Bonds & Loans Brazil Virtual 2022

Luis Felipe Vital is the Head of Public Debt Operations at the Brazil National Treasury. His responsabilities include domestic and external public debt operations, fixed income market development, short term public debt strategy and sovereign guarantees. Luis has 14 years of experience in Public Debt and Fiscal Planning and is the former Deputy Head of Fiscal Planning and Deputy Head of the Brazil Sovereign Wealth Fund. He is a CFA Charterholder, holds a Phd in Economics from the Catholic University of Brasilia and was a visiting scholar at Duke University Fuqua School of Business. Luis has over 10 years of experience as professor of Risk Management, Derivatives and Fixed Income at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV-DF) and IBMEC DF graduate schools. He has published academic papers in the Journal of Applied Economics, International Journal of Economic Theory, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade beside others. ​

Aaron Franklin oversees SMBC’s efforts in the Americas to support clients with integrating their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and strategy into their financings, including structuring and executing green bonds, sustainability-linked loans, and related instruments.

Aaron has more than eight years of experience in sustainable finance, previously serving as the Global Coordinator for Sustainable Capital Markets for a major international law firm, and more than 10 years in international finance.

In his role with SMBC, Aaron has structured and executed sustainable finance transactions ranging from green bonds and sustainability-linked loans to innovative hybrid credit agreements. Aaron has worked extensively throughout Latin America, leading the sustainability structuring in transactions in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, among other jurisdictions.

Aaron covers clients across the Americas and encompassing all sectors, including energy companies, diversified corporates and financial institutions.

In his prior role, Aaron was legal counsel to the underwriters in the first-ever sustainability-linked bond and served on the Advisory Council to the Green Bond Principles Executive Committee.

Aaron has a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, where he focused on international development, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.

Julia Bretz has been at JGP for three years, more recently leading the agribusiness and ESG team. Previously, she worked for six years as a fixed income credit analyst for BCP Securities, covering Brazil and special situations and specific sectors such as airlines, food and beverages, agribusiness, and construction. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro.

Gustavo Pimentel is founding partner and CEO of NINT, Latin America’s largest consultancy on Sustainable Finance and ESG Research practice (formerly known as SITAWI’s Sustainable Finance Program). He was voted the 3^rd best contributor to the Responsible Investment agenda globally by Extel Independent Research in Responsible Investment - IRRI 2019 and one of Brazil’s 50 Climate Innovators by Época Negócios magazine (2021). For 20 years, Gustavo has been advising commercial and development banks, asset managers, pension funds and insurers on integrating ESG and climate issues into strategy, risk management, product development and investment analysis, serving clients in Brazil and Latin America. Gustavo has a BA in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and an International MBA from IE Business School.

Arthur Rubin is a Managing Director and Head of SMBC Nikko’s Latin American Debt Capital Market business, which was named Bond Arranger of the Year by IJ Global Magazine. Arthur joined SMBC in 2016 to build the firm’s Latin American Debt Capital Markets business. He brings more than 25 years of experience in global debt capital markets and liability management.

Before joining SMBC, Arthur was head of Latin American DCM at Nomura and ING. Previously, he ran the Americas liability management group for Morgan Stanley, and subsequently was responsible for its Brazilian debt capital markets business. Earlier in his career, Arthur held positions in Latin American DCM and liability management at Goldman Sachs, ABN AMRO, and Bankers Trust, including two years in São Paulo, Brazil with Itau Bankers Trust.

Arthur has executed a variety of bond, liability management, structured finance, loan, and restructuring transactions in Latin America and the U.S. for corporate clients, including Pemex, Petrobras, Braskem, Vale, Suzano, AES Gener and Cemex, and sovereign clients including Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia, Argentina, and Venezuela. Arthur was involved in numerous transactions that have won awards, including Latin Finance’s Latin America Bond of the Year, multiple IJ Global Deals of the Year, and Marine Money’s Deal of the Year for Offshore Innovation.

Arthur is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received a BA from Yale University, a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Cape Town, and an MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Eduardo Pascowitch is the current treasurer of Braskem, and has been working in the company since 2013 in different departments, such as: Debt Capital Markets, Trade Finance, Commercial and Treasury. He has an Engineering degree from Escola de Engenharia Mauá and a postgraduate degree in Finance from Insper.

Lourenço Tigre is CFO of BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank. He joined in 2019 as Strategic Advisor to the CEO, where he executed the recycling of BNDES’ Equity Portfolio and lead the bank’s initiative to promote the Voluntary Carbon Market in Brazil.

Mr. Tigre has 25+ years experience in financial markets, with extensive hands-on approach in investment management, macro trading, corporate restructuring, M&A and business leadership.

Lourenço Tigre holds a B.A. in Economics and Master in Financial Engineering from PUC-Rio. In addition, has completed several Harvard Business School Executive Programs.

Mattheus Santos is a Vice President at Itaú BBA, responsible for Project Finance in sectors such as water and sanitation, toll roads, airports, railways and ports. With over 15 years of experience, he has advised clients investing in projects in Brazil with total investments exceeding BRL 50 billion. Mattheus is a Lawyer, CFA charterholder and holds both an MBA from IBMEC and a Masters Degree in Economics from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).