Latam GRI Infra & Energy is the leading annual conference bringing global senior leaders from the Infrastructure and Energy sectors together to network and discuss project development in Latin America.
Internationally renowned as the premier conference for top Infrastructure and Energy players in Latin America, GRI Club Infra will host the 8th edition of Latam GRI Infra & Energy on 11-12 May in New York, USA.
Gathering more than 300 GRI Members from pension funds, sovereign funds, investment and multilateral banks, as well as operators and concessionaires with the newly elected government authorities, the event offers a unique opportunity for attendees to discuss the economic policy outlook as well as strategies to boost impact investing in the region, create solutions to promote infrastructure development in Latin America, and identify new deal flows and projects.
Latam GRI Infra & Energy 2023 will be the epicentre for new business flow in markets including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Spain, UK, Uruguay, and USA.
The 8th edition of Latam GRI Infra & Energy 2023 is the perfect opportunity to:
Discuss themes in an informal format - everyone can participate and interact
Share solutions to the biggest challenges facing emerging markets
Build new business opportunities with leading global investors
Debate strategic topics to define the future of infrastructure sectors
Connect with peers and meet new prospective partners
Special Sessions
Special Session I 11th May, 9:00am - 10:30am
Minas Gerais: Strategic location combined with investment opportunities
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.
Graduated in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (SP), he began his professional career at an early age, at the age of 11, following in his father's footsteps. Throughout his career, he has worked in a variety of roles, such as collector, clerk, clerk, stockist, cashier, buyer, seller, marketing analyst, business analyst and manager. In 1991, it took control of Lojas Zema and was responsible for the leap that led the retail chain of only four units in Minas Gerias to reach the mark of 430 stores, including the states of São Paulo, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia and Holy Spirit.
Special Session I 11th May, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Sao Paulo State - What's the new infrastructure strategy in Brazil's leading state?
Co-chairs
Guilherme AlbuquerqueNavi Moderator
Tarcisio Gomes de FreitasSao Paulo State Government
Guilherme holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering (UFRJ), an MBA in Finance (IBMEC) and an MSc in Financial and Business Economy (FGV-EPGE).
Mr. Guilherme joined Navi in 2021. Before that he worked at BNDES since 2009 providing corporate and project financing to water and sanitation projects for both public and private companies. Since 2016, he has been leading the PPP and privatization program at BNDES, aimed at contracting and overseeing the development of feasibility studies in the water and sanitation space. Prior he worked as a consultant at Accenture, assigned to the utility and oil & gas sectors.
With more than 20 years of experience in Finance, advisory and fund management, Ms. Rodriguez has been actively involved in the capital raising, originating, structuring and execution of over US$6.5 billion of debt and equity transactions in real estate and infrastructure in various countries of Latam and the US.
Ms. Rodriguez is currently CFO at Marhnos, a leading Mexican company, with more than 6 decades of experience specialized in real estate and infrastructure projects.
Prior to Marhnos, Ms. Rodriguez was Managing Director of the Banyan Tree Mexico Hospitality Fund.
Vice President for Europe, Latin America and the CaribbeanIFC
USA
Alfonso Garcia Mora is IFC’s Vice President for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. He spearheads IFC’s engagements in the two regions, including operationalizing IFC’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the post COVID-19 recovery, building a strong pipeline for private sector investments rooted in country strategies, and fostering more collaboration opportunities with key stakeholders to maximize impact.
Mr. Garcia Mora, a Spanish national, brings more than twenty years of experience in financial and private sector development, with twelve years in the private sector and nine years in different positions at the World Bank Group. Most recently, Mr. Garcia Mora was IFC’s Regional Vice President for Asia and the Pacific.
Jorge Arbache
Vice-President for the Private SectorCAF - Development Bank of Latin America
Peru
Simultaneous Discussions - 11th May, 3:45pm - 5:00pm
Pathway to Net Zero - Is there a collective sense of urgency?
Secretary of Energy and Sea EconomyRio de Janeiro State Government
Brazil
Lawyer graduated from UFRJ, bachelor in Economic Sciences from Faculdade Cândido Mendes and specialist in Public Policy and Government Management (UFRJ). Previously, he was Director General of the Department of Public Deposits of the State of Rio de Janeiro; Deputy Director General of the Real Estate Patrimony Department of the State of Rio de Janeiro; President of the Itaguaí Urban Development Company; State Secretary for Administration and Restructuring of Rio de Janeiro; President of the Rio de Janeiro State Traffic Department, Rio de Janeiro; State Secretary of Justice and Citizen's Rights of Rio de Janeiro; and State Deputy.
João Paulo Braga
PresidentInvest Minas
Brazil
As CEO of INVEST MINAS, he is in charge of the investment promotion policy for the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. Under JP's leadership, Minas Gerais performed historical records on investment attraction and reached the lowest unemployment rate in 10 years.
JP Braga led successful negotiations with global leaders of different sectors, such as Amazon, Mercado Livre, Heineken, Ambev, Azul, Mcain, and others. He also has solid global experiency having coordinated business missions for 10 countries on 4 different continents.
In his career, JP Braga has been working for more than 12 years with investment promotion and economic development, particularly in the interface between private and public sectors.
Ralph Rosenberg
CIO and Founding PartnerPerfin Investimentos
Brazil
Mr Ralph Rosenberg is the CIO and Founding Partner at Perfin Asset. Mr. Rosenberg has been involved in all phases of Perfin’s development, since the first equity funds to its recent infrastructure investments. Mr. Rosenberg has always worked in the financial industry beginning his career at Banco Santander in 2001. Since 2006 he has been responsible for equity and infrastructure funds. He supports social projects, mainly child cancer institutions. Mr. Rosenberg holds a B.A. degree in Business MBA in Finance.
Director of Climate Action and Environment for Latin AmericaOECD - Headquarters
France
Dr. Lacy holds a Doctorate Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico), a Master's Degree in Urban Studies and Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico) and a certificate in Leadership on Environment and Sustainable Development from El Colegio de México.
Lacy has been Vice Minister of Environmental Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico (2012-2018), Chief negotiator of Climate Change (COP19-COP23), Co-chair of the Global Methane Initiative, Member of the High-Level Group of the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO6).
Responsible Political Engagement - How to empower investors to shape real-world outcomes?
Agathe Vigne is Egis' LATAM Concessions Director. She has a Master’s degree from Lyon’s Institute of Political studies and the Faculty of Economics of Lyon II, with a specialization in Latin American Energy Policy. After various research projects on Mexico’s national oil company Pemex, she occupied several positions in the French Embassy’s trade and investment office, in Madrid and Mexico. Her current activities aim at developing partnerships with both public and private actors in Mexico in the infrastructure sector, more specifically to implement new technologies and know-how in road operation and maintenance.
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.
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).
Philippe Serres joined Proparco in 2013, first as a Senior Investment Officer in the private equity division, and from 2016 to 2020 as Regional Director for South Asia, based in New Delhi. Since August 2020 he is Regional Director for South America, based in Sao Paulo. Prior to that Philippe worked at the European Commission Delegation in Peru, at the microfinance rating agency Planet Rating, and as an Investment Officer in the microfinance team of AFD. Philippe graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Sciences-Po) and holds a Masters Degree in Development Studies from the London School of Economics.
Principal & Managing Director, Advisory ServicesARUP
USA
Jorge Valenzuela has 20 years of experience in investments, asset management, and project management of real assets in the US and Latin America. Jorge's areas of expertise include financial and technical advisory for the development, investment and financing of public infrastructure and real estate projects. At Arup, Jorge leads the Advisory Services team for San Francisco and Latin America and has directed engagements in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and the US. Civil Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, has a Master degree in construction management and real estate from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, and an MBA degree from University of California at Berkeley.
With more than 20 years of experience in Finance, advisory and fund management, Ms. Rodriguez has been actively involved in the capital raising, originating, structuring and execution of over US$6.5 billion of debt and equity transactions in real estate and infrastructure in various countries of Latam and the US.
Ms. Rodriguez is currently CFO at Marhnos, a leading Mexican company, with more than 6 decades of experience specialized in real estate and infrastructure projects.
Prior to Marhnos, Ms. Rodriguez was Managing Director of the Banyan Tree Mexico Hospitality Fund.
Cristina joined R&Q in 2015 as a Head of PPP Investment. She holds an Economy degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela and a Master´s degree in Infrastructure Management from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Prior to joining R&Q Cristina worked in several countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and America as CEO of multinational engineering companies and advised Banks, IFIs and Investors in infrastructure projects, with a remarkable specialization in PPP structures. Cristina also served as Strategic Director for Ayesa in Spain and now is part of the Commercial Board of R&Q Group in Chile. Today Cristina manages a portfolio of infrastructure investment of more than USD 1,000 Mill in Chile.
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 (currently BRK Ambiental) and Odebrecht Properties.
Lawyer of Los Andes University admitted to practice in 2007, Specialist in Public Management and Administrative Institutions, and Master in Law and Economics (Universita di Bologna/Aix-Marseille Université -EMLE European Master in Law & Economics). Recipient of the Colfuturo scholarship (2014). Paola is a member of the Administrative, Constitutional and Infrastructure Team. Prior to joining our law firm, she was working as a legal advisor of the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and has experience as public server in national and local institutions as a Legal Chief or Legal advisor. Her practice focuses on administrative procedures, in constitutional and contentious administrative lawsuits, public policy design, public affairs.
LatAm Head of Energy, Mining, InfraTrench Rossi Watanabe
Brazil
J. Roberto Martins is recognized as a leading lawyer in the Energy & Natural Resources areas in Brazil. Mr. Martins advises on mergers, acquisitions, divestments, privatization and post-privatization deals involving major Brazilian energy and infrastructure companies. He has been leading major privatizations, concessions, mergers, acquisitions and greenfield development projects in the power, natural gas, steel, sanitation, ports, toll roads and general infrastructure.
Secretary of Energy and Sea EconomyRio de Janeiro State Government
Brazil
Lawyer graduated from UFRJ, bachelor in Economic Sciences from Faculdade Cândido Mendes and specialist in Public Policy and Government Management (UFRJ). Previously, he was Director General of the Department of Public Deposits of the State of Rio de Janeiro; Deputy Director General of the Real Estate Patrimony Department of the State of Rio de Janeiro; President of the Itaguaí Urban Development Company; State Secretary for Administration and Restructuring of Rio de Janeiro; President of the Rio de Janeiro State Traffic Department, Rio de Janeiro; State Secretary of Justice and Citizen's Rights of Rio de Janeiro; and State Deputy.
Joaquim Saboia
CFOTAG
Brazil
Joaquim Saboia has a degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and an Executive MBA from COPPEAD (UFRJ). Joaquim is the Chief Financial Officer of TAG since November 2019. He previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Solstad Offshore in Brazil, a company specialized in vessel supply for the offshore energy industry, between 2014 and 2019. He started his professional career at Shell's Brazil Treasury in 1999. In 2002, he moved to General Electric, where he held the positions of Treasury Team Leader and Risk Manager. In 2007 and 2008 he worked as Finance Manager at FMC Technologies. Between 2009 and 2013, he was Treasurer and then Controller of OGX Petróleo & Gás, a junior Brazilian O&G company.
Willem Sutherland headed 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 also 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.
ESG / Sustainability LeaderQueensland Investment Corporation - QIC - New York
USA
Helen is currently the ESG / Sustainability Leader for North America at QIC Global Infrastructure, driving ESG integration and outcomes within the Global Infrastructure team and across the investment lifecycle, from the evaluation of new investments to the active asset management of portfolio companies. Helen has extensive experience in Renewable Energy and Sustainability investing and asset management and finance across investment funds, banks, and large corporates.
Kittredge Zuk
Executive Director, Asset ManagementIFM Investors
USA
Kittredge is responsible for supporting the development and execution of IFM Investors’ asset management strategy and implementing value creation opportunities across our portfolio. Kittredge joined IFM Investors in 2011 as a member of the Infrastructure Team and was responsible for transaction execution, research and asset management. She has been involved with a number of transport and utility transactions, including ALEATICA (Conmex, OHL Mexico, OHL Concesiones) and Duquesne. Before she joined IFM Investors, Kittredge was Director of Business Development for Blue Source LLC, where she was responsible for the evaluation and execution of investment opportunities for Blue Source’s Carbon Infrastructure Investment Fund. Prior to this, Kittre
Simultaneous Discussions - 12th May, 10:45am - 11:45am
Corporate Governance - What set of factors will guide transaction analysis?
Industry Specialties, M&A and ESG Solutions DirectorAon
Brazil
Graduated in Business Administration from FGV and MBA at FIA / USP, he has more than 15 years of experience in corporate and industrial risks. He started at Aon in 2004 as account executive, serving national and international clients of the Food & Beverage, Chemical, Pharma and Agribusiness industries, in 2014 he became manager of the same area. He is currently the Market & M&A Development Director, responsible for the service and development of National and Multinational accounts of São Paulo.
Partner - Infrastructure and EnergyVeirano Advogados
Brazil
Daniel Engel has significant experience in providing legal advice to national and foreign companies in infrastructure contracts in the various phases of projects (from greenfield to implementation, restructuring and claims management), in project finance, M&A transactions involving infrastructure and energy assets, as well as in public contracts and regulatory aspects of several industries.
Managing Director of BMPI and board member at SGA – Sistemas de Gestão Ambiental and BH-IP, first big scale public lighting company in Brazil. Miguel was deputy chairman at Rocha Port Terminals and board member at Cattalini Port Terminals and NovaAgri Logistics Company. He was also managing partner at Angra Infraestrutura and executive of Generation, Transmission and Environment at Eletropaulo Power Company. At Amcham-American Chamber of Commerce São Paulo, he was chairman of Logistics Committee. Miguel holds an MBA at IBMEC and Environmental Management Specialization at USP, as well as a graduate degree in Geology at USP.
Oleg Sofronov is currently Underwriter at Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), based in Washington DC. Experience in providing guarantees for equity and debt investments, including greenfield and brownfield project finance, PPPs, sovereign and municipal credit risk. Focus areas are transport, water, sanitation, waste management, energy infrastructure. Before MIGA was in Commercial Lines insurance at AIG and Allianz. Holds Master’s degree in Finance from National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow and MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, the Netherlands.
Philippe Serres
South America Regional DirectorProparco
Brazil
Philippe Serres joined Proparco in 2013, first as a Senior Investment Officer in the private equity division, and from 2016 to 2020 as Regional Director for South Asia, based in New Delhi. Since August 2020 he is Regional Director for South America, based in Sao Paulo. Prior to that Philippe worked at the European Commission Delegation in Peru, at the microfinance rating agency Planet Rating, and as an Investment Officer in the microfinance team of AFD. Philippe graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Sciences-Po) and holds a Masters Degree in Development Studies from the London School of Economics.
Marcos Ganut is Global Partner and Head of Capital Projects & Infrastructure at Alvarez & Marsal. Experience of more than 20 years in the coordination and execution of capital projects services, claims consulting, internal controls and risk management, control and cost evaluations, works audit, litigation analysis, among others. Ganut was a partner at Deloitte, where he structured the Infrastructure and Capital Project area, coordinating a team of more than 120 engineers. He was a leader in the practice of Latin America for Infrastructure and Capital Projects with experience in international projects. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Mackenzie, MBA in Corporate Finance and Strategic Management and MBA in Project Management at FGV.
Head of Legal - International M&A / Project Finance
Groupe ADP
Renata Rojas
SVP: Loan SyndicationsBanco Sabadell
USA
Renata Rojas joined Banco Sabadell in 2016 in the Structured Finance Group with the responsibility of Loan Syndications and Sales for US and Latam. As a Senior Vice President, she is responsible for building and growing the presence of Banco de Sabadell in the Syndicated Loan market for primary and secondary market transactions for Corporates, Project Finance, and Commercial Real Estate located in the US, Colombia and Chile. She previously worked at BNP Paribas New York and Unicredit Group New York before that.
Agathe Vigne is Egis' LATAM Concessions Director. She has a Master’s degree from Lyon’s Institute of Political studies and the Faculty of Economics of Lyon II, with a specialization in Latin American Energy Policy. After various research projects on Mexico’s national oil company Pemex, she occupied several positions in the French Embassy’s trade and investment office, in Madrid and Mexico. Her current activities aim at developing partnerships with both public and private actors in Mexico in the infrastructure sector, more specifically to implement new technologies and know-how in road operation and maintenance.
Head of Legal - International M&A / Project FinanceGroupe ADP
France
Passion for infrastructure industry. Willing to be a game changer and to shape the infrastructure of the future. Highly experienced in structuration and negotiation of complex infrastructure projects (PPP, concessions, real estate development, setting up funds, etc...).
Head of Investor Relations of Aegea, Adriana is graduated in Economics Science from Universidade Estadual Paulista -UNESP and postgraduate in Finance.
Prior to joining Aegea, Adriana occupied Planning, M&A and Investor Relations positions in large Brazilian companies as Grupo Ultra, CTEEP, Odebrecht and Biosev.
André Dabus is Director of Construction & Infrastructure of Marsh Brazil, Insurance broker authorized by Susep and lawyer formed by PUC-SP. Certification CP3P-F by APMG Internacional, he holds a postgraduate degree in Infrastructure Law from the FGV- SP and an executive MBA from Fundação Don Cabral. He is also a professor of the MBA of Insurance and Reinsurance Law of ESSP- Escola Superior de Seguros Privados and Professor of the MBA PPPs and Concessions - FESP-SP /LSE.
Mariana has over 15 years of experience as an infrastructure and energy professional. She is an Investment Director in Meridiam’s New York office where she focuses on business development in Latin America. Within her role, Mariana has been involved in several public bid procurements for district energy and transportation projects, as well as private developments in the transition energy sector, leading all phases of the investment process. Prior to joining Meridiam, Mariana was a vice president at Macquarie in the infrastructure and energy team where she was responsible of transaction execution and financial structuring for projects in the Americas, with a focus in Colombia and Mexico.
Diretor Presidente e Conselheiro da Sabesp.
Graduado em Engenharia Elétrica e de Produção, pela PUC-Rio, com mestrado em Engenharia Elétrica pela PUC-Rio, MBA em PPP e Concessões pela Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo e Certificações CGA, da ANBIMA, e CP³P-F, pela APMG International. Foi Diretor Financeiro da Akad Seguros (2022) e Diretor Executivo de Novos Negócios da Iguá Saneamento (2019-2021). Atuou como consultor independente da Climate Bonds Initiative (2020-2021) e no BNDES (2003-2019), onde ocupou diversas posições. Possui larga experiência na área de mercado de capitais, com destaque para o financiamento de infraestrutura, parcerias público-privadas, fusões e aquisições e estruturação de novos negócios.
Superintendent of Water and Socioeconomic StudiesBrazil's National Water Agency (ANA)
Brazil
Guilherme Albuquerque
Partner, Head of InfrastructureNavi
Brazil
Guilherme holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering (UFRJ), an MBA in Finance (IBMEC) and an MSc in Financial and Business Economy (FGV-EPGE).
Mr. Guilherme joined Navi in 2021. Before that he worked at BNDES since 2009 providing corporate and project financing to water and sanitation projects for both public and private companies. Since 2016, he has been leading the PPP and privatization program at BNDES, aimed at contracting and overseeing the development of feasibility studies in the water and sanitation space. Prior he worked as a consultant at Accenture, assigned to the utility and oil & gas sectors.
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, BF CAPITAL, with operations surpassing R$ 20 billion in project financing.
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.
Elected mayor of Pelotas in 2012 with approximately 110 thousand votes, he governed the Municipality between 2013 and 2016. Before that, he was Municipal Secretary, Councilman and chair of City’s assembly. At the end of his term, Eduardo appeared in opinion polls with 87% popular approval. Considering re-election a problem in the current Brazilian political system, although a leader in the polls, he announced that he would not run for a new term and indicated his vice mayor Paula Mascarenhas as a candidate. Paula won. He studied public policies at Columbia University, NY, USA, and holds a master's degree in public management from FGV.
Luciana Costa
Director of Infrastructure, Energy Transition and Climate ChangeBNDES - The Brazilian Development Bank
Brazil
* Bachelor Degree in Economics and Master in Finance from top Universities in Brazil and USA.
* Working in the banking industry for more than 24 years.
* Experience in client coverage and relationship with large international and local corporate clients.
* Deep knowledge in commercial and investment banking products, including Sustainable Financing
* Experience with cross-border deals.
With more than 20 years of experience in Finance, advisory and fund management, Ms. Rodriguez has been actively involved in the capital raising, originating, structuring and execution of over US$6.5 billion of debt and equity transactions in real estate and infrastructure in various countries of Latam and the US.
Ms. Rodriguez is currently CFO at Marhnos, a leading Mexican company, with more than 6 decades of experience specialized in real estate and infrastructure projects.
Prior to Marhnos, Ms. Rodriguez was Managing Director of the Banyan Tree Mexico Hospitality Fund.
Agathe Vigne is Egis' LATAM Concessions Director. She has a Master’s degree from Lyon’s Institute of Political studies and the Faculty of Economics of Lyon II, with a specialization in Latin American Energy Policy. After various research projects on Mexico’s national oil company Pemex, she occupied several positions in the French Embassy’s trade and investment office, in Madrid and Mexico. Her current activities aim at developing partnerships with both public and private actors in Mexico in the infrastructure sector, more specifically to implement new technologies and know-how in road operation and maintenance.
Cristina joined R&Q in 2015 as a Head of PPP Investment. She holds an Economy degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela and a Master´s degree in Infrastructure Management from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Prior to joining R&Q Cristina worked in several countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and America as CEO of multinational engineering companies and advised Banks, IFIs and Investors in infrastructure projects, with a remarkable specialization in PPP structures. Cristina also served as Strategic Director for Ayesa in Spain and now is part of the Commercial Board of R&Q Group in Chile. Today Cristina manages a portfolio of infrastructure investment of more than USD 1,000 Mill in Chile.
Elected mayor of Pelotas in 2012 with approximately 110 thousand votes, he governed the Municipality between 2013 and 2016. Before that, he was Municipal Secretary, Councilman and chair of City’s assembly. At the end of his term, Eduardo appeared in opinion polls with 87% popular approval. Considering re-election a problem in the current Brazilian political system, although a leader in the polls, he announced that he would not run for a new term and indicated his vice mayor Paula Mascarenhas as a candidate. Paula won. He studied public policies at Columbia University, NY, USA, and holds a master's degree in public management from FGV.
Guilherme Barbosa
Partner - Investment BankingXP Investimentos
Brazil
Guilherme Barbosa is the Partner of XP Investimentos’ Investment Banking division and is responsible for Infrastructure and Utilities coverage. Prior to XP, Guilherme was active in the Investment Banking division of BTG Pactual as responsible for opening opportunities in all sectors of the economy for Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets and M&A products – prior to that, he worked at Macquarie and Barclays Capital. Guilherme holds a degree in Economics from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).
Secretary of Energy and Sea EconomyRio de Janeiro State Government
Brazil
Lawyer graduated from UFRJ, bachelor in Economic Sciences from Faculdade Cândido Mendes and specialist in Public Policy and Government Management (UFRJ). Previously, he was Director General of the Department of Public Deposits of the State of Rio de Janeiro; Deputy Director General of the Real Estate Patrimony Department of the State of Rio de Janeiro; President of the Itaguaí Urban Development Company; State Secretary for Administration and Restructuring of Rio de Janeiro; President of the Rio de Janeiro State Traffic Department, Rio de Janeiro; State Secretary of Justice and Citizen's Rights of Rio de Janeiro; and State Deputy.
Luiz Fernando Leone Vianna
VP of Institutional and RegulatoryGrupo Delta Energia
Managing Director of BMPI and board member at SGA – Sistemas de Gestão Ambiental and BH-IP, first big scale public lighting company in Brazil. Miguel was deputy chairman at Rocha Port Terminals and board member at Cattalini Port Terminals and NovaAgri Logistics Company. He was also managing partner at Angra Infraestrutura and executive of Generation, Transmission and Environment at Eletropaulo Power Company. At Amcham-American Chamber of Commerce São Paulo, he was chairman of Logistics Committee. Miguel holds an MBA at IBMEC and Environmental Management Specialization at USP, as well as a graduate degree in Geology at USP.
Agathe Vigne is Egis' LATAM Concessions Director. She has a Master’s degree from Lyon’s Institute of Political studies and the Faculty of Economics of Lyon II, with a specialization in Latin American Energy Policy. After various research projects on Mexico’s national oil company Pemex, she occupied several positions in the French Embassy’s trade and investment office, in Madrid and Mexico. Her current activities aim at developing partnerships with both public and private actors in Mexico in the infrastructure sector, more specifically to implement new technologies and know-how in road operation and maintenance.
Executive Secretary for Investment PartnershipsSao Paulo State Government
Brazil
Mr. André Isper is a counsel with over 10 years of experience in large-scale infrastructure projects and public-private partnerships (PPP). In January 2023, he took over the Executive Secretariat of Partnerships in Investments at São Paulo State Government, where he is responsible for new projects within the scope of São Paulo's PPP and Privatization Programs.
He also serves as the General Coordinator of the State Commission for Monitoring Metro-Rail Concessions Contracts.
Mr. Isper formerly acted as External Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank (2022), Chief Advisor at the National Planning and Logistics Company (2019-2022), and Superintendent of Regulation of the State of São Paulo Transport Agency (2017-2019).
Eduardo Hayden Carvalhaes Neto
PartnerLefosse Advogados
Brazil
Eduardo Hayden Carvalhaes Neto holds a PhD and a Master’s Degree in Public Law issued by the University of São Paulo, graduated in Law at the São Paulo Catholic University and is the partner responsible for the Public Law and Regulation of LEFOSSE. His work focuses in concessions, PPPs, concessions, public procurement, public services and regulated markets (energy, aviation, logistics, transportation, telecoms, mining, roads, airports, seaports, construction and O&G, among others). He is the President of the Brazilian Association of IT and Communications (ABDTIC) and a member of the International Bar Association and of the Brazilian Bar Associations at São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília.
PresidentANI - Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura
Colombia
Ouahida Bendjedou
Head of Legal - International M&A / Project FinanceGroupe ADP
France
Passion for infrastructure industry. Willing to be a game changer and to shape the infrastructure of the future. Highly experienced in structuration and negotiation of complex infrastructure projects (PPP, concessions, real estate development, setting up funds, etc...).
Public Policy and Government Manag Specialist - EPPGG, of the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Manag since 2011. Nowadays, acts as Head of the Dept of Airport Economic Regulation - National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) since September 2017. At ANAC acted as a Specialist on Civil Aviation Regulation (2008/2011), Special Adv to the Presidency (2009/2011) and Head of Dept of Institucional Planning (2012/2017). Also acted as Adv to the Exec Secretary of the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management (2012), Technician at Brazilian Central Bank (2006/2008) and as a professor of the e-learning course at the Uni of Brasilia-UnB (2007/2008). Graduated and MS in Economy from UnB, and is ongoing to became a Doctor in Economics also from the UnB.
Willem Sutherland headed 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 also 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.
John Kaye is a Managing Director in the Latin America Infrastructure team at OTPP. John is a board member of our Mexican tollroad investments: IDEAL, Arco Norte and Pacifico Sur; and previously was a director on our Chilean regulated water investments. John has a variety of transaction experience across the utility, transport and power sectors. He joined the infrastructure team full-time in 2008. Previously he was an investment banking analyst at National Bank Financial. John earned a BBA and a B.Sc. from Bishop's University, and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management. He is a CFA Charterholder and has completed the OTPP Private Investments Board of Directors Program at the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management.
Jorge Oria y Anaya joined Ritch Mueller in 1999 and has been partner since 2014. He has gained significant experience over the past 20 years in energy, infrastructure and power transactions. He also has experience in acquisition and equipment finance, and arbitration in relation to energy and infrastructure projects. His practice focuses on representing sponsors, off-takers and local, multilateral and regional lenders as well as equity and mezzanine investors in transactions within the power (renewable and conventional), oil and gas, transportation, and water industries.
Country Director of ACCIONA Infraestructuras in Brazil, he is a Civil Engineer with an MBA in Business and Commercial Management. He began his career as a Construction Engineer at Andrade Gutierrez, where he worked for 17 years and was the Director of the Latin America Market, responding to the commercial and operational management of the company's projects in Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, among others. He also worked for 2 years as Executive Director for the Southern Cone region at Pentech, a multinational company of EPCenergy and industrial projects. At ACCIONA,with his strategic vision and experience in contract management, he is responsible for developing business in the areas of construction, concessions, industrial, water and services.
Elected mayor of Pelotas in 2012 with approximately 110 thousand votes, he governed the Municipality between 2013 and 2016. Before that, he was Municipal Secretary, Councilman and chair of City’s assembly. At the end of his term, Eduardo appeared in opinion polls with 87% popular approval. Considering re-election a problem in the current Brazilian political system, although a leader in the polls, he announced that he would not run for a new term and indicated his vice mayor Paula Mascarenhas as a candidate. Paula won. He studied public policies at Columbia University, NY, USA, and holds a master's degree in public management from FGV.
Director, Global & Infrastructure GroupFitch Ratings
USA
Jesus Enriquez is a Director in Fitch Ratings’ Latin American Infrastructure and Project Finance Group. Jesus is based in New York City in the United States and is part of the region’s energy team covering transactions mainly in the renewable, thermal, and transmission sectors in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Central America.
Before joining Fitch, Jesus was a Senior Manager on Deloitte’s Corporate Finance Group, providing consulting services in mergers and acquisitions, project finance, business valuations, and capital raising. Jesus provided financial advisory services to national and international companies in various industries, including energy, manufacturing, steel, cement, and retail.
Inés Vázquez Vargas
PartnerEstudio Echecopar
Peru
Ines has more than 15 years of experience in concessions, privatizations and utilities regulation, with emphasis on the electricity sector. She has a solid background in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and financing. Ines has handled several acquisition transactions and sale of companies, as well as assets and shares participations, including mergers, spin-offs, reorganizations and other structures, both domestic and international. She was head of Latin America Power's Legal Department for two years, during which she gained wide experience and was exposed to transactions in multiple jurisdictions. She has worked on privatization and concession procedures in the electric power sector for private clients.
Miguel Toledo
CIO – Energy Sector LeadIFC
USA
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.
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GRI Club's Global Committees set the professional standard for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing in order to identify new trends, capitalise on growth opportunities and aid deal flow discovery worldwide.
ACCIONA is a leader in providing sustainable solutions for infrastructure and renewable energy projects across the world. Its offer covers the whole value chain, from design and construction to operation and maintenance. With a presence in more than 30 countries, the Group develops its business activities based on the desire to contribute to economic and social development in the communities in which it operates.
Groupe ADP, through its subsidiary ADP International, is one of the few players covering every aspect of the airport’s value chain, from the financing to the design and operation of an airport.
Aegea manage sanitation assets through its dealerships in several states of the country. The company acts as manager of public concessions operating in all processes of the full cycle of water – supply, collection and sewage treatment. Currently, Aegea is represented in ten Brazilian states and supplies more than 21 million people in 153 municipalities. Its shareholders are Grupo Equipav, GIC and Itaúsa.
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.
Founded in 2018, Aleatica was created with the mission of offering safe and sustainable mobility solutions supported by cutting-edge technology that anticipate customer needs.
We are a pure transport infrastructure operator, which allows us to focus exclusively on the design and operation of highways and other mobility assets in 6 countries of Europe and Latin America.
Arteris is one of the largest highway concession companies in Brazil in managed kilometers, with over 3,400km. It manages highways located in the states of SP, MG, RJ, PR and SC, in addition to 5 federal and 4 state concessions in SP.
Atlas Renewable Energy is an Actis portfolio company focused on the development, execution and operation of renewable energy projects across Latin America.
Leading group in banking and financial services in Europe, it is divided into three business areas: Asset Management, Corporate and Institutional Banking and Asset Management.
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.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with over 1,800 locations in more than 50 countries. The Group has over 150,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to “be the world’s most trusted financial group” through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all of the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges. For more information, visit https://www.mufg.jp/english
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking is Santander’s global division that supports corporate and institutional clients, offering tailored services and value-added wholesale products suited to their complexity and sophistication, while adhering to responsible banking standards that contribute to the progress of society.
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.
CIBC (CM: NYSE, TSX) is a leading Canadian-based global financial institution with a market capitalization of $50 billion and a Basel III Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 11.2%. Through our major business units — Canadian Personal & Small Business Banking, Canadian Commercial Banking & Wealth Management, U.S. Commercial Banking & Wealth Management and Capital Markets – our more than 44,000 employees provide a full range of financial products and services to 10 million individual, small business, commercial, corporate and institutional clients in Canada, the U.S. and around the world. CIBC’s Capital Markets business provides best-in-class insight, advice, and execution across global markets, investment banking, corporate banking and research to corporate, government and institutional clients in key markets globally. CIBC has been consistently recognized with multiple awards at the IJGlobal Americas Deals of the Year Awards for Global Infrastructure & Power since 2015.
CPFL Energia, for 106 years in the electricity sector, has been active in the distribution, generation, trading and services segments. Since January 2017, the Group has been part of the Chinese state-owned State Grid.
We are a professional investment management organization that invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan on behalf of its 20 million Canadian contributors and beneficiaries.
CA-CIB has been present in México for almost 50 years, offering credit assessment for Syndicated Loan Facilities, Structured Finance, Project Finance, Specialized Lending, Export & Trade Finance, Advisory and Equity Capital Markets, and others.
DP World is the leading enabler of global trade and an integral part of the supply chain. We operate multiple related businesses – from marine and inland terminals, marine services, logistics and ancillary services, to technology-driven trade solutions. Our portfolio of more than 150 operations in over 50 countries in six continents gives us a significant presence both in high-growth and mature markets. DP World’s has more than 50,000 employees from 120 countries.
EcoRodovias is the operator with the most extensive road network in Brazil. The Company, a subsidiary of the ASTM Group, currently manages ten highway concessions covering more than 4,000 kilometers in eight states and a port terminal.
GS Inima Brasil acts as a construction company and holding company, structured to ensure the operational continuity and performance of the controlled concessionary companies (SPE's), as well as to compete in, get awarded and establish new concessions and public private partnerships, either by itself or in consortium with other companies. It acts in sanitation projects, from its conception and construction to its operation and maintenance in public and private markets. In addition to the Brazilian portfolio, in partnership with the South Korean unit GS E&C, GS Inima Brasil starts to develop projects of Incineration of Waste, as a form of energy generation friendly to the Environment.
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.
Grupo Indi es un grupo empresarial mexicano con amplia experiencia en construcción marítima, construcción pesada, edificación y obras electromecánicas.
Con más de 40 años de experiencia participamos activamente en el desarrollo de infraestructura, bajo la modalidad APP, incluyendo desarrollos de vialidades, movilidad, infraestructura social y comercial, a través de 4 unidades de negocio.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries.
We utilize and leverage our products and services—as well as products and services of other institutions in the World Bank Group—to provide development solutions customized to meet clients’ needs.
Joyco es una empresa de asesoramiento experto en todo el ciclo de vida de los proyectos. Participamos en la planeación, construcción, operación y mantenimiento de cualquier iniciativa de infraestructura civil.
En su portafolio de servicios ofrece: estructuración de proyectos, estudios y trabajos de campo, diseños, seguimiento y control, debida diligencia, asesorías técnicas especializadas y a financiadores y solución de controversias y litigios en iniciativas de infraestructura civil.
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking Americas advises and assists corporates, institutional investors, insurers, banks and public-sector organizations. We furnish a diversified array of solutions to build long-term, trusting relationships with our clien
Neoenergia is the second largest company in the Brazilian electric sector in terms of number of consumers. It has assets in 18 states of the country and operates throughout the energy chain: generation, transmission, distribution and free energy market.
Odinsa, a Colombian company, a subsidiary of Grupo Argos, is an organization dedicated to the structuring, management and development of infrastructure projects for highway and airport concessions.
ROADIS is the investment platform of Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), dedicated to developing, operating and managing roads worldwide. With more than 2,800 employees, it manages 1,887 kilometres of roads. ROADIS has a total managed investment of over 4.6 billion euros , and operates in six key countries across three continents.
Sacyr’s international expansion enables the company to operate in 29 countries on five continents. Most of the group’s overseas activities are in Latin America, though it also boasts a considerable presence in Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
With more than 100 years of experience in the country, the Siemens transforms its excellence in electrification, automation and digitization into solutions to break borders and bring ingenuity to Brazilians.
Socicam contributes with pioneerism & efficiency to the sustainable development of the infrastructure and mobility. In Latin America, it takes leading position in the management of passengers in bus terminals, airports and ports.
SURA Asset Management is a Latin American company specializing in the pensions, savings, and investment industry. The company manages assets worth USD 131.9 billion, owned by over 19 million people in six countries around the region.
Total Eren in Brazil is now strongly considering investment in wind and is focused on building an exclusive investment partnership with Petrobras dedicated to onshore wind & solar.
Credicorp is Peru’s largest financial holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Credicorp provides commercial banking, microlending, insurance, pension fund management and financial advisory services at an international level.
The Salvador Airport was integrated through a Concession Agreement lasting until 2047 to VINCI Airports, one of the five major global companies in the sector, which develops, finances, builds and operates airports.
Vinci is one of Brazil’s largest alternative investment firms, with over R$ 30bi of AUM. The Real Estate area represents R$2,0bi of this AUM with investments across different asset classes and strategies.
One of the largest investment companies in Brazil. For more than 15 years, XP has been transforming the investment market in the country. Today, XP are the reference when it comes to investment advice.
Outside Switzerland, Zürich currently operates at eight airports in Latin America (four airports in Brazil, two in Chile, one in Colombia and one in Curaçao). Flughafen Zürich AG has also a base in Malaysia from where it can develop markets in Asia.
With more than 100 years of experience in the country, the Siemens transforms its excellence in electrification, automation and digitization into solutions to break borders and bring ingenuity to Brazilians.
Although part of the Bank Group, IFC is a separate legal entity with separate Articles of Agreement, share capital, financial structure, management, and staff. Membership in IFC is open only to member countries of the World Bank.
Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world.
Baker McKenzie is recognized worldwide for its best-in-class client service, practices and for carrying out the most deals year-after-year through our unmatched global platform across 77 offices and 47 emerging and developed countries. Companies based in or with operations in Latin America, routinely rely on our leading cross-border and Latin America energy, mining & infrastructure attorneys for their most important transactional and disputes matters. As the largest law firm in Latin America with over 850 attorneys, we offer clients 60+ years of on-the-ground presence in the region, unique coverage in Latin America across our 15 offices and 7 countries*, and from major finance centers globally. *Through a cooperation agreement with Trench Rossi Watanabe, a Brazilian law firm
In Mexico, marhnos® has exemplified its commitment to the Construction of Well-being in the country through social infrastructure projects of great importance for health, road connectivity and administrative efficiency of local governments, the real estate heritage of the private initiative to production and real estate development that allows a unique urban and environmental integration, as well as functional spaces, ideal for the residential segment.
Holding company of equity stakes in businesses and structured projects in infrastructure sector, particularly dedicated to solutions for sustainable cities (efficient sanitation and public lighting systems). The company highlights governance and management as primary sources of value creation in its business and also leverages an articulated framework to execution of new investments. It currently holds equity position in sub-holdings and 7 companies of diverse business niches in infrastructure.
Tauil & Chequer Advogados is a full service law firm. Working together, our team provides a comprehensive solution to the full array of issues that arise in your business.
Atlas Renewable Energy is an Actis portfolio company focused on the development, execution and operation of renewable energy projects across Latin America.
We aim at boosting sustainable and inclusive development in the country, increasing its productivity and competitiveness, providing financing and other financial services.
Credicorp is Peru’s largest financial holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Credicorp provides commercial banking, microlending, insurance, pension fund management and financial advisory services at an international level.
R&Q Concesiones is a project originator and investment promotor in public infrastructure. Its business is focused on major projects awarded by chilean governement under a PPP Scheme.
Fonte Nova Arena is a consolidated event venue, housing a wide range of corporate and entertainment events, as well as touristic activities. By the end of the year, about 1m people should pass through or attend sporting an non-sporting events at Arena.
Grupo Indi es un grupo empresarial mexicano con amplia experiencia en construcción marítima, construcción pesada, edificación y obras electromecánicas.
Con más de 40 años de experiencia participamos activamente en el desarrollo de infraestructura, bajo la modalidad APP, incluyendo desarrollos de vialidades, movilidad, infraestructura social y comercial, a través de 4 unidades de negocio.
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.
Vinci is one of Brazil’s largest alternative investment firms, with over R$ 30bi of AUM. The Real Estate area represents R$2,0bi of this AUM with investments across different asset classes and strategies.
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.
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.
DP World is the leading enabler of global trade and an integral part of the supply chain. We operate multiple related businesses – from marine and inland terminals, marine services, logistics and ancillary services, to technology-driven trade solutions. Our portfolio of more than 150 operations in over 50 countries in six continents gives us a significant presence both in high-growth and mature markets. DP World’s has more than 50,000 employees from 120 countries.
Odinsa, a Colombian company, a subsidiary of Grupo Argos, is an organization dedicated to the structuring, management and development of infrastructure projects for highway and airport concessions.
Gómez-Pinzón is a law firm that provides multiple counsel in different law areas in such a way that our clients are assured that they will make the best decisions in their business.
Founded in 2018, Aleatica was created with the mission of offering safe and sustainable mobility solutions supported by cutting-edge technology that anticipate customer needs.
We are a pure transport infrastructure operator, which allows us to focus exclusively on the design and operation of highways and other mobility assets in 6 countries of Europe and Latin America.
Head of Corporate Sustainability Mex & LAMHSBC Bank
Mexico
Andre Clark
General ManagerSiemens Energy Brasil
Brazil
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.
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.
Vice-president of Public Relations - Latin America and the CaribbeanHuawei
Brazil
With over 30 years of experience in the ICT field, Atílio is an electronic engineer from FAAP, postgraduate in Computer Science and an MBA in Economics and Government Relations from USP (University of São Paulo).
The executive has already worked as a Network and Data Center manager at Prodam - SP, passing by multinationals such as Cabletron, Enterasys and CISCO, where he was responsible for the Regional Sales Department.
With Huawei for 5 years, the world's leading Chinese ICT company operating in Brazil for 23 years, Atílio has contributed to building partnerships that leverage Brazil's digital transformation, through Huawei's connectivity expertise.
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.
With more than 20 years of experience in Finance, advisory and fund management, Ms. Rodriguez has been actively involved in the capital raising, originating, structuring and execution of over US$6.5 billion of debt and equity transactions in real estate and infrastructure in various countries of Latam and the US.
Ms. Rodriguez is currently CFO at Marhnos, a leading Mexican company, with more than 6 decades of experience specialized in real estate and infrastructure projects.
Prior to Marhnos, Ms. Rodriguez was Managing Director of the Banyan Tree Mexico Hospitality Fund.
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 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.
Graduated in Economics from Universidad del Pacifico and Master of Management from J L Kellogg Graduate School Management - Northwestern University. He has management High Executive Development Programmes at Unidad de Piura. He has over 35 years of professional career, having had positions such as Managing Director for Indebtedness and Public Treasure at the Ministry of Economics and Finances; Presidente of the Risk Committee at Banco de la Nación; Finance Director at COFIDE; Finance Director, Acting Managing Director and Corporate Finance Director at Petroperu. Currently, he is President of the Board at COFIDE, the Peruvian Development Bank.
César Ramírez
Head Portfolio ManagerUnión para la Infraestructura
Peru
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.
Cristina joined R&Q in 2015 as a Head of PPP Investment. She holds an Economy degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela and a Master´s degree in Infrastructure Management from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Prior to joining R&Q Cristina worked in several countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and America as CEO of multinational engineering companies and advised Banks, IFIs and Investors in infrastructure projects, with a remarkable specialization in PPP structures. Cristina also served as Strategic Director for Ayesa in Spain and now is part of the Commercial Board of R&Q Group in Chile. Today Cristina manages a portfolio of infrastructure investment of more than USD 1,000 Mill in Chile.
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 (currently BRK Ambiental) and Odebrecht Properties.
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.
Managing Partner - Head of Infrastructure InvestmentsVinci Partners
Brazil
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).
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.
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.
CFO of DP World Americas since 2018. Prior to DP World Americas, was acting CEO (2017) and CFO of Odebrecht Transport S.A. (from 2010 to 2018) and CFO of Rede Energia (2008). Before that had worked for almost 20 years in wholesale and investment banking holding several senior and executive positions at Unibanco, HSBC, BBM, BofA and Chase Manhattan both in Brazil and the United Kingdom. Board member of several companies in Argentina, Peru, Chile, Brazil and the Dominican Republica. Holds a degree in Economics from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and Executive MBA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas Sao Paulo.
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).
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.
Lawyer of Los Andes University admitted to practice in 2007, Specialist in Public Management and Administrative Institutions, and Master in Law and Economics (Universita di Bologna/Aix-Marseille Université -EMLE European Master in Law & Economics). Recipient of the Colfuturo scholarship (2014). Paola is a member of the Administrative, Constitutional and Infrastructure Team. Prior to joining our law firm, she was working as a legal advisor of the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and has experience as public server in national and local institutions as a Legal Chief or Legal advisor. Her practice focuses on administrative procedures, in constitutional and contentious administrative lawsuits, public policy design, public affairs.
Rubén López Barrera studied the Degree in Civil Engineering at the Universidad Iberoamericana; Master of Science in Management of the Master’s Program from Stanford University; Master of Business Administration from the joint program of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He has more than 20 years of experience in the structuring of infrastructure projects, holding various positions within ICA as Executive Director and Director of Human, Legal and Communication Resources of Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA)and as Director of Business Development and Director of Project Financing of ICA. From 2006 to 2009 he was General Director of OMA
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 Atimus and AES Brasil Institute. 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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Banco Sabadell is Spain’s fourth largest private banking group, which is comprised of different banks, brands, subsidiaries and part-owned companies covering all areas of the financial business sector under a common denominator: professional performance and quality. A young, highly-qualified team, with the most modern, up-to-date technological and commercial resources and a multi-brand, multi-channel organisation focusing on the client enable Banco Sabadell to occupy an outstanding position in the personal and business banking markets.
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately 442,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad, and to attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. Apex-Brasil organizes several initiatives aiming to promote Brazilian exports abroad. The Agency´s efforts comprise trade and prospective missions, business rounds, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international trade fairs, arrangement of technical visits of foreign buyers and opinion makers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, and other select activities designed to strengthen the country’s branding abroad. Apex-Brasil also plays a leading role in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, by working to identify business opportunities, promoting strategic events and lending support to foreign investors willing to allocate resources in Brazil.
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is one of the largest development banks in the world and today the Federal Government's main instrument for long-term financing and investment in all segments of the Brazilian economy.
Global Talent is a boutique recruitment agency dedicated exclusively to the Real Estate and Infrastructure markets.
With specialized know-how in these sectors, our mission is to find true talent that can transform your company.
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.
Baker McKenzie is recognized worldwide for its best-in-class client service, practices and for carrying out the most deals year-after-year through our unmatched global platform across 77 offices and 47 emerging and developed countries. Companies based in or with operations in Latin America, routinely rely on our leading cross-border and Latin America energy, mining & infrastructure attorneys for their most important transactional and disputes matters. As the largest law firm in Latin America with over 850 attorneys, we offer clients 60+ years of on-the-ground presence in the region, unique coverage in Latin America across our 15 offices and 7 countries*, and from major finance centers globally. *Through a cooperation agreement with Trench Rossi Watanabe, a Brazilian law firm
Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary, and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective, and insights we provide help investors to make important credit judgments with confidence. Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is comprised of: Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research; Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of credit market data, analytical tools and risk services; and Fitch Learning, a preeminent training and professional development firm. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst. For additional information, please visit fitchratings.com.
Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor. In more than 130 countries, our experts in every facet of risk and across industries help clients to anticipate, quantify, and more fully understand the range of risks they face. In today’s increasingly uncertain global business environment, Marsh helps clients to thrive and survive.
We work with clients of all sizes to define, design, and deliver innovative solutions to better quantify and manage risk. To every client interaction we bring an unmatched combination of deep intellectual capital, industry-specific expertise, global experience, and collaboration. We offer risk management, risk consulting, insurance broking, alternative risk financing, and insurance program management services to businesses, government entities, organizations, and individuals around the world.
Existimos para moldar melhores decisões - para proteger e enriquecer a vida das pessoas em todo o mundo. Nossa equipe fornece aos nossos clientes, em mais de 120 países, consultoria e soluções que lhes dão clareza e confiança para tomar as melhores decisões para proteger e expandir seus negócios.
Cescon Barrieu is one of Brazil’s leading law firms. Our lawyers stand out for their strong commitment to the representation of our clients’ interests and for their work in highly sophisticated, groundbreaking matters. We have a first class practice in development of infrastructure projects across all its sectors, such as energy, telecom, oil and gas, water and wastewater, ports and navigation, airports, railways, mining and toll roads. We provide advice in all phases of a project, from its conception to its financing, assisting companies in structuring projects, participating in bidding procedures and in claims with the regulatory agencies and granting authorities. We have a multidisciplinary team specialized in drafting and negotiating project contracts, such as EPC contracts, offtake contracts and O&M agreements as well as in EPC Contract management, assisting clients with managing claims during the construction.
CCCC South America Regional Company was established in May 2016. Its headquarters are located in São Paulo, and its registration is in Luxembourg. In 2017 ,PC South America Regional Company acquired Concremat, a reputable Brazilian company in the field of Engineering Consulting. With 67 years old, Concremat has consolidated itself as the leader in Brazil in engineering projects and consultancy.
Concremat Engineering and Technology leads the ranking of the engineering consultancy companies in Brazil. With 65 years of experience, Concremat has its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro and strategically sited branches in nine different Brazilian state capitals – São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Vitória, Brasília, Fortaleza, Salvador, Manaus and Porto Alegre. Our approximately 2,800 employees are proud to contribute to the development of Brazil through their work. It is through the work that we participate, in partnership with our customers, that we help reinforcing the important role of engineering as an agent for transformation of a country. In 2017, Concremat started to be part of the China Communications Construction Company – CCCC group. Ranked #3 in the international ranking of the Engineering News-Record, CCCC is one of the world leaders in the segments of infrastructure projects and construction, with over 100 years of experience.
The state has a strategic geographical location, the largest road network and the second largest railway network in Brazil. In Minas Gerais there are more than 690 projects focused on electric power generation.
Invest Minas is Minas Gerais’ investment and foreign trade promotion agency, headquartered in the city of Belo Horizonte.INDI’s mission is to develop MG by attracting investments, supporting established companies and promoting exports.
The Agency is linked to the Minas Gerais State Economic Development Secretariat (SEDE) and is maintained by the Minas Gerais Economic Development Company (CODEMIG) and the Minas Gerais Development Bank (BDMG).
The Consulate of Brazil in New York is the official representative of the Brazilian government and it has jurisdiction over the States of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, acting to assist and protect the citizens of Brazil and to facilitate trade, cultural links, educational cooperation and friendship between the people of the two countries.
Adriana Ferreira Tavares
Senior AttorneyTozziniFreire Advogados
USA
Adriano Stringhini
Diretor Executivo Jurídico e Relações GovernamentaisIguá Saneamento
Brazil
Com mais de 20 anos de atuação no mercado, Adriano Stringhini construiu sua carreira em empresas do ramo de Águas. Por 15 anos, o executivo trabalhou na Sabesp, sendo seu último cargo o de Diretor de Gestão Corporativa. Ele também é Conselheiro Fiscal da Companhia de Docas de São Sebastião e da EMAE – Empresa Metropolitana de Águas de Energia, além de ter sido Govenador do Conselho Mundial da Água, entre 2019 e 2022.
Adriano é advogado e mestre em Direito Concorrencial e Regulatório, ambos pela USP, além de ser certificado pela Harvard Kennedy School em Public Policy.
Senior Director for the Construction Solutions PracticeFTI Consulting
USA
Alejandro Bustamante is a Senior Director in the Construction Solutions practice based in Miami. Prior to joining FTI, Alejandro worked as a Contract Manager at Vinci Highways in a road concession in Peru where he was focused on managing construction contracts for a major project of over $1.6 billion investment. He also led, along with the team of experts, the preparation of technical reports for international arbitration. He has more than 20 years of international experience in Chile, Peru, and the United States in managing positions at high-level multinational companies.
Vice President for Europe, Latin America and the CaribbeanIFC
USA
Alfonso Garcia Mora is IFC’s Vice President for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. He spearheads IFC’s engagements in the two regions, including operationalizing IFC’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the post COVID-19 recovery, building a strong pipeline for private sector investments rooted in country strategies, and fostering more collaboration opportunities with key stakeholders to maximize impact.
Mr. Garcia Mora, a Spanish national, brings more than twenty years of experience in financial and private sector development, with twelve years in the private sector and nine years in different positions at the World Bank Group. Most recently, Mr. Garcia Mora was IFC’s Regional Vice President for Asia and the Pacific.
Alfonso Ugarte
PartnerCuatrecasas - Chile
Chile
Aliette Sanchez
Regional DirectorProvicapital
USA
Provicapital Partners se enfoca en asesorar a clientes, apoyarlos en la consecución de recursos e implementación de estrategias con una visión técnica de cada proceso que refleja nuestros métodos derivados de una formación MIT además de técnicas de negociación y estructuración financieras de Wall Street. Hoy Provicapital Partners se perfila como uno de los líderes en banca de inversión en mercados emergentes.
Provicapital Partners es una firma enfocada en servicios de banca de inversión y consultoría, ofrece a sus clientes acceso global sin paralelo a fuentes de financiamiento de proyectos y empresa.
