Private Equity World Mexico - list of speakers 

Jose Antonio inició su vida profesional en la Banca de Inversión hace más de 20 años, sin embargo a lo largo del camino se topó con el fenómeno del Internet y creó El Sitio México, empresa que junto con sus hermanas latinoamericanas, se colocaría en el mercado NASDAQ en 1999. De ahí José Antonio se dedicó al desarrollo de proyectos de energía...

Adrian Aguilera is Founder and Co-CEO of Vertex Real Estate Investors. Vertex REI is a private equity fund focused at making value added and opportunistic investments in the main real estate subsectors in Mexico. Adrián has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, including 6 years in corporate and investment banking focused on real...

Mr. Alegría graduated in Finance from the ITAM (Mexican Autonomous Technological Institute). He has taken and taught several advanced Courses and Seminars in México and abroad, specialized in Capital Markets and Financial Derivatives. With more than 25 years of experience in the Financial Sector, he is currently the Chief Executive Officer of...

Es Ingeniero Geólogo, egresado del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, con estudios de especialización en el país y en el extranjero destacando el de “Valorización y Exploración de los Recursos Minerales”, en la Escuela Nacional Superior de Geología, de Nancy, Francia. Su trayectoria profesional comprende diversos cargos, tanto operativos como...

Miguel Ángel Alonso Rubio is currently the Director of Acciona Energía Mexico in charge of various wind farm projects in the Isthmus of Tehuantepecin Oaxaca. Acciona has taken Mexico’s leadership in renewable energy having developed more than 50 per cent of the installed wind capacity. Presently, he is the CSR delegate at Eurizon Capital, a member ...

Javier Artigas, graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). He has over 25 years of experience in the financial sector, during which he has held several positions in the areas of Capital Markets, Analysis and Promotion. He worked for eight years between London and New York in the...

Nacida en México DF. Licenciatura en Comunicación con especialidad en Mercadotecnia, Publicidad y Relaciones Públicas. Directora de Ventas de Publicidad de varios medios como de comunicación a lo largo de varios años como Sky, Casas y Gente (revista) Imagen, Revista Conceptos ( Banco Santander)Dirección de Relaciones Públicas Sheraton Centro...

As Director of Development for Latin America and Caribbean, Alinio Azevedo is focused on building relationships with key hotel investors and developers to facilitate the growth of Four Seasons’ portfolio in the region. Alinio also supports Four Seasons’ European development efforts in Spain and Portugal. In his previous role at Ernst and Young...

Michael J. Baum concentrates his practice on domestic and cross-border real estate transactions. Michael represents clients in connection with the sponsorship, formation and implementation of U.S. and international (primary focus in Mexico and Brazil) real estate opportunity funds, joint ventures, acquisitions, developments, financings and...

Manuel Bentosinos is a Regional Director at Merrill Corporation, managing DataSite in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia. Born in Spain, he moved to Mexico in 2000 to start up and manage Soluziona Telecomunicaciones, a services company in the telecommunications sector where he was the CEO. Manuel is a graduate of Vigo University...

Mr. Bonillas holds a B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona (1980) and has close to 30 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry in Mexico. He has had positions ranging from mine planning engineer, operations research engineer; chief of financial planning and vice president of purchasing for Compania ...

Mr. Elliott M. Bross is General Director and Partner at Planigrupo, one of Mexico’s largest development and leasing companies. In the last 12 years, he participated in the development of over 40 shopping centers anchored by HEB, Walmart, Chedraui, Home Depot, different cinema and junior department store chains and over 1200 smaller retail...

Mr. Bruneau is Executive Director at 57 Stars LLC, a manager of emerging market private equity fund-of-funds. At 57 Stars Mr. Bruneau is responsible for investor relationships and origination and underwriting investments, primarily in Latin America. Mr. Bruneau is responsible for the firm’s office in São Paulo, Brazil. Prior to 57...

Mr. Carlberg, a Mexican national, is a founding partner of Alta Growth Capital. He has 31 years of experience in the financial sector in Mexico, Canada and Spain. Prior to joining Alta Growth Capital, Mr. Carlberg was a Senior Partner in Baring Latin America Partners managing investments from three funds in Mexico and South America. Mr. Carlberg ...

As the President of CMI Group, he was responsible for the strategic planning, promotion and real estate operations of the group in the Mexican market. CMI Group is a consultancy and full service real estate agency for national and international companies in the industrial, tourism, offices, residential and commercial areas, as well as...

Jorge es Licenciado en Administración con estudios en Economía por el Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Es graduado de la Maestría en Negocios (MBA) por el ITAM y realizó estudios de post-grado en Finanzas, Estrategia y Dirección. Cuenta además con un Diplomado en Bienes Raíces especializado en Inmuebles Industriales y Comerciales. ...

Santiago Castillo joined Advent International in 2003. Previously, he spent two and a half years as an associate with Promecap (Soros Fund Management affiliate) in Mexico City, where he monitored portfolio companies and analyzed and participated in new transactions. Prior to that, he was a financial analyst at a Mexican satellite communications...

Carlos Cèsarman has experience in different fields of activity; playing a role in planning and growing of the company. He has been involved in restructure, refinancing and entrepreneurial (star-ups). The main foucous of his work is in creating value in for the companies he has worked in. In 1982 he joined Banca Serfin; working in the Corporative...

Dr. Luis Chavez-Martinez is a Geological Engineer (1975) from the University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Mineral Economics (1978) from Penn State University in E.U., and a Ph.D degree in Energy and Mineral Economics (1982) from the University of Arizona in E.U. He has a Business Administration Degree (1989) from the...

Mr. Cortazar-Sierra has been in the real estate investment world since 1989 when he founded Grupo Promotor Metropolitano to promote shopping centers and residential developments throughout Mexico. In 1997 he joined Grupo Plan as Head of the Development area to develop the most important hospitality company in Mexico focusing in high end products...

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...

Mr. Costabile joined the firm in 2000 and is the Managing Director of the Private Funds Group. Mr. Costabile brings his in-depth knowledge of private funds to PineBridge Investments and has played a significant role in the successful growth of four product lines, Pinestreet LLC (securitizations), PineStar (secondaries), PEP Programs (Equity) and...

Francisco Covarrubias colabora con Kimco Realty Corporation desde el año 2006, habiendo estado a cargo del desarrollo de nuevos negocios y asociaciones en México y América Latina. Actualmente es responsable de la administración de un portafolio de 22 centros comerciales en la República Mexicana con un área rentable superior a los 500,000 metros...

Rogelio de los Santos, after founding and launching 7 companies as a serial entrepreneur, he now promotes the venture capital industry in Mexico at the same time that he serves as Managing Partner of Alta Ventures Mexico and the Kickstart Seed program. Mr. de los Santos experience is in diverse areas including mining, logistics, education and...

Maximiliano Del Vento is a member of the investment solutions team in the New York office. His responsibilities include investment origination and client relations in Latin America. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith in New York, covering private clients and middle market institutions in Latin...

Javier Delgado has 42 experience years in the Agribusiness and 36 in Rural Finance, is since October, 2002, CEO of the Trust fund for the Capitalization and Investment of the Rural Sector in Mexico, (FOCIR), having created and triggered the concept of Investment Funds for Agribusiness.Acting as Fund of Funds, developed the first tier Generic...

Mr. Diaz is the Founding Partner of Gerbera Capital, an investment platform specialized in Private Equity/Venture Capital in Mexico and Global portfolio management with a value tilt. Prior to Gerbera Capital, Mr. Diaz was the CFO of Grupo Diestra, a leading private Mexican group with interest in the apparel, tourism and real estate...

Mexican, married, three children. More than 25 years of experience working as a Legal Counselor and responsible for Government Relations for different companies in the Middle East, South America and Mexico, such as Schlumberger, Ford Motor Company and Bombardier. After spending 14 years as General Legal Counsel of Schlumberger in South America...

Maureen focuses on sourcing, analyzing and closing secondary investment opportunities and manager selection for Emerging Markets on a primary basis as well as participates in fund monitoring, firm marketing and client reporting. Prior to joining Pantheon, Maureen was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, & Co. Maureen's...

Mr. Fasja is the managing director at GFa Grupo Inmobiliario, a Real Estate Development Company based in Mexico City, which has developed more than 25 million square feet over the past four decades. GFa specializes in office, high end residential and resort development throughout Mexico. At GFa Jaime is responsible for deal sourcing, investment...

Kevin is the senior manager and principal strategist with Dartmouth Research & Consulting/DRC Mexico SA de CV, an international consulting firm. He brings over twenty-five years executive experience in the design and implementation of management and technology strategies with the financial services industry. Throughout its history, DRC has...

Marc Frishman is an Investment Manager for the Latin Power Funds. Marc joined the Latin Power team in 1998. Among notable Latin Power Fund investments, Mr. Frishman was instrumental in the successful Mexhidro investment which included the origination, development, financing, operations, and sale of three medium size hydroelectric plants in western ...

Mr. Antonio Ruiz Galindo T. is Chairman and CEO of Industrial Global Solutions de México S.A. de C.V. since 1997 date that the company was funded. In 1970 he started his career in D.M. Nacional S.A. (office furniture and automotive stamping company) a company of the DESC Group, in the area of Administration and Finance until he became the CEO of...

Jerónimo Gerard is currently President of Mexico Retail Properties and I2. MRP is a development, acquisition and management company of institutional retail properties and manages over US$2.0 billion in retail developments across Mexico. I2 is a US$250 million Infrastructure Fund focused on Mexican Infrastructure projects. From 2000 to 2006 he...

Jorge Girault Facha, Portfolio Manager for Prologis Mexico Fondo Logistico, fund managed by Prologis Property Mexico (Former AMB), has worked in the real estate sector in Mexico since 1994, in the early days of Fondo Opcion and G. Accion. He has participated in the largest real estate portfolio sales in the industrial and office sector in...

El Ing. Gómez Dorantes es Subdirector General de Planeación y Finanzas de INFONAVIT desde enero de 2009. Como parte de sus funciones, el Ing. Gómez Dorantes es responsable de la Administración de Riesgos y Gestión Institucional, además de Planeación y Finanzas, incluyendo el Programa de Cedevis. Antes de incorporarse a INFONAVIT, el Ing. Gómez...

Pablo Gonzalez Carpizo is the Director of Acquisitions & Development for Mexico and Central America of Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Pablo is responsible for the development and execution of Starwood’s strategic growth plan for Mexico and Central America. Pablo is also in charge of expanding the relationship network with developers and grow the...

Bruce D. Greenberg, FRICS, MAI, SRA, ASA, is the president of Montaña Verde Consultores y Valuadores and has 40 years experience as a real estate consultant/appraiser. Mr Greenberg has in place a cooperative exclusivity agreement with Deloitte Mexico being part of their Financial Advisory Sevices team. Mr. Greenberg has relationships with...

Mr. Güémez is a Managing Director of LaSalle Investment Management. He serves as the CEO for the Mexico operations of LaSalle. Prior to joining LaSalle in 2006, Mr. Güémez was a Managing Director for Equity with GE Real Estate in Mexico. Before joining the Real Estate group, Mr. Güémez led GE Equity’s Mexico operations. Mr. Güémez received an ...

Mr. Gutrich leads global business development, international strategy and works with the CIO on Special Situations. He currently provides oversight to the senior staff of the Operations and Investor Relations Groups. He was previously with Vintage Partners Holdings (based in Mexico City) and UNIFUND, SA (based in Geneva).He had previously been...

Carlos Guzmán Bofill nació en la Ciudad de México. Egresó de la Universidad Iberoamericana como ingeniero quimico, materia en la que obtuvo una maestría por el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachussetts (MIT), además de otro en Administración de Empresas en la Universidad de Stanford. Durante los últimos 10 años se desempeño como director general de...

• Es licenciado en Economía de la Universidad Anáhuac. • Obtuvo por su tesis profesional el primer lugar en el Premio Nacional del Mercado de Valores organizado por la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores en 1985. • Su experiencia profesional se ha desarrollado en los últimos 30 años, en el área de administración de activos e inversiones, en empresas como:...

Since March 2008, Ellis J. Juan has taken responsibilities as Country Representative for the Inter-American Bank in Mexico. He is responsible for the overall Bank’s operations (i.e., public, private and sub-national sectors) and new business developments in Mexico. The Bank has an outstanding portfolio of US$ 6 billion in Mexico and a lending...

Harry Krensky is Managing Partner of Discovery Americas, where he is a Founder, Principal and member of the investment committee of Discovery Americas I and II. Mr. Krensky serves on the boards of Discovery Americas I's portfolio companies Volaris, Umbral Capital, Ike Asistencia and LIPU in Mexico. He is a Principal and Founding Partner of Atlas...

Es Socio Director de Nexxus. Tiene más de 14 años de experiencia en la en la industria de Capital Privado en México. Cuenta con una amplia experiencia operativa, adquirida a través de su intervención en la administración de Sports World, Homex, Crédito Real y Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe. El Sr Langenauer además es responsable de estructurar y ejecutar ...

Enrique Lavín es Director del área de Mercado de Capitales de PREI Latinoamérica. En su calidad de responsable del área de Mercados de Capitales, el señor Lavín se encarga de ejecutar la estrategia de financiamiento de los fondos de inversión de PREI Latin America, que incluye la estructuración y negociación de las distintas iniciativas de capital ...

Principal and Head of Acquisitions of Walton Street Mexico. Prior to joining Walton Street Mexico, Mr Martin del Campo was a Senior Director of GE Real Estate in Mexico City responsible for all stages of investments. Prior to GE Real Estate Mr Martin del Campo was a an Associate in JP Morgan Securities Inc in New York working within the Distressed ...

Lorenza Martínez Trigueros es actualmente Subsecretaria de Industria y Comercio en la Secretaría de Economía, donde propone y coordina políticas que contribuyen a elevar la competitividad de los distintos sectores productivos del país, a fin de fortalecer el mercado interno y el comercio exterior. Anteriormente fungió como Titular de la Unidad...

Obtuvo la licenciatura en Economía en el Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) en 1995, y se graduó con la Tesis “La Crisis Mexicana de 1994: una visión desde los Mercados Financieros”. Durante su desempeño laboral cuenta con más de 15 años de experiencia en áreas de inversiones de las que destacan :  Director de Inversiones de...

Eduardo Enrique Mérigo Orellana es originario del Distrito Federal, donde realizó estudios profesionales en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, graduándose con mención honorífica como Licenciado en Economía. Tiene estudios de Doctorado en la especialidad de Economía Agrícola, de la Universidad de Wisconsin en Madison. Ha cursado estudios...

Michel Montant is Corporate Director of Development for Grupo Posadas. He has been with the company for over 19 years in different positions, including General Director of Operations, and General Director of Fiesta Inn Hotels. He was involved in the launch and growth of the limited services brand Fiesta Inn in Mexico, which after 17 years and 60...

Luis Octavio Núñez is a shareholder of Greenberg Traurig, based on the Mexico City office, in the Corporate & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Real Estate practices. Formerly, he was a partner at Kuri Breña, Sánchez Ugarte y Aznar, S.C. in Mexico City. Núñez’s professional experience includes international mergers and...

David O’Donnell is the founder, President and CEO of Grupo O’Donnell de Mexico. O’Donnell – Mexico is a full service, value-added industrial real estate developer. It invests in major distribution hubs and manufacturing centers in Mexico that are supply-constrained, or are unique by virtue of their location and/or infrastructure. O’Donnell’s...

Federico Patiño was born in Mexico City and studied at the Law School of the National University of Mexico (UNAM). He specialized in development banking at The World Bank Development Banking Institute in Washington DC and worked in Mexico’s development bank Nacional Financiera (Nafinsa) for 28 years from 1980 to 2008. There he occupied different...

Socio fundador de Picciotto Arquitectos; la constante en su trabajo ha sido la búsqueda de la eficiencia hacia el Camino Sustentable. Ha recibido reconocimientos importantes como el Premio Nacional de Ahorro de Energía en varias ocasiones y el prestigiado Premio Mario Pani. Forma parte de Grupos Asesores generadores de bases para la Edificaciones...

Luis Quijano is Director of Financial Services at Bepensa Group, a financial services division. Mr. Quijano also founded The Yucatan Consulting Group, a consulting company and Financiera Yucateca SOFOM. He was previously the Head of Personal Financial Services at HSBC, Mexico, in charge of retail banking products nationwide, including...

As U.S. Chief Investment Strategist for Merrill’s Investment Management & Guidance Group, Ash works closely with Global CIOs of U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia to create global markets content and its translation to affluent private wealth portfolios. Ash is the principal voice for IMG’s portfolio research content to UHNW advisors, their...

El Sr. Rider cuenta con más de 20 años de experiencia apoyando a la industria de manufactura a reubicar y arrancar sus operaciones en México. Su sólida experiencia en analizar oportunidades y desarrollar estrategias adecuadas para sus clientes lo han posicionado en sectores industriales como la aeronáutica y la automotríz. Desde hace más de diez...

Rodrigo Rincon brings more than 20 years of experience building long term business partnerships with international companies, government agencies, institutional investors, and financial institutions. He graduated with honors from the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He...

Alejandro Ríos has been the Director of ASA Fuel Services for the last 9 years, where he oversees the operation and management of a network of over 60 fuel farms and their associated 2,000+ apron into-plane operations. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and a Masters and...

Nancy Rivera is a Managing Director of Structured Finance where she oversees structured and project finance lending worldwide. Her experience includes financings in Latin America, Middle East, North Africa and Asia. Ms. Rivera’s expertise spans across all infrastructure areas, with particular emphasis in structuring groundbreaking infrastructure ...

Mr. Roberts is graduated in Industrial and Systems Engineering with honors from the Tec de Monterrey Campus Monterrey. Since 1988 he is Director General of IAMSA Group, a developer of industrial parks, shopping centers and housing in the Mexicali and Tijuana cities, Baja California. Since 2002 and up to date, Mr. Roberts also serves as Chairman of ...

Manuel Rodríguez Arregui actualmente es el Director General de GBM Infraestructura, empresa que forma parte de Grupo Bursátil Mexicano. Es egresado del Departamento de Economía del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT) y de la Maestría en Administración Pública en la Universidad de Harvard. En la iniciativa privada fue socio fundador de...

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics and a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering form de National University of Mexico, UNAM. He also holds a Master Degree in Energy Economics from Pierre Mendes University and a PHD in Petroleum Economics from La Sorbone University in France. After his return from France, he worked as an advisor in energy...

Francisco Xavier Salazar Diez de Sollano was appointed as Chairman of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) for the first time in 2005. In 2010 we was re-appointed for another 5 years term. In 2006 he was elected as the first Vice-President of the Ibero-American Energy Regulators Association (ARIAE), position that he has held since then. Prior...

Mr. Salinas joined Darby in 2001 as Managing Director dedicated to the Darby Latin American Private Equity Fund. He also heads Darby’s Mexico City office, and has responsibility for the Firm’s private equity activities in Mexico, including the US-Mexico border region. Prior to joining Darby, Mr. Salinas headed the BBVA's private equity operations ...

Al Samper is the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Virginia Retirement System and former Chairman of the Board of the Virginia College Building Authority. He also serves on the advisory board of the Mid-Atlantic Hedge Fund Association. Al was Director of Public Sector Marketing at Wachovia Securities. Before that he served as ...

David L. Sanchez-Tembleque is a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Alsis Funds. He is responsible for the general management and strategic direction of the company. Prior to founding Alsis, Mr. Sanchez-Tembleque was CEO of largest Latin America homebuilder, NYSE listed Homex and CFO of Latin America largest mortgage...

Cahirman, Mexican Private Equity Association SMP of Nexxus Capital, the largest and oldest mexican privatre equity management company

Mr. Schwedhelm oversees Darby’s financial sector investments, which are part of the firm’s emerging market private equity business. He has been responsible for Darby’s portfolio companies in 9 Latin American countries. A Mexican and German national, he has over 30 years of experience in international finance. Prior to joining Darby, he was...

Ingeniero Civil con Cédula profesional número 92827, DRO – 0164 y CSE No. C/SE-0066. Ha sido Profesor de Estructuras en la Universidad Iberoamericana, Profesor de Estructuras de Concreto en el Instituto Politécnico Nacional (I.P.N.) y Profesor de Procedimientos Constructivos en la Escuela de Arquitectos de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de...

Enrique E. Solórzano Palacio has more than 25 years of involvement in the financial sector in Mexico. Mr. Solórzano is currently the Chief Investment Officer of ING AFORE (ING retirement fund in Mexico) since 2007, date of ING’s acquisition of Santander retirement fund. Enrique Solórzano began his professional career in BBV-Probursa in 1985...

Segundo Tascón es Consultor Actuarial para Clientes Internacionales en el área de beneficios a empleados. Durante 27 años Segundo fungió como Director General de Watson Wyatt México convirtiéndola en líder indiscutible entre las firmas Actuariales. En 2010 Watson Wyatt se fusionó con Towers Perrin dando paso a la nueva firma TOWERS WATSON en...

Mr. Hector Troncoso has been CEO and chairman of the board of Grupo Sports World since the company’s inception. Mr. Troncoso has over 23 years of experience in the fitness industry and was responsible for the creation of the brand and concept that is known as “Sports World”. He started his career in the fitness industry in 1988, when he played an...

• Founder and CEO of Chiapas Farms, a USA-Mexico funded and operated company, harvesting value from the creation and operation of an integrated supply chain that directly connects the fast-growing US produce market with high-value farming in Mexico. Through an innovative business model, Chiapas Farms ensures an all-year round supply and the...

Since January 2009 Mr. Felipe Vilá is the CEO of Corporación Mexicana de Inversiones de Capital, S.A. de C.V. also known as “Fondo de Fondos”, a corporation established by NAFIN, BANOBRAS, BANCOMEXT and FOCIR, four development banks in Mexico. The Corporation has committed US 530 million in 46 Private Equity / Venture Capital Funds that have...

Christian Warnholtz. Founding Partner. With 22 years of financial experience he previously worked at BBV Securities in London in the Capital Markets Group, structuring and selling public and private equity as well as debt issues for Latin American companies. He also participated in European syndicate placements for emerging markets IPOs, and...

He was appointed President and Executive Representative for Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM) on April 2006. During his five years in the railroad sector he has reached significant achievements for the company as well as for the industry in Mexico. José Zozaya has 36 years of experience in law and government relations, as well as mergers and ...

Mr. Ricardo Zúñiga is CEO of Vertex Real Estate Investors, a private equity real estate platform focused on investing third party institutional capital in Mexico’s Real Estate Sector. Prior to his current responsibilities he was CEO of BCBA, Principal at O’Connor Capital Partners, Director at Hines Interests, Associate at Marriott Hotels and...