In May 2016, Raul Gallegos joined the Asset Management group at Credit Suisse to develop and lead and new Real Estate lending platform through the launch of a specialized fund (CBFI) focused on issuing loans for income producing properties. The target asset classes for this vehicle include office buildings, retail centers, industrial properties and hotels. MMREIT was successfully closed in 3Q17 with $6,333 million pesos raised which provide capacity of up to $18,000 million pesos of AUMs with leverage. It is currently executing its first investments.

Prior to this, Mr. Gallegos was the President and CEO for GE in Mexico since July 2013, where he was focused on business development and growth in the country through the various industrial and financial business units. He represented the company as a whole which has 11,000 employees, 17 manufacturing plants, 5 service centers and the largest engineering center in Mexico with 1800 specialized engineers.

Raúl began his career with GE in 1997 in Stamford, Connecticut with the Latin America group of GE Capital Structured Finance, where he worked on debt and equity transactions for infrastructure projects in Energy, Telecom and the Transportation industries. In 1999, he returned to México to join the GE Capital Real Estate business, where he first worked as a Relationship Manager and originator, and then as the leader of the Debt Business. During 7 years, he was focused on consolidating and growing their loan portfolio, achieving a level of specialization unique in the industry, and a completely integrated platform that became the market leader with over $4 billion dollars in assets. From 2006 to 2013, he served as General Manager of GE Real Estate in México, where he was responsible for both the debt and equity businesses which totaled more than $5 billion dollars in assets, including managing Intramerica Real Estate Group, one of the principal owners and operators of industrial properties in Mexico with a portfolio of more than 200 buildings and 17 million square feet. In December 2012, GE Capital Real Estate sold this platform to Macquarie to create what is now Fibra Macquarie.

Raúl is a Civil Engineer from Universidad Anáhuac and he has an MBA from Columbia University in New York. He started his professional career at Industrias Gar-Vel, one of the most important mechanical contractors in Mexico, where he participated and led some of the most important construction projects in the country.

Last April Mrs. Reyes was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Mexican Association of PE & VC Funds, AMEXCAP. From 2013 to 2018 she was Venture Capital Director at the National Entrepreneurship Institute (INADEM), the federal government institution in charge of implementing, executing and coordinating the national policy to support entrepreneurs and foster innovation and competitiveness.
She has more than 15 years of experience in development banks in areas such as projects evaluation, technical assistance and project management with multilateral and bilateral funding. She has worked as an independent consultant and project manager of local economic development projects financed with international cooperation funds.
Mrs. Reyes has graduated in international affairs from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She has a Master in Local Economic Development from the London School of and Political Science (LSE) and a Master in International Cooperation and Project Management from the Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset from Madrid, Spain. She also has a Diploma in Private Equity from the IPADE Business School.

He is 43 years old. He has a law degree with a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, Arizona and a master's degree in Political Management and Strategic Governance from George Washington University.
He is an entrepreneur in the restaurant industry.
He worked as a development agent for Subway International.
He was a Local Congressman for the fourth district in 2012 and in 2015 he was elected Mayor of Merida, in 2018 he was elected Governor of the State of Yucatan for the 2018-2024 term, a position he has held since October 1, 2018.
He has participated as a panelist in national and international forums, such as the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP23) in Bonn, Germany; the World Congress of Smart Cities in Barcelona and the International Forum of Sister Cities in Chengdu, China.
He was invited by the United Nations to participate in the High-Level International Forum on Sustainable Urban Development, which was held in the People's Republic of China in 2017. He also participated in the "Talanoa Dialogues" at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland.
In 2019, he was a speaker at the plenary "Leaving your mark for social and economic development" at the 17th edition of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, held in the city of Mérida, Yucatán.
In 2021, he was a special guest of the UK Government to participate in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland, where he accompanied the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford, and Northern Ireland's First Minister Paul Givan in a discussion on global warming and the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
As part of the work with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, he was appointed Representative and Spokesperson for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Region to the Global Executive Committee for the 2020-2024 period and Holder of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration Portfolio of the Global Executive Committee for the 2021-2024 period.
In February 2022, he was appointed Chairman of the GOAN Association.
In March 2022, he was appointed Chairman of the Governors´ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force in the framework of the 12th Annual Meeting held in Manaus, Brazil.

Enrique has a history of deep commitment to the US/Mexico bilateral relationship. He is a former government professional with a strong track record of leading government engagement and business development strategies between Mexico and US. He currently serves as the Managing Director of the US-Mexico Foundation, and is President And Founder of the North Capital Forum. Before joining the USMF, Enrique most recently served as a Director for North America at ProMexico, Mexico's trade promotion agency, where he worked for more than ten years in several positions. Enrique also has a strong commitment to civil society endeavors and has served in leadership roles on a number of nonprofit boards including Enseña por Mexico (Teach for All’s Mexican affiliate), Reinserta, Fundemex and Mexico en Movimiento.
Other previous responsibilities in the Mexican government include being the Technical Secretary for Competitiveness, and Chief of Staff to the President of the CNBV (Banking and Securities Commission).
Enrique holds a Bachelor Degree in International Commerce from Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, and a Master Degree in Economics and Government from Universidad Anáhuac. He also has completed executive courses at Harvard University, Wharton School and SMU.
Enrique is Executive Producer of the television series "Pati's Mexican Table", which has been recognized with three James Beard Awards and 3 Emmy nominations.
He is President and Founder of the North Capital Forum, an initiative by the USMF, where we seek to promote North America as an economic, social and political powerhouse.

Mr. Jesus O. Lanza Losa acts as Founder & CEO at Lottus Education, one of the largest private education platforms in LatAm. Since the establishment of Lottus in 2013, Mr. Lanza Losa has successfully led the acquisition, optimization, and business enlargement of six different targets totaling over US$200 million in transaction volume.

Mr. Lanza Losa also serves as Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board at Mattilda, a high growth-education focused fintech startup which has been backed by top caliber global tech investors, including QED, FTC, GSV and Dila. Mattilda has raised over US$20 million in both debt and equity since its inception in 2022 to boost its growth.

Mr. Lanza Losa’s previous experience includes;

Distressed assets and credit hedge fund investment opportunities at the London based Special Situations Group of Cerberus Capital Management, one of the World’s leading distressed investment firms.

Investment Banking Division – M&A LatAm at both Goldman Sachs & Co. and Citigroup.

Is Associate Director for Economic Policy at the Milken Institute, where he leads research and policy programming on economics and geopolitics for MI Finance. He previously served in the Obama administration as Policy Advisor on International Economics to the US Secretary of Commerce. Dr. Talbot has additionally worked on three US presidential campaigns, volunteered as an Economic Policy Advisory Committee member on Joe Biden for President, and counseled corporate and non-profit clients on complex geopolitical, economic, and regulatory issues. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, MSc from the University of Oxford, and BA from Yale University.

Eduardo is the CO-CEO of CXC (Tecnología en Cuentas por Cobrar), a Tech-enabled Company with a singular focus on enhancing credit facility certainty through a comprehensive range of agency services.
Eduardo and his partner, Marvin Palavicini, successfully acquired CXC through Dendro Capital, a Search Fund they established in 2016 with support from Institutional Investors primarily from the United States.
Before pursuing his Business School education at MIT, Eduardo refined his skills and expertise at Advent International, where he spent over six years deeply involved in all aspects of the Private Equity model. From engaging in successful fundraising efforts to meticulously analyzing and executing investment opportunities. He also worked with Portfolio Companies by developing and implementing operational efficiencies for and was instrumental in facilitating the exit process.
Eduardo has a passion for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, he is an active mentor in the Endeavor entrepreneurship program. With a focus on financial modeling, capital structure, and fundraising. Moreover, Eduardo extends his expertise as an investor and advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs exploring the innovative Search Fund model.
Eduardo earned an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and he holds a double bachelor's degree in Management and Public Accounting and Financial Strategy from ITAM Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico.

Jorge Villanueva is an Investment Vice President for Prudential Private Capital (“PPC”), based in Mexico City. He is part of the team that markets, originates, and manages private placements, direct lending and mezzanine investments in Mexico. Jorge started his career in Investment Banking at Credit Suisse and Itaú BBA, and prior to joining Prudential he worked at the private credit fund Altum Capital. Jorge holds a BA in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM).

Pablo is as Co-founder and Managing Partner of PC Capital. Pablo co-leads the firms fund raising and LP relations activities of the firm, is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee, and a Director of Te Creemos Holding, Rancho los Molinos, Netwey, Medios Cattri, and AdSpace Networks, Inc.

Before PC Capital, Pablo worked as a Vice President for FondElec Group in Stanford, Connecticut, where he helped managed a $600MM private equity portfolio of primarily energy and telecom investments in Mexico, Brazil, and Bolivia among other Latin American countries. Before FondElec, Pablo worked as a consultant for Deloitte Consulting/Braxton Associates where he served clients in Argentina, Mexico, Central America, and the United States. Pablo holds a BE in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Management of Technology from Vanderbilt University and has an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Pablo is a member of the Board of AMEXCAP, Mexico’s Private Equity Association, a member of the Board of Regents of Mercersburg Academy, and the Co-Chair of its Investment Committee. He is also a mentor for Endeavor, a member of the Board of GLJ Capital and a member of the Investment Committee of ELJ. The Investment Committees in which Pablo currently participates exceed $2.0 billion in AUM.

Mr. O'Donnell founded O'Donnell in 1994 and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Since 1994, he has developed and acquired approximately 10.6 million square feet and currently manages approximately 13.6 million square feet of industrial properties in 12 strategically located markets throughout Mexico. O'Donnell currently manages one of the largest institutional industrial portfolios in the country. To date, he has led investments of approximately USD$850 million in Gross Transaction Cost in industrial properties in Mexico. Mr. O'Donnell is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce (Mexico Chapter), Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and Urban Land Institute (ULI). Mr. O'Donnell holds a B.A. in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a native of Newport Beach, California.

Ernesto Revilla is a Managing Director and Head of Latin America Economics at Citigroup. He joined Citi in 2015 as Mexico economist. Before, he had a 12-year career at Mexico’s Finance Ministry where he was the Chief Economist. In that position, Revilla headed macroeconomic planning, coordinated Mexico’s National Development Plan, served as advisor to the minister and participated in budget negotiations. Earlier, Revilla was an economist at the World Bank in Washington, DC. Revilla studied economics at the undergraduate level at ITAM in Mexico and at the graduate level at the University of Chicago.

Economista en Jefe de Latinoamérica en el banco británico Barclays, en Nueva York. Fue funcionario del Banco de México, economista en jefe para México en los bancos de inversión J.P.Morgan y UBS y hasta hace algunos meses se desempeñaba como Director General Adjunto de Análisis Económico, Relación con Inversionistas y Sustentabilidad de Grupo Financiero Banorte. Ha sido profesor de cátedra en el ITAM, el Tec de Monterrey, la Universidad Anáhuac y el RiskMathics Institute. Ha publicado artículos en revistas especializadas como el Journal of Policy Modeling. Actualmente es autor de la columna semanal “Perspectiva Global” en el periódico El Financiero y miembro permanente del recién creado Comité de Fechado de Ciclos de la Economía Mexicana (INEGI/IMEF) y miembro del grupo de ‘líderes del futuro’ del Instituto Internacional de Finanzas (IIF). El Dr. Gabriel Casillas es economista egresado del Tecnológico de Monterrey y obtuvo el grado de Doctor en la Universidad de Texas A&M, especializándose en econometría, teoría monetaria y economía de la información.

Currently holds the post of Executive President at AMAFORE. He is also a professor at ITAM, a columnist at the Excelsior newspaper, a commentator on ADN 40, and an independent member of the boards of several companies. From 2011 to 2022, he was the Director General of the FUNDEF A.C: Financial Studies Foundation. Between 2005 and 2010, he was Director of the Banking, Securities and Savings Unit at the Mexican Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP). Within the public sector he has also held other posts, including Vice Chair of the Financial Institutions Oversight Committee at the National Banking and Securities. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Accountancy from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM). He has published articles in academic journals and books, including Endeudándose en la Tarjeta de Crédito Incorrecta: Evidencia sobre el caso de México (Getting into Debt with the Wrong Credit Card: Evidence from the Mexican Case Study) (American Economic Review) and Créditos Relacionados (Appropriations) (Quarterly Journal of Economics).

Enrique Lavin is a managing director and head of Mexico & deputy head of Latin America at PGIM Real Estate. Based in Mexico, Enrique is responsible for providing strategic direction and overseeing the performance of US $3.0billion of assets under management. Enrique is also responsible for heading the business development efforts and thereby responsible of structuring private and public equity raising initiatives for the region, as well as for managing PGIM Real Estate’s relationships with investment banks and investors. He is a member of the Latin America Investment Committee.
Overall, during his tenure at PGIM, Enrique has executed an aggregate of US$7.0 billion of transactions, both in public and private markets, and including debt, equity and M&A.
His experience in the real estate industry includes 19 years in the real estate industry in Mexico and US$8.0 billion of transactions in positions such as vice president at Credit Suisse for the Real Estate Finance and Securitizations group and director of Debt Origination at GE Real Estate. From 2011 to 2012, Enrique was a member of the board of directors of Paz Corp., a public homebuilder based in Chile and is currently a board member of Terrafina(MXSE: TERRA13).
Enrique holds a degree in industrial engineering from the Instituto Tecnologicoy de EstudiosSuperioresde Monterrey (ITESM) and a master of business administration from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was recipient of the Global Star Award.

Is a managing director at PGIM Real Estate and head of the Americas and EMEA Business Development. Based in the United States, Faris is responsible for managing and developing PGIM Real Estate’s client relationships with North America, Europe, Latin America and Middle East institutional investors in support of our real estate, agriculture and impact capabilities. He is a member of the U.S. Executive Council. Faris also oversees the coordination of U.S. and Europe business development activities between PGIM and Montana Capital Partners – a PGIM owned global private equity secondaries manager.
Overall, Faris has over 25 years of experience and has been involved in over $17 billion of transactions in both advisory and principal roles across the real estate and infrastructure sectors.
Previously, Faris served as a director for Mubadala PGIM Real Estate, based in Abu Dhabi, where he led the joint venture’s investment, product development and capital raising activities.
Prior to joining PGIM Real Estate in 2014, Faris was a director with Macquarie Capital Advisers based in the United States and Dubai, where he focused on financial advisory assignments, capital raising and principle investments on behalf of the firm.
Previously in his career, Faris held positions with BMO Capital Markets, Silver Portal Capital, J.P. Morgan and Wachovia Securities where he focused on real estate and infrastructure financing, capital raising and strategic advisory work.
Faris has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Chicago.

Native of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, is an Economics graduate from Texas A&M University. He later pursued graduate level studies in management and finance at the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresas (IPADE) and the executive program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
President and CEO of FINSA, he has led FINSA’s growth and transformation from a family venture into a major international real estate developer. He established joint ventures and partnerships with global institutional financial players that have secured FINSA’s continued expansion and access to the international capital markets.
In 2014 Mr. Argüelles was named EY Entrepreneur of the YearTM in Mexico. He received the “Good Neighboring Award” in 1998 from Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce and is an active board member of the Mexican Red Cross.
He is President of the Mexican Association of Industrial Parks in Mexico – AMPIP, and Regional Board President of BBVA, Mexico’s leading bank. He also participates in the boards of “AMCHAM” (American Chamber of Commerce), “COPARMEX” (Employers Confederation of the Mexican Republic), “NAFIN” (National Development Bank”, “NEXXUS Capital”, “FINSA Foundation” and “UDEM” (Universidad de Monterrey) advisory boards.

Mario is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and real estate developer, with a seventeen-year track record of generating strong returns across market cycles. Since 2005, he has led the structuring, development, and asset management of over USD $600 MM in light-industrial, retail, residential, and corporate office properties.
In 2017, Mario co-founded ProximityParks, a vertically integrated real estate investment firm, with a pure play focus on building the largest, most environmentally friendly, and highest-performing portfolio of last mile logistics industrial properties in the Americas.
ProximityParks is the pioneer in its field and has quickly become the leading player in Mexico, where it has a growing portfolio of over 2.5 M sqft, across Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara.
Mario has a substantial network in the North American real estate communities and provides a deep understanding of the investment and development processes, as well as fund management and asset management expertise.
Mario studied Finance at Monterrey Tech and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Carlos Mayorga manages the Global Private Equity Funds portfolio at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), based in Washington, DC. Throughout his IFC career, Carlos has been a senior decision maker for debt and equity investments spanning all regions and industry sectors, totaling over $15 billion. He has managed portfolios that include investments in financial institutions, structured finance products and distressed assets, in addition to Private Equity funds.
IFC has a global team dedicated to covering Venture Capital and Growth PE funds across all its regions of operation, with an active portfolio of over $6bn committed. Investing in emerging markets PE Funds aims to provide growth capital, mobilize private investors, and develop capital markets. The creation of jobs and increased digitalization and innovation are also important themes, and IFC is committed to the continued improvement of gender balance and alignment with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Carlos holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BSBA from Georgetown University. In his private capacity, he is a Board member of the Fabretto Children’s Foundation, a non-profit that provides opportunities for disadvantaged children in Central America.
IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2023, IFC committed a record $43.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity as economies grapple with the impacts of global compounding crises. For more information, visit www.ifc.org

Eduardo is a serial entrepreneur with more than two decades of expertise in Mexico's energy and infrastructure sectors. At just 19, he showcased his forward thinking by captivating the Mexican Senate with a powerful speech, advocating for private investments in the nation's electric sector.
He launched his career at 20, advising the Director of Modernization at CFE, aiding in the development of what would evolve into the Mexican Wholesale Electric Market. Later, he ventured into investment banking, as an energy sector analyst, contributing to projects surpassing $100 million in equity. His entrepreneurial journey spans diverse industries including energy, media, and beverages, with significant successes like Zen Media, a forerunner in Latin American indoor advertising, prior to its acquisition by one of the major outdoor media players in Mexico.
Eduardo is the founder and Managing Partner of Ennova America, a private equity firm established in 2013, aiming to lead the transformation towards clean energy and sustainable infrastructure in Mexico. In 2018, he closed the Proton I fund, which is developing a 200 MW solar generation portfolio and is currently in the process of placing a public fund focused on acquiring brownfield sustainable infrastructure projects within Mexico. He serves on the Board of Directors of many companies and is a member of the Infrastructure and Energy Committee of AMEXCAP.
Eduardo has a BS in business administration from ITAM, with a specialization in finance, and has a certification in M&A from Columbia Business School.

Alejandro is Managing Director at Alloy Capital in Mexico, a private credit company with more than 25 years of experience investing in the US, Mexico and other emerging markets.
Alloy Capital administers more than USD$200 million in Mexico and invests via structured loans in companies that are going through a transformational change such as M&A, international expansion or accelerated growth. Alejandro has experience in investment banking in London, England, collaborating with Goldman Sachs and Banco Santander He was also Managing Partner of ZIMMA Corporate Finance in Mexico City. He is Co-Founder and General Partner of Soldiers Field Angels a venture capital fund made up of more than 30 Harvard alumni Additionally, he has experience in Brand Management at Procter Gamble and as an entrepreneur at Bullseye Brands LLC
He is a member of AMEXCAP, where he is the Vice President of the promotion and Committee He is also the treasurer of the non profit group México en Movimiento.
Alejandro is a Chemical Engineer from Universidad Iberoamericana (graduated with honors) and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Arturo is a member of the Society of Actuaries of the U.S.A. and the Casualty Actuarial Society of Canada, he is a graduate of the Anahuac University where he studied a Bachelor's degree in Actuary and a Master's in Finance, in addition, he has a senior management program from IPADE and postgraduate studies at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania and various studies in Investment Banking and Risk Management at the New York Institute of Finance and at the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimiento Económico e Social (BNDES) in Brazil. He is currently the Managing Director of Investment Banking and Structured Financing of Grupo Financiero Banorte where he is in charge of the Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets, and M&A areas, as well as the design, structuring, and granting of structured loans for infrastructure financing, shopping centers, energy, oil and gas, storage and subscription lines. He has participated in the placement of a number of issues in the local and international markets of debt, capital, CKDs, CERPIs and private funds, likewise he has been involved in the purchase-sale operations of companies such as Fianzas Banorte, Ixe Grupo Financiero, Afore Bancomer, among others. In addition, he has been an academic at his alma mater and a speaker on various national and international panels.

Mr. Héctor Villarreal currently acts as Co-founder and CEO of Industrial Proximity Services (“IPS”). An energy platform focused on investing in private power grids to supply industrial off-takers. Since the establishment of IPS in 2021, Mr. Villarreal has successfully led the acquisition, optimization, and business enlargement of two private grids inside industrial parks in the central part of México. Mr. Villarreal also serves as Board Member at Ingenio Central Motzorongo, a pioneer in the production of sugar in México. Former CFO of Thermion Energy CKD, where he was responsible of executing the investment strategy for the fund while developing operational and financial responsibilities. Former Financial planning and strategy manager at Axtel where he was responsible of managing the company’s annual budget and Business Plan. Former KPMG Transaction Service analyst.

David is Head of Americas for Private Markets for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). He is responsible for overseeing the firm’s asset management activities across the Americas and sits on the Investment Committees of several of the funds. In addition to his MAM responsibilities, he is a member of Macquarie’s Americas Management Committee.
Prior to this role, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group’s operations in Europe.
His financial services career spans more than 30 years, with expertise founded in capital markets and advisory. His career began on Wall Street at Paine Webber (UBS) and JPMorgan (Chase Manhattan Bank). After that, he spent 11 years at Deutsche Bank, where he held various senior management and client-facing roles, including European Head of Global Banking.
He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Michigan.

He is an economist from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, with a master degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago.
In the public sector at federal level, he has worked in the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, in the Ministry of Social Development and in the Ministry of Economy, where he was in charge of support programs for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
He also served as general director of Economic Analysis and Relationship with Private Initiative in the Office of the Presidency of the Republic.
In the private sector, he worked at Cemex as director of the Center for Competitiveness of Mexico (CCMX), an initiative of the Mexican Business Council (CMN), focused on professionalizing and empowering SMEs, whose roots are found in the Chamber of Industry of Transformation in Nuevo León (Caintra).
He was also an academician of Political Science and Public Administration at the Universidad Iberoamericana.
Before entering the Government of Nuevo León, in October 2021, he was general director of the Employers' Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) in this state.

Mauricio Del Moral serves as Partner at Northgate Capital co-leading the Mezzanine program in Mexico.
Mr. Del Moral begun his career more than 25 years ago, in the financial system at the commercial banking groups of Banco Probursa (now Banco BBVA) and Banco Bital (now Banco HSBC), migrating to Investment Banking at several boutique Investment Banking firms, and later at Banco Interacciones where he participated on the joint mandate with UBS to structure and execute the privatization of the Mexican Airport System, awarded with his first Deal of the Year Award for ASUR’s IPO.
In 2004 he joined Banco Scotiabank to lead the Project Finance practice, further developing his career until being the Head of Structured Finance & Loan Syndications for Latin America, where he obtained a second and third Deal of the Year Awards in 2006 and 2008 for a couple of acquisition financings, and becoming the youngest member of the Global Banking & Markets Executive Committee. In 2012 he joined Banco Santander as Executive Director of Loan Syndications & Acquisition Financing until 2014, having structured and underwritten more than US $55bn in transactions during his banking career until joining Northgate in his current position.
Mr. Del Moral has a bachelorette degree in Business Administration & Finance from Universidad Panamericana jointly with the University of Illinois, and an MBA from IPADE Business School jointly with Darden Business School from the University of Virginia, and has post-graduate studies from ITAM and Harvard Business School.

Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan is an international strategic advisor, public speaker, and a media contributor based in Washington, D.C., and a former Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. He is a nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, an adjunct lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), a distinguished visiting professor at the Annenberg School of Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, and an Associate Fellow at The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in the UK.
Ambassador Sarukhan writes a biweekly column on international issues in Mexico City’s El Universal newspaper and frequently publishes op-eds in U.S. media outlets. He participates in a weekly radio newscast in Mexico and a digital video platform in the U.S. Ambassador Sarukhan currently serves on corporate boards, and as a member of the board of directors for the Americas Society in New York City and the Inter-American Dialogue. He is an advisory board member for the Migration Policy Institute and an advisory committee member for the Global Action on Gun Violence.
Ambassador Sarukhan served as a career diplomat in the Mexican Foreign Service for 22 years. From 2007 to 2013, he served as Mexico’s ambassador to the United States becoming a digital diplomacy pioneer. Previously, he served, among other positions, as consul general in New York, and chief of policy planning and deputy assistant secretary for inter-American affairs at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has been decorated by Spain and Sweden and is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for his diplomatic career.

Change has been a constant in José Antonio’s life. On January 2012 he moved from Nacional Financiera to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and on September that same year he created Vive Energía, a renewable energy development company, funded mainly with the family-office of the Lopez family, owners of GISSA.
In 2015 Vive Energia sold a controlling interest of its project pipeline to Envision Energy from China.
He is the company’s Chairman and Principal.
To date, Vive has constructed and operates two with farms in the State of Yucatán, with a total investment of 320 million dollars.
From December 2008 to January 2012, he held the position of Deputy General Director for Investment Banking at Nacional Financiera. During his term he was responsible of project finance in different sectors structuring more than US $1 billion in investments. Concurrently, he held the position of Chairman of the Corporación Mexicana de Inversiones de Capital ( better known as “Fondo de Fondos”).
During his tenure at the fund, he was responsible for more than $500 USD investment commitments and for the creation of a Venture Capital fund of funds known as “Mexico Ventures”. Since then, he has been involved in the private equity industry.
From 1998 to 2008 Mr. Aguilar worked in different energy companies (Enron, SUEZ GDF, Ecomex, Acciona), providing strategic direction and financial management of a very diverse portfolio, including natural gas transportation and distribution, cogeneration, combined cycle generation, compress natural gas and renewable energy.
Mr. Aguilar holds an Economics degree from ITAM and an MBA from Georgetown University.

(AINDA, www.aindaei.com), a leading company in Latin America specializing in the management of private equity funds that invest in infrastructure and energy projects with partners of recognized prestige.
In Fund I ($280 million dollars), that was listed as CKD on the Mexican Stock Exchange, AINDA carried out investments in three strategic toll roads, one oil and gas exploration and production project, three renewable energy projects, as well as two investments that will revolutionize the operation of highways through efficient electronic toll collection, simultaneously allowing better urban mobility and compliance with the legal framework associated with vehicles in Latin America. Currently, AINDA is raising its Fund II with a robust pipeline in transportation projects, renewable energy, water systems, as well as midstream and upstream projects that are necessary in the energy transition.
AINDA has been highlighted as a leader in responsible investment by winning the ALAS20 award as the investor that best adheres to ESG factors in Hispanic America. The recognition of ALAS20 has been consistent with the evaluations received from Principles for Responsible Investment (5/5 stars in the Infrastructure module and 4/5 in the Investment & Stewardship module) and GRESB (97/100, which implies first place in America between the diversified funds of Infrastructure and Energy).
Prior to the founding of AINDA, Manuel was General Director of GBM Infrastructure, a private equity fund ($270 million dollars), where he led the purchase of the Cancun water system and turned it into a national example due to its levels of service and environmental responsibility. Additionally, alongside Goldman Sachs, OPIC and Nadbank, he led the construction of Tres Mesas I and II, two of the largest wind farms in Mexico.
In the public sector, Manuel collaborated in the Federal Government highlighting his appointments as Undersecretary of Transportation and Senior Official of the Ministry of the Interior. Among the most important projects that he directed in the public sector were, Terminal 2 of the Mexico City airport, the Suburban Train, the project to safeguard the General Archive of the Nation, the restructuring and implementation of the Cédula de Identidad project, the creation of the Ministry of the Environment and the transformation of agricultural subsidies to make them consistent with NAFTA.
In the private initiative, he served as Managing Director at Oliver Wyman (Mercer Management Consulting) where he advised the Mexican government on the commercialization of liquefied natural gas in the Pacific region, on the drilling strategy and optimization of the Pemex fleet, the privatization of airports, the modernization and distribution of systems focused on providing support to the population that is in a situation of poverty and the creation of regional water systems.
Manuel graduated from MIT's Department of Economics in 1989, where he was twice awarded the William L. Stewart Jr. Award and earned an MPA from Harvard University in 1993. He has taught Economics and Finance at ITAM and at Universidad Iberoamericana. Manuel is currently vice president of the Board of Trustees of the Natural History Museum and chairs the Capital Mobility Committee of the Mexican Council for Sustainable Finance.

Andreu is a Founding Managing Partner and CEO at Gava Capital (Real Estate Private Equity Fund). For the past 13 years he has directed the strategy of the Fund and led multiple land acquisition and real estate developments in Mexico and the US in the commercial, residential and industrial sectors. At Gava he manages assets for more than US $500 million.
Prior to Gava, Andreu was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company in the Madrid and Mexico City offices. He worked at McKinsey for 5 years leading the Corporate Finance and Financial Institution practices serving clients on strategic projects in Europe and Latin America.
Before McKinsey, Andreu was a Financial Analyst at JPMorgan New York doing Investment Banking for 3 years.
Andreu holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the MIT Sloan School Of Management and a Bachelor in Science and Engineering in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

Alejandro Orozco is the Senior Investment Officer for Emerging Markets. He leads a team responsible for asset/liability management, portfolio construction and investment strategy for the portfolios supporting Prudential’s Emerging Markets operations including wholly owned and joint venture operations in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Alejandro joined Prudential in 2015 after working for MetLife in Mexico.
Prior to joining Prudential, he spent ten years at MetLife in various portfolio management and trading roles within the Mexican operation. During this time, he was responsible for several investment teams and processes such as investment finance, pricing and product development and Portfolio Management. He also represented MeLife at the Investment Committee of the Mexican Insurance Association (AMIS).
He began his career in 2005 with MetLife upon graduation from Instituto Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) with a B.S. in Actuarial Sciences. He also holds an M.S. in Finance from ITAM. Alejandro has represented Prudential as Board observer in Peak Re, a Hong Kong-based reinsurance company. Alejandro chairs the CIO Inclusion Council since 2020.

Jorge Islas Lopez is Consul General of Mexico in New York, by virtue of the appointment made by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and unanimous ratification made by the Senate of the Mexican Republic on March 20th, 2019; taking office on May 3rd, 2019. As an active promotor of human rights, one of his main priorities as Consul General will be to defend immigrant rights, regardless of their status.
Mr. Islas is recognized nationwide in the private and public sector for his expertise in Constitutional Law and human rights defender. He has worked to promote the right of television viewers as News Ombudsman of the Congressional Television Channel, also ratified unanimously by the Mexican Senate; as well as environmental rights, as author of the first legal disposition of the rights of Mother Earth in the Mexican legislation.
A true pioneer, he wrote the first federal legislation in Mexico regarding class actions (2008-2009) and transparency and access to public information (2002) (Freedom of Information Act).
He has also authored constitutional reforms of the states of Oaxaca and Michoacán, and served as advisor for Mexico City´s first constitution.
Appointed by Rector Juan Ramón de la Fuente, from 2004 to February 2008, he served as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México´s (UNAM´s) General Counsel.
In the private practice, Mr. Islas founded and is the current director —on leave of absence— of the law firm “Proyectos Jurídicos Consultoría”. He also practiced international law in the New York based firm Shearman & Sterling.
He is a distinguished constitutional law tenure Professor at two prestigious universities in Mexico: UNAM and ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México). Furthermore, he established the first course on the right to information in Mexico and Latin America and currently holds the Chair “Giovanni Sartori” at UNAM Law School.
Mr. Islas holds a Law Degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and a Master of Law from Columbia University in New York.
He is also an editorialist for El Universal, the largest newspaper in Mexico.

José María Zertuche, Managing Director, is the Head and Chief Investment Officer of BlackRock's Latin America Infrastructure Investment Group.
Mr. Zertuche has over 20 years of experience investing in real assets.
Mr. Zertuche is former Executive 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, when was the first officer of MRP Group in Mexico.
Prior to joining MRP, Mr. Zertuche was an Associate at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup in its Global Energy Group in New York,where he completed lead managed capital raising transactions totaling $3.6 billion and co-managed transactions worth $1.5 billion, as well as various M&A transactions. Prior to his work at SSB, Mr. Zertuche was associated with Somoza/Cortina & Asociados, Casa de Bolsa and InverMexico, Casa de Bolsa, both investment banks in Mexico City, where he completed capital raising transactions worth over $2.5 billion, and over 20 M&A transactions.
Mr. Zertuche holds a B.S. in Actuarial Science from the Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City, and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, where he received the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence, Darden's highest academic distinction.

With more than 20 years of experience in strategic consulting, finance and real estate, Bárbara Ochoa is the CEO of Grupo IGS, a Real Estate Mexican Fund with $600 MUSD AUM. She manages 3 CKDs and recently raised an Industrial Private Fund.
She serves at the board of AMEXCAP (the Mexican Association for Private Capital) and leads the Real Estate Committee.
Graduated in Economics from the Universidad Iberoamericana and has a Master's Degree in Business Administration for Executives with Experience (MEDEX) from IPADE. Likewise, she has completed the Diplomas in Development of Real Estate Projects from the Universidad Iberoamericana; Leading with Finance, from Harvard Business School and Alternative Investments, from Harvard Business School.

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Mr. Martínez is currently the CFO of FIBRA EXI (FEXI21) and Fibra Social (FSocial). For the past 15 years, Mr. Martínez has focused his practice in the financial, banking, credit, infrastructure and public and private capital vehicles sectors. Mr Martínez has a Bachleor degree in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Ariane Ortiz-Bollin is Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in the Credit Strategy and Research Americas team at Moody’s Investors Service. She leads cross-sector analytic initiatives, strategic research, and outreach in Latin America. Ariane chairs an internal Latin America Credit Council, working closely on credit strategy with senior leaders of Ratings & Research and other Credit Strategy & Standards functions within Moody’s. She is tasked with ensuring global analytical consistency with other regional credit strategy functions and foster collaboration across analytical teams.
Before her current role, Ariane was part of the Global Emerging Markets team, responsible for generating house views, decision enabling insights and research that leveraged the thought leadership of Moody’s emerging market analysts around the world. Ariane also led the implementation of Moody’s emerging markets outreach strategy, including hosting Moody’s Emerging Markets Decoded podcast.
Ariane spent a decade as a sovereign analyst, managing a portfolio of sovereigns and multilateral development banks in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Mexico, Chile and the International Finance Corporation, leading the internal rating committee discussions for her portfolio of credits, country and region-specific publications, and meetings with government officials. Ariane also led several high impact analytic and data systems projects for the Sovereign group, partnering with several teams across Moody’s.
Before joining Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group in 2011, Ariane was a research analyst at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, prior to which she was a corporate credit analyst in Citi-Banamex in Mexico. Ariane graduated with Honors in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and has a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University.
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