Mr. Mauricio Cortes | Principal
ACON Investments

	Principal at ACON Investments. Prior to joining ACON in 2009, he worked as a Senior Associate with GP Investments, one of the largest Private Equity firms in Latin America, in the Mexico City office. Prior to that, he worked as an Associate at Citigroup’s Latin America Investment Banking Group in New York and in Mexico City. In this function, he participated in M&A transactions in Mexico representing more than US$9 billion (including transactions in the retail, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors), as well as in several international equity and debt offerings. Mr. Cortés worked previously at Goldman Sachs’ Latin America Investment Banking Group in New York as well as at Booz Allen Hamilton in Mexico City. Mr. Cortés holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He also received a B.S. with Honors in Industrial Engineering from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).	Share this

Appearances at this years' conference:

Private Equity World Mexico - Day three: Thursday, February 2, 2012

@ 10.50

Panel session: Evolving approaches for exits in Mexico

What are the realities for exiting PE investments in Mexico?
Are IPOs the best exit option in Mexico
Beyond the IPO: non-traditional exit strategies
Alternative stock markets as exit mechanism
Structuring deals to have the most flexibility with exits down the road

› Mr. Mauricio Cortes, Principal, Acon Investments

@ 12.00

Case study: ACON Investments sale of SAE Towers

Investing in infrastructure sector to take advantage of increasing government and private spending
EBITDA growth as source of returns vs. financial engineering or multiple expansion