin AmericaCDPQ Capital Mexico
Based in Mexico City, Alonso plays a key role in developing and managing CDPQ's investments in Mexico and Latin American region. He also establishes and maintains close relationships with key public and private institutions to reinforce CDPQ’s positioning as a long-term partner and investor in the LA region. Before joining CDPQ México, since 2011, he was Corporate Managing Director, Public Sector and Capital Markets – Latin America at Citi and Banamex. Previously, Alonso worked as Chief Executive Officer of Banobras and Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Credit in the Mexican Ministry of Finance. He also held several positions at the Central Bank of Mexico over almost 20 years, including as General Director of Operations.
Andre
Andre Clark
President and CEOSiemens no Brasil
André Clark began his career in the Pulp&Paper industry in 1995. He has 17 years of experience in Energy, Oil&Gas, Manufacturing, Logistics and Infrastructure areas. He was CEO of Acciona for Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. Now, Mr Clark is the President and CEO of Siemens Brazil, since November, 1st, 2017. He holds Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and MBA in Finance and Operations Management from New York University Stern School of Business.
Andrés
Andrés García Novel
Principal Investment OfficerInternational Finance Corporation
Focused in origination, structuring and management of debt and equity investments since 2006, Andres is currently based in Mexico City, where he moved from Washington DC in November 2014 and from where he now leads IFC’s infrastructure business origination in Mexico and Central America. He has more than 12 years of emerging market investment experience, including 10 years in the energy sector with IFC globally. His responsibilities currently also include originating and structuring equity transactions comprising co- investment opportunities in Mexico for the US$1.2 billion China-Mexico Fund managed by IFC’s Asset Management Company. He received an MBA from the IESE Business School (Barcelona, Spain) in 2006.
Benjamín
Benjamín Torres-Barrón
PartnerBaker McKenzie
Benjamín Torres-Barrón leads Baker McKenzie's Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Practice Group in Mexico. He handles all legal matters related to the development of real estate, mining, infrastructure and major projects, and advises clients on the development of projects relating to electricity, oil, gas, fuels, water, waste, LPG, LNG, biofuels, energy efficiency and public bids called by Mexican government agencies. Benjamín also represents clients before the regulatory authorities and agencies in matters regarding permitting for energy projects, and advises clients on maritime and navigation matters, due diligence, contracts and financing, as well as regulatory issues.
Bernardo
Bernardo Serafim
Head for Latin America DevelopmentVinci Concessions
Bernardo Serafim is Development Director of VINCI Concessions for Latin America and Executive Director of Vinci Highways. Holds a Civil Engineer degree from the Technical Superior Institute, a Master's Degree in Business Administration by Indeg-ISCTE Business School from Lisbon, an MBA degree from Catholic University & Nova University (Lisbon MBA) and a Diploma in Leadership Development Program from IBMEC. Before joining VINCI Concessions, he worked in several geographies and positions: Project manager in several infrastructure projects, Country Manager for Spain, Business Development Director for Mozambique, South Africa ,Tanzania and later for Europe and Euroasia. Finally served as General Manager for Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.
Bruno
Bruno Sena
CEOBMPI
He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, having started his career in the financial market at Banco Opportunity. He was previously Managing Director at Internet Group, company integrated by iG, BrTurbo and iBest. In 2009, he joined Angra Infra as Managing Partner, where he could manage a wide range of investment in infrastructure. In 2013, he founded Barbosa Mello Investimentos, an infrastructure investment holding company. The company currently has investments in sectors such as water, energy, social infrastructure, street lighting and transports.
Bruno
Bruno Werneck
PartnerMayer Brown Tauil & Chequer
Bruno counsels Brazilian and foreign clients on matters related to infrastructure projects, energy, oil and gas and mining. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions transactions, concessions, public-private partnerships, including PMIs, government purchases, project financing, tax; incentives and regulatory matters. He worked as a foreign associate in the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and was a partner in the American law Firm of Mayer Brown. He is a Professor of graduate courses at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).
Carlos
Carlos Redondo Rincón
Director GeneralROADIS Mexico
Professional with over 13 years’ experience dedicated to the Infrastructure and Renewable Energy sectors with main focus in Management, Investment and Business Development areas. I have participated on the Origination, Assessment, Structuring, Financing and Selling assets with a total value of more than USD 6 billion. Broad international experience in leading companies in their sectors, having spent more most of my career abroad in the USA, UK and Mexico.
Double bachelor degree in Business Administration and Law.
Celso
Celso Pedroso
CEOSolví Participações
CEO of Solví Industrial Solutions (SSI), Solví´s Group. Production Engineer, MBA in Finance - IBMEC. Over 22 years’ experience in the environmental sector, leading the implementation of Solid Waste Management projects in Brazil and chaired the Solví Institute. ABETRE´s Council President - Brazilian Association of Waste and Wastewater Treatment and Waste Committee Member of ABDIB - Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industry.
César
César Ramírez
Head Portfolio ManagerCredicorp Capital
César Ramirez holds a MBA at the Kellog School of Management, MPA at the Kennedy School of Government Harvard. Has more than 20 years experience in investments. Former Managing Director of Petroperú, before starting in Credicorp worked as managing director at Trafigura Colombia, ING Funds, was Vice-president at AIC International Investments and held the position of investments specialist at IFC.
Dênio
Dênio Cidreira
PresidentFonte Nova Negócios e Participações
Dênio Cidreira is President of Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova. He is a chemical engineer graduated from UFBA and holds an MBA from FGV and Cranfield (England). He also took the Harvard Business School Product Innovation Leadership Course and the IBGC Management Advisor Course. He previously held positions in the Odebrecht Group, which he joined as Braskem's New Business Manager and gained executive experience by being part the board of several companies within the group: Santo Antonio Energia, Odebrecht Ambiental and Odebrecht Properties.
Elias
Elias de Souza
Partner - Infra and Capital ProjectsDeloitte
Partner of the Infrastructure & Capital Projects and Government and Public Services Industry Leader at Deloitte in Brazil. Lawyer with a Master in Public Policy (FGV-EAESP) and PPP professional certificate (CP3P). He has more than 20 years of experience in public management advisory; advising on projects with multilateral organizations; consulting on infrastructure projects, mainly PPP; preparation of studies and analysis of the infrastructure market; structuring of social capital investments; advising on smart city projects; consulting on urban mobility projects and structuring sustainable projects with a social impact.
Emilio
Emilio Uquillas
Director Representative in MexicoCAF Development Bank of Latin America
Guilherme
Guilherme Caixeta
Senior Vice President, InfrastructureGIC
Guilherme Caixeta is a Senior Vice President of Infrastructure at GIC, responsible for coordinating infrastructure investments in Latin America. Previously, he worked at Pátria Infrastructure as an investment officer and as CEO / CFO of investment firms. Previously, he worked at Votorantim Novos Negócios and at Boston Consulting Group. He is a mechanical engineer graduated from ITA and has an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
Hector
Hector Gomez Ang
Country Head BrazilInternational Finance Corporation
Hector Gomez Ang is the Country Manager for Brazil of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) responsible for investment and advisory activities in Brazil. He has a 20-year career in the financial market and global business of project finance, M & A and origination of investment opportunities through equity and debt.
Jean
Jean Pierre Serani Toro
CEO, Investment BankingGrupo Bancolombia
Since May 2016, Jean Pierre Serani is the Head of the Investment Banking division of Bancolombia, where he is in charge of the M&A, DCM/ECM, Project, Corporate and Acquisition Finance, Merchant Banking and Special Situations teams. Previously, for three years he was the CEO of Valores Bancolombia, the bank´s brokerage unit and the Head of the Sales & Trading division. Before 2013, he held several positions on the Investment Banking division for more than eight years. Mr. Serani received his undergraduate degree in Business from Universidad EAFIT and his MBA degree from Georgia Institute of Technology as a Fulbright Scholar.
José
José Guilherme Souza
Senior PartnerVinci Partners
Mr Souza has been with Vinci Partners since inception, and had been manager of FIP Brasil Energia while at Banco Pactual until 2009. At Vinci, Mr Souza was responsible for monitoring the investment in Equatorial Energia until 2015 and has served as board member of Celpa (Centrais Eletrica do Para), Cecrisa, and is still at the board of Grupo CBO. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá (EFEI) and an MBA with a major in Corporate Finance and Accounting from University of Rochester, New York (Beta Gamma Sigma award).
José
José María Zertuche
Managing Director, InfrastructureBlackRock Real Assets
Mr. Zertuche has over 16 years of experience investing in Mexican real assets. He is former Vice-President of I2, the leading infrastructure investment manager in Mexico acquired by BlackRock in October, 2015. His prior experience is in investment banking, including M&A, debt and equity capital markets transactions, asset management, strategy and operations. Mr. Zertuche was a founder of Infraestructura Institucional ("I2") in 2010, and served as Chief Financial and Investment Officer since its inception in 2010. Prior to founding Infraestructura Institucional, Mr. Zertuche served as Chief Investment and Control Officer of Mexico Retail Properties ("MRP Group"), which he co-founded in October 2002.
Laurie
Laurie Fitzmaurice
Vice President Business DevelopmentEDF Renewables
Laurie Fitzmaurice is Vice President of Business Development at EDF EN Mexico. She is in charge of opening and developing new opportunities in the Mexican market in the solar, wind and hydroelectric categories. In addition, she is responsible for the expansion and management of the portfolio of projects and the inclusion of new business partners. Laurie joined the EDF EN México group in June 2016 with a track record of more than 20 years of experience in the Energy Sector. She has led a number of natural gas, wind and biomass projects in the United States, the United Kingdom and Latin America.
Leonardo
Leonardo Vianna
CEOGrupo CCR
Leonardo Vianna has a degree in civil engineering from FUMEC - Fundação Mineira de Educação e Cultura and a law degree from UNIP – Universidade Paulista. Participated in major road engineering projects as Ring Road - Anel Rodoviário de Belo Horizonte (MG), highway - Rodovia dos Bandeirantes (SP), railroad - Ferrovia do Aço (MG) and railroad - Ferrovia dos Carajás (PA) in Brazil and Expressway Nº1 in Iraq. He took part in the implementation of the highway concession Rodovia Presidente Dutra (SP-RJ) from its inception until 2002 when he was appointed CCR’S New Business Officer, position held until 2018, when he was chosen to be CEO of the CCR Group.
Manuel
Manuel Rodríguez Arregui
Founding PartnerAinda Energía & Infraestructura
Manuel holds a BS in Economics from MIT and a MPA from Harvard and has taught courses in economics and finance at ITAM and Universidad Iberoamericana. He has worked from both the public and private sectors most related to infrastructure. Positions include Director of Studies at the Agriculture and Water Resources (1993-1994), founding partner at Analisis y Desarrollo de Proyectos (ADP) acquired by Mercer Management Consulting (1994-2006), Undersecretary of Transportation at SCT (2006-2008), Chief of Structural Change at SCT (2008-2009), Chief Administrative Officer at the Interior Ministry (2009-2010) and Head of GBM Infrastructure (2010-2015). Additionally, he was President of the Board of ASA and Alternate Board Member at PEMEX.
Marcos
Marcos Almeida
Managing PartnerBrookfield Infrastructure Partners
Marcos Almeida joined Brookfield Asset Management in 2003. He is managing partner and Head of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in Brazil. He has over 20 years of experience in private equity and corporate finance. His experience in transactions includes
Mario
Mario Gabriel Budebo
Partner and Chief Executive OfficerMIP - EXI CKD
Mr. Mario Gabriel Budebo obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. He obtained a masters degree and PhD, both in Economics, at UCLA. He is founder and CEO of Mexico Infrastructure Partners, a company that manages funds, aimed to the Energy and Infrastructure sectors in Mexico. Mr. Gabriel Budebo has made most of his professional career in the Mexican Government, designing public policies in several areas such as taxation, development banking, public finance, pension regulation and hydrocarbons. Mr. Gabriel was awarded with the National Banamex Prize on Economics, Tlacaélel Prize on Economic Consulting and received the Professional Merit Award from ITAM.
Mauricio
Mauricio Ossa Echeverri
Presidente - CEOOdinsa
Mauricio Ossa Echeverri is president of the Odinsa Group. Previously, he worked as vice president for the Caribbean region and legal representative of Cementos Argos and as manager of Industrial Business and national manager of Marketing. He studied Business Administration and specialization in International Marketing at EAFIT University (Medellin). He also did the Advanced Management Program of the University of La Sabana (Bogotá) and the CEO's Management Program of the Kellogg School of Management (Illinois).
Miguel
Miguel Toledo
CIO - Colombia & PeruInternational Finance Corporation
Mr Toledo has more than 15 years of experience structuring financing for power, gas, transport, and water projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is currently a Chief Investment Officer within IFC's Latin America Infrastructure and Natural Resources group, leading IFC's efforts in Central America, the Caribbean and the Andean regions. Prior to joining IFC in 2005, Mr. Toledo worked at CAF and Citigroup. Mr. Toledo holds a bachelor degree in civil engineering from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and a Masters in Business Administration from McGill University in Montreal.
Renato
Renato Sucupira
PresidentBF Capital
Civil Engineer from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and MBA in Corporate Finance from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-RJ). Renato worked at BNDES between 1986 and 2004, with its main role being Director of BNDES-EXIM. Over the past seven years he has led an independent financial advisory company, with operations surpassing R$ 15 billion in project financing.
Ricardo
Ricardo Szlejf
Managing Director - InfrastructureCPPIB
Ricardo Szlejf joined CPPIB in 2015 as a Senior Principal in the Infrastructure department. Prior to joining CPPIB, Ricardo advised energy and infrastructure clients for over 10 years, at the investment banking teams of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Santander. Ricardo currently serves on the boards of Grupo Costanera (Chile) and Arco Norte (Mexico). Ricardo holds a BS in Business Administration from Fundacao Getulio Vargas and an MBA from INSEAD.
Sylvia
Sylvia Coutinho
Head of WM Latam & Country Head UBSGroupUBS
CEO of UBS in Brazil, Sylvia is responsible for all business lines, including the country's largest brokerage firm, Investment Banking and Wealth Management. She was responsible for the strategic direction and management of Retail Banking, Insurance, Wealth Management and Asset Management for HSBC across Latin America. She joined HSBC and held a number of positions including CEO of Asset Management for the Americas and Emerging Markets. She began her career at Citigroup in Brazil, acting in the United States, Europe and Asia. She holds a BS in Engineering from the USP – Brazil, and an MBA from Columbia University. Is currently a member of the Board of Edenred, Brazil Foundation NGO and also supports Instituto Ayrton Senna.
Teresa
Teresa Vernaglia
CEOBRK Ambiental
Teresa Vernaglia, CEO of BRK Ambiental, has served for more than 25 years in leadership positions in the Telecommunication and Energy sectors. Teresa worked for 16 years in the AES group and was President of AES ERGOS, AES Brasil Institute and AES Atimus. She started her career at NEC Brasil and before joining AES, was Director of Engineering and Operations at Nextel. Teresa Vernaglia holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of Sorocaba and an MBA in Business Management from the Instituto Técnico de Aeronáutica / ESPM.
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Andrés
Andrés Ortega
Vicepresidente de AeropuertosOdinsa
Aniceto
Aniceto Huertas-Corcelles
PartnerBeel Infrastructure
Co-founder of Beel Infrastructure Partners, he previously worked in CitiBanamex Afore, where he focused on investments in structured instruments, particularly in the infrastructure, real estate and corporate private equity sectors. Previously he was based in Washington DC, as senior investment officer in the infrastructure department at the Inter-American Investment Corporation. He has also worked for the IFC and the Spanish Economic and Commercial Office in the USA. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and also holds an International MBA from ICEX/CECO, Spain, a Masters in Finance degree from George Washington University and a Professional Certificate in Strategic Decision and Risk Management from Stanford University.
Antonio
Antonio Cueto
COOGraña y Montero
Bruno
Bruno Sena
CEOBMPI
He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, having started his career in the financial market at Banco Opportunity. He was previously Managing Director at Internet Group, company integrated by iG, BrTurbo and iBest. In 2009, he joined Angra Infra as Managing Partner, where he could manage a wide range of investment in infrastructure. In 2013, he founded Barbosa Mello Investimentos, an infrastructure investment holding company. The company currently has investments in sectors such as water, energy, social infrastructure, street lighting and transports.
Carlos
Carlos Barrera
CEOAtlas Renewable Energy
Carlos Barrera (Ucho) is currently CEO of Atlas Renewable Energy. Before joining Atlas Renewable Energy, Ucho worked at SunEdison for six years, as Managing Director & VP for Latin America where he grew the business from scratch to invest $1bn in a span of 4 years, and develop 500MW+ of projects financed and constructed.
Prior to that time, Ucho was at BP in multiple executive roles across Oil & Gas, Cleantech Venture Capital, and Alternative Energy in London, Australia, China and Madrid.
Ucho holds an Engineering degree from Lehigh University, a PLD certificate from Harvard University, and an Executive MBA from Kellogg, Northwestern University.
Carlos
Carlos Redondo Rincón
Director GeneralROADIS Mexico
Professional with over 13 years’ experience dedicated to the Infrastructure and Renewable Energy sectors with main focus in Management, Investment and Business Development areas. I have participated on the Origination, Assessment, Structuring, Financing and Selling assets with a total value of more than USD 6 billion. Broad international experience in leading companies in their sectors, having spent more most of my career abroad in the USA, UK and Mexico.
Double bachelor degree in Business Administration and Law.
César
César Cañedo-Arguelles
CEOCIFI
César Canedo-Arguelles is the CEO of CIFI, the leading non-banking financial institution in Latin America and the Caribbean in the fields of infrastructures and energy. He is a Founding Member of CIFI and he leads the global development of the company, especially the advisory, financing and fund management activities. Today, the company has taken part in over 160 projects with a total investment of $1.3 billion in the region.
César
César Ramírez
Head Portfolio ManagerCredicorp Capital
César Ramirez holds a MBA at the Kellog School of Management, MPA at the Kennedy School of Government Harvard. Has more than 20 years experience in investments. Former Managing Director of Petroperú, before starting in Credicorp worked as managing director at Trafigura Colombia, ING Funds, was Vice-president at AIC International Investments and held the position of investments specialist at IFC.
Cristiane
Cristiane Gomes
CEOCCR Aeroportos
Danillo
Danillo Marcondes
Director of Infrastructure InvestmentsGLP Brasil
Danillo Marcondes is Director of infrastructure investments at LPG. Has experience in executing merger and acquisition transactions, specializing in the development of new business in the
infrastructure. He was in companies such as Unibanco, Itaú BBA, Virtus BR Partners and Grupo EcoRodovias. At Unibanco and Itaú BBA, he worked in the investment banking department. In 2009 he joined Virtus BR Partners, a financial advisor working in M&A and debt restructuring. In 2013, he joined the EcoRodovias Group as New Business and M&A Manager, being responsible for executing strategic transactions. He graduated in Computer Engineering from UNICAMP and has a Global Executive MBA from IE Business School.
Diego
Diego Canales
Assistant VP - PE & InfrastructureGIC
Diego Canales joined GIC’s Infrastructure team in 2016. He is involved in the origination, execution and asset management of GIC’s investments across the Americas.
Before joining GIC, Diego was with Macquarie Capital’s infrastructure team, covering Latin American principal investments and advising clients on M&A transactions across the power & utilities, renewables and transport sectors.
Diego holds a double B.A. in Business Administration and International Relations from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
Eduardo
Eduardo Camargo
CEOCCR Lam Vías
Eduardo is an engineer and holds a graduate degree in Finance; he began his activities at Grupo CCR in the financial area in 2000. He worked in treasury, investor relations and is now in the new business development area. He was CEO of CCR ViaOeste and CCR RodoAnel, and is now CEO of CCR Aeroportos.
Fausto
Fausto Lucero
Managing DirectorMUFG Union Bank
Fausto Lucero joined MUFG in 2011 and is currently a Managing Director in the Latin America Corporate & Investment Banking team. He has extensive experience in the origination and execution of corporate and structured financings, M&A advisory and capital markets transactions with a focus on power and infrastructure in the US and Latin America. Prior to joining MUFG in 2011, Fausto worked for 7 years in investment banking at Credit Suisse and JPMorgan in New York. He started his career at ABN AMRO where he worked for 5 years in investment banking, business development and financial planning roles. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree from Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador).
Fernando
Fernando Bravo
Managing Director - InfrastructureGoldman Sachs
Fernando heads the Goldman Sachs’ Andean Region coverage effort for the Latin American Financing Group, where he is responsible for origination and structuring of financing opportunities. Prior to assuming his current role, Bravo was a member of the emerging markets local sales team and also Principal Funding and Investments group where he focused on providing financing for Latin American infrastructure projects. Prior to joining the firm, Bravo worked at Bear Stearns and UBS Securities in the Latin American debt capital markets and derivatives departments for more than five years. He earned bachelor’s degrees in physics, engineering, and economics from Washington and Lee University and his MBA from the Wharton School.
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