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.

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.

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 Chief of the Tax Policy Unit, and from 2012 to 2015, Chief Economist. In that position, Revilla headed macroeconomic planning, coordinated Mexico’s National Development Plan from 2013 to 2018, served as advisor to the minister and participated in budget negotiations. Earlier, Revilla was an economist at the World Bank in Washington where he was a financial economist and later East-Asia economist. Revilla studied economics at the undergraduate level at ITAM in Mexico and at the graduate level at the University of Chicago. He has taught several courses in economics at both institutions and has published widely on economic topics.

Patrick Campbell is a vice president of Eaton Vance Management and a portfolio manager on Eaton Vance’s emerging markets team. He is responsible for buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction and risk management for the firm’s emerging markets strategies. He is also responsible for the analysis of macroeconomics, politics and financial markets of Latin America and the management of regional investments in various emerging markets portfolios. He began his career in the investment management industry with Eaton Vance in 2008. Patrick earned a B.A. from Boston College. He is a member of the CFA Society Boston and is a CFA charter holder.

Andrés is Chief Economist for Chile and Colombia at Banco Itaú since August 2021. Prior to joining Itaú, Andrés was the Head of Advisors and International Finance at the Ministry of Finance of Chile. In the past, Mr. Pérez worked at the Central Bank of Chile, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the World Bank, and the private sector. Mr. Pérez has an MBA, MPP, and a BA in Economics, all from the University of Chicago.

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.

Alessia Falsarone is a Managing Director in the Global Fixed Income team at PineBridge Investments in New York, a private, global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing. As Head of Sustainable Investing, she brings an integrated portfolio management lens to the investigation of the Environmental, Social and Governance practices of global organizations that access developed credit markets. Previously, Ms. Falsarone served as Vice President of Global Investments in the office of the CIO at Citigroup, responsible for portfolio allocation of strategic co-investments as well as international client advisory. Ms. Falsarone was also a quantitative strategist on Citigroup's institutional desk in San Francisco. She started her career as an investment banker with Credit Suisse. Ms. Falsarone is a Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors, a Standards Advisory Group member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and a member of the UN PRI Advisory Committee on Credit Risk. Ms. Falsarone is an alumna of Stanford University, the MIT Sloan School of Business and the Bocconi University School of Economics.

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.

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)

Aitor heads Natixis Infrastructure and Energy Finance for Latam. He has more than 20 years of diverse infrastructure finance experience, on the banking, developer, and construction sides. He joined Natixis’ Americas Platform in 2013 after having headed Project Finance Spain & Portugal for Natixis since September 2011. Prior to joining Natixis, Mr. Álava was Deputy Head, Project Finance Spain & Portugal at BNP Paribas and, earlier, Director, Global Export and Project Finance Iberia at Fortis Bank. He has also worked at Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, Andersen Consulting, and OHL. Mr. Álava holds a Masters in Public Services and Infrastructure Management from Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos de Madrid and a BA Civil Engineer from Universidad Politécnica Madrid. Aitor is a CFA chartholder.

Approximately 5 years in the Latam energy sector as an equity sponsor. My experience is focused on the development and acquisition of energy infrastructure assets, including renewable energy (solar, wind, RoR Hydro), distribution companies, transmission assets, etc. My role in the Latam Development team is to lead transactions and development processes through the internal approval, development and acquisition process.

Astra Castillo is a Senior Director at Fitch Ratings. She is part of the Latin American Infrastructure and Project Finance group and is responsible for the team that brings analytical coverage to a number of countries in the region, including Mexico, Colombia and Chile. Prior to joining Fitch Ratings in 2007, she worked as a corporate credit analyst at Mexico’s Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior. Astra holds a BS in Financial Administration from Tecnologico de Monterrey and a Master Degree in Finance from Universidad de Monterrey.

Estefania Leon joined the Bogotá team of John Laing in 2020 as Investment Director. Previously she was Head of Infrastructure and Energy Co-Lead at leading Colombian investment bank Inverlink. Ms Leon has focused her career in public and private sector expertise and has worked on a wide range of 4G PPP projects, private initiatives and core plus infrastructure projects.

Jesús Beltrán, Partner, Robalino Law, Head of the Banking and Finance Practice and Co-Head of the Corporate Practice. He has over 20 years of experience across financial services, cross-border corporate finance and capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, equity investments and infrastructure projects in Latin America, Europe and the United States. He has successfully completed over U.S.$150 billion of complex financial and corporate cross-border transactions, advising and representing an international roster of global financial institutions, Fortune 100 companies, sovereign entities and family-owned businesses from across Latin America, Europe and the United States. In recent years he has been particularly active in the ESG debt and securitization areas, where charter new territory in the Ecuadorian market.

Prior to joining what is now ROBALINO, he served as Legal Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, and as Legal Advisor for Corporate Banking and Investment Banking in Latin America at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2010-2014). Prior to this role, he was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, working out of New York, United States, and out of Rome, Italy (2000-2010).

Ignacio Aicardi is the CIO and Founder of Darby International Capital. He has 25 years of experience managing credit investment strategies in emerging markets. He serves as a member of the Investment Committee.

Mr. Aicardi was a Managing Director at Darby Overseas Investments, the emerging markets private equity subsidiary of Franklin Templeton, where he led investments in the private debt space in Latin America. Mr. Aicardi was responsible for all investments in Latin America (ex-Brazil) for the Latin American Private Debt strategy, participated in fundraising, launch and deployment. In his role, Mr. Aicardi managed all aspects of the credit investment process and oversaw the team of investment professionals in Colombia and Washington DC. Prior to joining Darby Overseas Investments in 2009, Mr. Aicardi was a Vice President at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in New York, where he worked on structured credit and project finance investments in Latin America. Mr. Aicardi also worked at Bear Stearns early in his career and in several managerial positions in his native country of Uruguay.

Mr. Aicardi holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay.

Mr. Jorge Camiña, New Jersey. Mr. Camiña is a Partner and Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Credit. Jorge brings over 20 years experience in project finance and investment management, having held senior positions at both Allianz Global Investors and Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. In his most recent role, as Director of Infrastructure Debt at Allianz Global Investors since 2016, Mr. Camiña was responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of Infrastructure Debt investments in the Americas. He led the execution of a strategic shift towards renewable power across US and Latin America, investing in over three gigawatts of solar and wind assets. He was also member of the Infrastructure Debt investment committee. Jorge received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration by Deusto Business School in Spain.

Juan Pablo is Director - VP Head Latam Infrastructure & Project Finance at MetLife Investment Management (MIM). He is also the Head of Latam Private Placements. Juan Pablo joined MetLife in 2006 and is based in Santiago de Chile.

Juan Pablo started his career at the local subsidiary of Banco Santander in Argentina, where he reached senior positions at Corporate Banking and Credit. Before joining MetLife he held a Credit Manager position at Rabobank International in Argentina, where he worked 6 years.

Mr. Raffetto has a bachelor degree in Business Administration at UADE and an Executive Post-Graduate degree at Universidad de San Andrés, both in Argentina. He is also a CFA charter holder.

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.

Andres is a Managing Director with Rubicon Capital Advisors (“Rubicon”) and is based in the Chile office. Andres leads Rubicon’s efforts in the Southern Cone.

Andres has been working for the last 10 years as an M&A and project finance banker having held senior positions at Citi, BBVA and Scotiabank. During his tenure as a banker he has financed projects with total Capex of over US$ 3.5Bn and provided financial advisory service for a total transaction value of over US$ 3Bn.

Andres has successfully led the most innovative transactions in Latam such as the largest project bond ever issued (Interchile 144 A Reg S US$1.2Bn), the first USPP for a portfolio of PMGD projects in Chile and the acquisition of a water utilities portfolio in Chile.

Before becoming a banker, Andres worked as an M&A and project finance attorney for 10 years. Andres holds a J.D. from Universidad Católica Argentina, an MSc in Finance from Universidad del CEMA, an LL.M from Duke University School of Law and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University). Andres is a frequent speaker at Energy and Infrastructure conferences in Latam. He is a correspondent for the Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law and has published over 30 articles on legal and financial matters.