Argentine, Baruc has a degree in Economics from Bard College and a Master's degree in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University (United States).

He has more than 23 years of experience in the financial sector, 10 years working for Itaú Group and since November 1, 2020 he presides the operation in Colombia.

Before his designation in Itaú Colombia, he served as Investment Banking Director of Itaú BBA for Latin America, based in New York, a position from which he led the regional Investment Banking team with a wide range of products and services, including: mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital markets (ECM, DCM).

At Itaú BBA he also coordinated the structuring of important financing and international bond operations such as the issuance of Latin American sovereigns for the governments of Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Colombia, the latter for 2.5 billion dollars, carried out on June 1, 2020.

Previously, he was Managing Director of Itaú BBA, responsible for International Fixed Income, in which he was responsible for coordinating the origination and structuring of credit for Latin America.

In the financial sector, he was also part of organizations such as Marathon Asset Management, Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO and ING Barings, always in positions linked to the wholesale world, investment banking and investments in Latin America.

Cesar Arias is the General Director of Public Credit and National Treasurer of the Ministry of Finance of Colombia since November 2018. He is responsible for the domestic and international funding strategies, risk management programs and treasury operations of the Republic of Colombia. Cesar sits in the board of several state-owned enterprises and represents the nation in several multilateral forums and financial markets.

From 2015-2018, Cesar was the Chief Economist for Latin America in the Global Economic Research and Emerging Markets Departments of Deutsche Bank in New York. In this role, he covered the seven the largest economies in the region and teamed up with strategists to formulate trading recommendations in fixed income, foreign exchange and credit markets.

Previously, César was a Director in the Latin American Sovereigns Group at Fitch Ratings. At the ratings agency, he was the lead analyst for Central American sovereigns (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Guatemala) and South American frontier markets (Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Suriname).

From 2008 to 2011, César worked as a Research Officer in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC. At the IMF, he conducted a stress test analysis of the Chinese commercial banks and supported technical assistance missions on debt management and capital markets development.

Previously, César served for five years as a Specialist in the Secretariat for Political Affairs at the Organization of American States in Washington DC, where he monitored ten presidential and legislative elections in Latin America.

César holds a Master of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a B.A. on Government and International Relations from the Externado University in Colombia.

Mr. Sepúlveda is currently the Head of Public Debt Office for the Ministry of Finance, where he has also acted as Senior Advisor since 2002. Mr. Sepúlveda obtained his BA in Commercial Engineering, concentrating in Economics, from the Universidad de Talca (Chile) and has a postgraduate degree in Business Administration and a Master of Science in Financial Economics from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium).

As Head of the Public Debt Office, Mr. Sepúlveda has placed bonds for over US$120 billion in the local and international markets. Under his management, the curves have been extended since 2003, issuing longer bonds. For instance, in 2012, he performed the first external issuance of 30-years and 20-years bonds locally. In 2013, he executed the first issuance of 30-years nominal bonds locally.

In 2016, he performed one of the most important LM operation in the local market (US$14.5bn), with the aim to create strong references both in UF and nominal curve. In 2017, he issued the first domestic Euroclearable Bonds for US$1.5 billion offered simultaneously to local and international investors. Additionally, in 2017-2018, he designed the structure and hired Chile’s first insurance against earthquake for US$500 million with the World Bank. In 2019, he was in charge of the first issuances of Green Bonds for the equivalent of US$2.4bn. More recently, he was in charge of the issuance of several ESG instruments, including Social and Sustainable bonds of the Republic of Chile.

Richard Francis is a member of the Latin America Team in the Sovereign Group at Fitch Ratings, based in New York. He is responsible for a number of the sovereign’s ratings in Latin America and participates in the research initiative on sovereigns rated by Fitch in Latin America. The lead sovereign analyst covering Colombia, El Salvador and Chile, among others, Richard is also a frequent spokesperson for the group on sovereign ratings.

Prior to joining Fitch in 2016, Richard was a Director for the sovereign group at Standard and Poor’s where he covered numerous countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Richard also worked at Morgan Stanley in the Latin American Economics Research Group.

Richard earned a BA in political science from Rice University and an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University.

Graham joined BlueBay in September 2013 to manage the emerging markets sovereign research team, with particular responsibility for Latin America. He became a Partner in July 2018. Before joining BlueBay, Graham was Chief Strategist at Insparo Asset Management. Prior to that, he worked for 12 years in emerging markets research at JPMorgan in New York and London, heading up Latin America sovereign strategy, CEEMEA FX strategy and Sub-Saharan Africa research. In the early stages of his career, Graham taught English in Colombia, worked as an economist for the government of Papua New Guinea, was a management consultant in London, and was Senior Latin America economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit. Since July 2020, he has been co-chair of the Investor Policy Dialogue on Deforestation in Brazil, leading engagement with the authorities. Graham has a First Class BA (Hons) degree in Hispanic Studies from the University of Sheffield, and an MA (Econ) degree in Development Economics from the University of Manchester.

Education:

• Degree in Economics from Universidad Catolica del Peru, Peru
• MBA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business
• CFA Charterholder

Professional experience:

• Chief Financial Officer at COFIDE (2019-present)
  
• Professor of Finance at Universidad Catolica del Peru (2016-present)
• Head of Investments at Interseguros / IFS (2017-2019)
• Director at Moody’s Local (2015-2017)
• Head of Credit and Market Risk at CAF (2007-2015)

Natalia O’Byrne is a Senior Director in Fitch Ratings’ Latin America corporate finance group and is Head of the Colombian and Caribbean team. She is responsible for overseeing a portfolio of approximately 100 companies, in sectors such as global power, food & beverages, building materials & construction, water and sewer, telecommunications, oil & gas, and health care.

Natalia has more than 15 years of experience as a financial analyst. Before she took over responsibility of the Colombian corporate finance group in 2014, Natalia was a Director for the corporate group at Fitch Ratings Colombia, responsible for rating telecommunications, health, gas utilities and retailing companies, among others. Her prior experience includes working in Colombia Telecomunicaciones and Duff and Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR).

Natalia has a B.A. in Finance and International Affairs from Universidad Externado de Colombia, and a MBA from Instituto Panamericano de Dirección de Empresas IPADE in México D.F.

Mr. Fernandez joined Itaú BBA‘s LatAm Fixed Income team in New York in 2013 to focus on originating, structuring and distributing public and private debt financings for LatAm (ex-Brazil) region issuers. Prior to joining Itaú’s team, he worked at Credit Suisse in the Latin America Debt Capital Markets team. Mr. Fernandez also acquired more than 2 years of experience in structuring solutions for risk control and infrastructure protection while working as a relationship manager for Swiss Re in New York covering the Andean region. Mr. Fernandez Holds a B.S. In Industrial Engineering from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota and an MBA from the Stern School of School of Business at New York University

Prior to SMBC, Alfredo worked for 9+ years in the LatAm DCM group at Credit Suisse and HSBC with primary responsibility for covering the Andean region (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile). He has more than 15 years of experience in investment banking and debt capital markets. Alfredo has structured and executed numerous debt and liability management transactions for a variety of clients in the region, including Governments, State-owned Enterprises, Corporates, Financial Sponsors and Financial Institutions. Alfredo holds an MBA in Investment Banking and Asset Management from the Darden School of Business - University of Virginia and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad del Pacifico

Monica Macia is managing director, head of Loan Syndications Americas - Global Banking at HSBC Securities (United States). She has extensive experience structuring and distributing loans for companies throughout the Americas. Macia started her career at Citibank Mexico in 1992 and then transferred to New York in 1995 to structure and distribute loans for companies across Latin America including project finance, asset finance, acquisition finance, structured trade, securitization, investment grade, corporate, and financial institutions loans.

Sara Pirzada recently joined SMBC as a Managing Director, heading the Latin America business for Loan Capital Markets in New York. Prior to her current position, Sara was a Managing Director at Mizuho Securities, heading Latin America as well as Americas Project Finance, for Loan Capital Markets. She has more than 20 years of broad experience executing debt financings for corporate, structured, and project finance transactions for the oil and gas, power, renewable energy, infrastructure, mining, and commodities sectors across the Americas.  Prior to joining Mizuho, Sara was a Director at WestLB, where she spent more than ten years, and was involved in many high-profile transactions in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Previous to WestLB, Sara spent several years at JP Morgan in the investment banking division focusing on the oil and gas sector in the Americas.  Sara holds an MBA and BSc. in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Diego has 10 years of experience in Investment and Corporate Banking. Diego has worked in Europe, U.S. and Latin America throughout his career and currently leads HSBC’s Rep Office in Peru with a focus in Financial Institutions and Public Sector. In the past years, Diego has been involved in important transactions such as Petroperu Debut Issuances in the Capital Market, Republic of Peru first long dated Eurobond, COFIDE’s Intermediated Liability Management transaction, amongst other.

Diego holds an MBA from Columbia University and a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Illinois – Chicago.

Andrés Pérez is Head of International Finance and Head of Advisors at the Ministry of Finance of Chile. Mr. Pérez previously worked at the Central Bank of Chile, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the World Bank, and the private sector. He has also taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad de Chile, and has published macro-related research. Mr. Pérez has an MBA, MPP, and a BA in Economics, all from the University of Chicago

Originally from Montevideo in Uruguay, since 2010 Alfredo Mordezki has been Head of Latam fixed income at Santander Asset Management based in London. Alfredo runs corporate bond funds using a fundamental and value investment style. He graduated from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona with an Msc in International Economics in 1992 and Universidad de la República in Uruguay with an MSc in Economics and Finance in 1995.

Nicolai Sarad advises financial institutions, developers, equity investors and governmental agencies in the United States and internationally on project structuring, development and financing, acquisitions and dispositions, and restructurings, as well as operation and maintenance. He focuses on infrastructure projects, including public private partnerships (P3), thermal and renewable energy, water, mining, process plants and major manufacturing. Nick also represents lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured corporate, asset-based and structured financings outside the projects space.

Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Holds an MBA with emphasis in finance from Tulane University.

5 years in Grupo Bancolombia, with extensive experience in investment banking by leading projects related to energy and natural resources

6 years of experience in leading companies in the electrical industry as Financial Planning Director in Celsia and CFO in HMV

Currently director of Energy and Natural Resources at Banca de Inversión Bancolombia

Adrian is presently a Vice President - Senior Analyst in the Global Project and Infrastructure Finance Team. Adrian holds lead analytical responsibility for a portfolio of infrastructure companies and projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. The portfolio covers toll-roads, energy utilities, natural gas pipelines, airports, PPPs, and other infrastructure assets.

In his role, Adrian develops and conducts research on sector trends and industry related topics. He is a regular participant at high-profile market briefings, external conferences and media engagements. Adrian is also a spokesperson for Moody’s in Latin America for environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics.

Adrian’s experience in financial analysis spans for 15 years. Before joining Moody’s in 2010, he gained experience in investment banking where he executed transactions in the housing and publishing industries. Prior to that, he worked at a credit rating agency in the structured finance, project finance and sub-sovereign teams.

Adrian holds a MSc in Economics and Philosophy from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a BA in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). Adrian is also a CFA charter holder.

• Mr. Otero joined Itaú in October 2012, as part of the Corporate Finance team of Itaú BBA Corporación Financiera in Colombia. Since March, 2017, once Itaú took control of Corpbanca operations in Colombia, Mr. Otero acts as Head of Corporate Finance of Itaú Colombia.
• Prior to joining Itaú, Mr. Otero worked for Inverlink, an investment banking boutique in Colombia, as VP for two years. Previously he worked in Sumatoria, other investment banking boutique in Colombia, as an Associate for ten years, and before that, he worked in the Investment Banking Division of Corficolombiana in Bogotá, as an Analyst for two years.
• Mr. Otero holds a B.S in Industrial Engineering and a Master degree in Economics, both from Universidad de los Andes, in Bogotá, Colombia.

Kyle Joval is a Director in Northland Power’s Latin America development team. Kyle joined Northland in September 2017 from KPMG’s Toronto Corporate Finance team. Since joining Northland, Kyle has worked on transactions in a range of sectors, technologies and jurisdictions. Kyle was a key member of the transaction team which lead Northland’s acquisition of 99.2% of Colombian regulated distribution utility, Empresa de Energía de Boyacá S.A E.S.P (EBSA) in January 2020.

David González joined SMBC New York in 2013 to head the infrastructure Latin America practice, covering transportation infrastructure (roads, ports, airports, rail, subways, etc), social infrastructure (schools, hospitals, detention centers, government buildings, etc), and water infrastructure (water treatment, irrigation, desalination, aqueducts, etc), and telecom (fiber optic, cell towers, data centers, etc).

Prior to joining SMBC, David worked as Executive Director for WestLB’ Infrastructure Americas Group in New York and as Vice President for BBVA’s Americas Project Finance Team in New York. Prior to that, David worked at Dexia New York’s Latin America Department and Standard & Poor’s Project Finance Latin America Team.

David has a long working experience in the Americas, where he has advised, structured and/or financed transactions worth over $50 billion (aggregate) in countries such as USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Panama, Uruguay, Argentina, Bermuda, and Aruba, among other counties.

David holds an MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York and a BA from the University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico.

Paolo Matoto joined CIBC Capital Markets in 2018. He is an Executive Director in

the firm’s private placement team based in New York, focused on all aspects of the

origination, execution, and distribution of traditional debt private placements for

CIBC clients. He has executed over 150 transactions across a wide range of sectors

(in particular power, energy, infrastructure, and natural resources) globally, and

is experienced in both corporate and project/structured financings. As a senior

member of the private placement team, he is responsible for every facet of a

transaction. From client management, drafting of marketing materials, oversight

and negotiation of legal documentation, execution strategy, investor-marketing

discussions, through to pricing, book building, allocations and funding.

Mr. Matoto previously held a similar position at a well-known financial institution

for 10 years. He began his banking career in 2001 as part of a competing firm’s the

Global Syndicated Finance team and moved on to debt private placement roles at

other major financial institutions.

Mr. Matoto received a Master of International Affairs degree from

Columbia University in New York in 2001, with a concentration in finance

and economics.

Jorge Camiña joined Allianz Global Investors in June 2016 as Director within the Infrastructure Debt team based in New York. At AllianzGI, Jorge has spearheaded our energy investments in U.S. and our expansion into Latin America, including our first debt investment in Mexico, the El Encino-La Laguna gas pipeline and other like the Tres Hermanas & Marcona wind portfolio in Peru. Jorge lead the execution of renewable energy transactions in the Americas representing over 2 GW of installed generation capacity, including the 8point3, Moapa, Mount Signal 3 and California Flats solar PV projects and the Grande Prairie and Balko wind farms, while also has been involved in the transportation sector with the financing of the acquisition of Pocahontas Parkway in Virginia in 2016.

Prior to joining Jorge was Head of Project & Acquisition Finance for Santander in New York, leading a team responsible for non-recourse financing in North America. Jorge joined Santander in 2005 and held several positions in non-recourse financing in Madrid and with the Corporate Syndicated Loans group in New York. His background includes experience across transaction in Latin American, US and Europe, and segments ranging from Corporate Loans and Project Finance to Leveraged Buyouts. Prior to Santander he was with BBVA at the M&A Advisory Group in Madrid. He initiated his career with Arthur Andersen and ABN Amro Bank. Mr. Camiña received a BS from Deusto Business School, Bilbao, with specialization in Finance