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GRI Club's Global Committees set the professional standard for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing in order to identify new trends, capitalise on growth opportunities and aid deal flow discovery worldwide.
Curated purely by members, spanning 80+ countries, and across all asset classes, this global committee meets once per month via video calling to share the current sentiment, investment appetite and debate where the market is going.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITEE
Alberto Merino
Executive Director, Structured Finance
Banco Sabadell
http://www.bancsabadell.com
+52 55 52 62 32 00
Ciudad de México | CMX | Mexico
Banco Sabadell is Spain’s fourth largest private banking group, which is comprised of different banks, brands, subsidiaries and part-owned companies covering all areas of the financial business sector under a common denominator: professional performance and quality. A young, highly-qualified team, with the most modern, up-to-date technological and commercial resources and a multi-brand, multi-channel organisation focusing on the client enable Banco Sabadell to occupy an outstanding position in the personal and business banking markets.
Ángela Cáceres
Structuring Manager
FDN - Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional
http://www.fdn.com.co
+ 57 1 326-4999
Bogota | Colombia
We are a financial corporation that specializes in infrastructure project finance and structuring, which makes us unique in Colombia and among the few that exist in Latin America.
Aquilino Martinez
Latam BD Director - Agua
Currently Unaffiliated
A BlueOak é uma gestora especializada em oferecer soluções de capital para empresas em situações complexas. Alinhamos nossos interesses com os de todos os stakeholders e colaboramos para resolver crises empresariais, maximizando assim o valor futuro das companhias. Temos um time pioneiro em situações especiais no Brasil, altamente qualificado e estruturado para oferecer soluções de maneira rápida e eficiente. Prezamos pela qualidade dos ativos e do trabalho de restruturação com uma abordagem al
Avelino Figueira
Regional Sales Manager
Philips - Brazil
Camila Aguiar
Operations Director
BahiaInveste
Carolina Suárez Vargas
Deputy Director, Healthcare
DNP - Departamento Nacional de Planeación
Daniel Castano
Senior Investment Officer - Transaction Advisory Services Department
IFC
http://www.ifc.org
+ 571 319 2330
Bogotá | Colombia
Multilateral global development institution focused exclusively on supporting private sector development in developing markets.
Daniel Querub Perelis
General Manager
Currently Unaffiliated
A BlueOak é uma gestora especializada em oferecer soluções de capital para empresas em situações complexas. Alinhamos nossos interesses com os de todos os stakeholders e colaboramos para resolver crises empresariais, maximizando assim o valor futuro das companhias. Temos um time pioneiro em situações especiais no Brasil, altamente qualificado e estruturado para oferecer soluções de maneira rápida e eficiente. Prezamos pela qualidade dos ativos e do trabalho de restruturação com uma abordagem al
Diego Sá
Senior Manager
Accenture
https://www.accenture.com/br-pt
+55 11 5188-3000
São Paulo | SP | Brazil
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately 442,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Jacobo Garcia Villarreal
Senior Specialist on Integrity and Procurement Policies
OCDE
Ciudad de Mexico | CMX | Mexico
The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
Jorge Moguel
Infrastructure Director
GIA+A
http://www.gia.mx/
+52 55 8503 8630
Ciudad de México | CMX | Mexico
Somos un Grupo Empresarial mexicano líder en la ejecución de proyectos integrales para los sectores de la construcción, desarrollo y operación de infraestructura, desarrollo inmobiliario y energía.
José Manuel Abastos
Partner
Hernández & Cía. Abogados
http://www.ehernandez.com.pe/
+51 1 611 5151
Lima | Peru
Since 1992, we have accompanied Peru in its growth process with our team of professionals, who are prepared to provide high-level legal counsel in order to achieve efficient solutions for consultancies, settlement of disputes, and the most complex and sophisticated operations in all areas of law.
Juan Manuel Vivar
Gerente General
Sacyr
http://www.sacyr.com/
+52 55 7597-6640
Ciudad de México | CMX | Mexico
Sacyr’s international expansion enables the company to operate in 29 countries on five continents. Most of the group’s overseas activities are in Latin America, though it also boasts a considerable presence in Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Luis Alfonso Acosta
Director Ejecutivo
BANOBRAS
http://www.gob.mx/banobras
+52 55 5270-1200
Mexico | CMX | Mexico
Mexico’s Government Development bank, whose purpose is to promote the development of infrastructure and public services, through financing local governments and city councils.
Marcelo Andrade
President Director
SM Gestão Hospitalar
https://smgestaohospitalar.com.br/
+55 (71) 3103-7150
Salvador | BA | Brazil
A principal empresa privada de gestão em saúde na área de concessões do setor público incluindo o modelo de Parceria Público Privada (PPP).
Mauricio Márquez
Head of Hospital Infrastructure PPPs
Director General Dirección General de Concesiones
Miguel Donovan
LATAM Principal
Currie & Brown - México
http://www.curriebrown.com/
+52 55 5281 5588
Ciudad de México | CMX | Mexico
Currie & Brown is a world-leading provider of project management, cost management, and advisory services, covering the full range of public and private sectors. Our purpose is to add value that makes building a better future possible. We help clients navigate volatility and unpredictability, providing the certainty that enables better, more sustainable built environments for all.
Otávio Silveira
Counselor
IG4 Capital
http://www.ig4capital.com
+55 11 2844 8036
São Paulo | SP | Brazil
IG4 Capital is an alternative asset manager focused on Latin America. With a team of 52 people and presence in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Chile, it manages ~USD 1.2 billion in infrastructure assets in the following sectors: water and sanitation, transportation and logistics, urban mobility, social infrastructure, and energy and telecom. IG4 current portfolio generates more than USD1.5 billion of turnover per year, employs more than 20 thousand people and serves more than 15 million clients.
Ramiro Zinder
Diretor de Desestatização e Parcerias
Governo do Estado de Santa Catarina
Thiago Abreu
Diretor de Canal de Governo
Philips - Brazil
Alberto Merino
Executive Director, Structured FinanceBanco Sabadell
Mexico
Ángela Cáceres
Structuring ManagerFDN - Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional
Colombia
Ángela Cáceres serves as the Structuring Manager at FDN - Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional, a specialized financial corporation in Colombia. FDN is renowned for its expertise in structuring and financing crucial infrastructure projects, particularly those developed under Public-Private Partnership (APP) schemes. In her role, Ms. Cáceres contributes to FDN's mission of providing innovative advisory and technical capacity to the public sector, ensuring robust project design to attract private investment and foster infrastructure development in the country.
Aquilino Martinez
Latam BD Director - AguaCurrently Unaffiliated
Brazil
With almost 20 years of experience in the Infrastructure sector, Aquilino has effectively led the tendering, planning, structuring, financing and implementation of various types of PPP and investment projects in multicultural working environments. As a distinguished civil engineer, Aquilino works with passion, combining a goal-oriented and results-driven mindset. Analytical thinking, commitment, leadership and team building motivation form the basis of his professional career.
Avelino Figueira
Regional Sales ManagerPhilips - Brazil
Brazil
Camila Aguiar
Operations DirectorBahiaInveste
Brazil
Profissional com mais de 12 anos de experiência e competências nas áreas de Concessões e PPPs, Estruturação de Projetos de Infraestrutura, Gestão Pública, Gestão de Contratos, Gerenciamento de Projetos, Licitações, Direito Público e Governança. Atuou na estruturação dos seguintes projetos: PPP do VLT do Subúrbio; Concessão da Fiol; Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário da Bahia; Fundo de Estruturação de Projetos da Bahia; PPP da Ponte Salvador-Itaparica; Concessão da CEASA; PPP do Sistema Viário BA052; PPP do Sistema Metroviário de Salvador e Lauro de Freitas; Concessão do Sistema Viário Ba093; PPP do Hospital do Subúrbio; PPP do Hospital Couto Maia; PPP de Diagnóstico por Imagem; PPP da Arena Fonte Nova; Fundo Garantidor Baiano de PPP-FGBP ...
Carolina Suárez Vargas
Deputy Director, HealthcareDNP - Departamento Nacional de Planeación
Colombia
Lydia Carolina Suárez Vargas is the Deputy Director of Healthcare at the Departamento Nacional de Planeación (DNP) in Colombia. In this pivotal role, she is instrumental in shaping and executing strategic healthcare policies and resource administration within the social security system. Ms. Suárez Vargas holds a degree in Public Accounting and a Master's in Economic Sciences, equipping her with a robust analytical and economic foundation that underpins her contributions to national development and public health planning.
Daniel Angulo
Managing DirectorGestora Peruana de Hospitales
Peru
Daniel Angulo serves as the Managing Director at Gestora Peruana de Hospitales, a Peruvian-Spanish consortium specializing in healthcare services. Gestora Peruana de Hospitales (GEPEHO S.A.) is known for managing "Green/Gray Coat" services under a Public-Private Partnership (APP) at the National Institute of Child Health – San Borja (INSN-SB) in Peru. The company, established in 2014, focuses on activities related to human health, including nursing care services.
Daniel Castano
Senior Investment Officer - Transaction Advisory Services DepartmentIFC
Colombia
Daniel Castano is a Senior Investment Officer in the Transaction Advisory Services Department at IFC - International Finance Corporation in Colombia. He specializes in investment operations and advisory services within the financial sector.
Daniel Querub Perelis
General ManagerCurrently Unaffiliated
Peru
Diego Sá
Senior ManagerAccenture
Brazil
Jacobo Garcia Villarreal
Senior Specialist on Integrity and Procurement PoliciesOCDE
Mexico
Jacobo Garcia Villarreal is a Senior Specialist on Integrity and Procurement Policies at the OECD - Mexico. Since May 2015, he has been instrumental in advising and conducting studies on integrity and public procurement for various Mexican institutions, including the Secretaría de la Función Pública and PEMEX. Previously, he served as a Specialist in the Regulatory Policy Division of the OECD in Paris. Mr. Garcia Villarreal holds a Master in Public Management from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University. He has also held key governmental roles in Mexico, including Chief of Staff to the Governor of Coahuila and Advisor to the Federal Secretary of Public Administration. His expertise lies in regulatory reform, good governance, and public integrity. He is also a university lecturer and author of several publications.
Jorge Moguel
Infrastructure DirectorGIA+A
Mexico
Jorge Moguel, has a bachelor in Civil Engineer from UNAM, gets a Master
Degree of Infrastructure Planning (M.Sc.) from Stuttgart University, Germany. As an executive
course has completed one in Planning and Leadership at Berkeley University, California. As well a
Certification of the Negotiation Skills by Harvard Law School.
He has participated and led more than ten major infrastructure projects, some of them out of the
country in Central and South America. As a main activities leading the finance structure process at
least on seven of these infrastructure projects, come around 50 to 400 million dollars each one,
many of those operations where involved private banking, multilateral investment, public entities, and infrastructure.
José Manuel Abastos
PartnerHernández & Cía. Abogados
Peru
Juan Manuel Vivar
Gerente GeneralSacyr
Mexico
Juan Manuel Vivar es Gerente General en Sacyr S.A. - México, aportando una sólida experiencia en el sector de infraestructuras. Su trayectoria incluye roles clave en proyectos de gran envergadura como el Hospital General de Tláhuac. Vivar posee expertise en la gestión de proyectos de colaboración público-privada (PPP) y Facility Management. Cuenta con un grado en Ingeniería Eléctrica y un MBA por la Universidad Pontificia de Comillas de Madrid.
Luis Alfonso Acosta
Director EjecutivoBANOBRAS
Mexico
Luis Alfonso Acosta se desempeña como Director Ejecutivo en BANOBRAS - Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos, una institución de banca de desarrollo mexicana dedicada a financiar obras para la creación de servicios públicos. Su labor en la entidad se centra en el desarrollo y seguimiento de importantes proyectos de infraestructura a nivel nacional, supervisando la ejecución de obras públicas y asegurando el avance de iniciativas clave. Con una sólida experiencia en BANOBRAS, Acosta demuestra un firme compromiso con el impulso y la consolidación de la infraestructura esencial para el país.
Marcelo Andrade
President DirectorSM Gestão Hospitalar
Brazil
Graduated in Civil Engineering at Poli-USP, he holds post-graduate degrees in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and Hospital Administration from Universidade Federal da Bahia. He is a Black Belt in process control with the Six Sigma tool (Juran Institute). He is also specialized in State Law (UFBA), where he developed research in the area of Public-Private Partnerships in the Health Sector and has an MBA in PPP and Concessions.
Mauricio Márquez
Head of Hospital Infrastructure PPPsDirector General Dirección General de Concesiones
Chile
Mauricio Márquez is the Head of Hospital Infrastructure PPPs at Chile's Ministerio de Obras Públicas (MOP), where he leads the development and execution of public-private partnership projects for hospital infrastructure. In this role, he is responsible for evaluating potential sites for new hospitals and guiding significant tenders, thereby advancing critical healthcare facilities across Chile. Márquez has been instrumental in key initiatives, including the planning and implementation of new hospital projects in regions such as Maule and Los Ríos, and has presented on major projects like the Buin-Paine Hospital. His expertise is vital in modernizing and expanding Chile's public health infrastructure through strategic concessions.
Miguel Donovan
LATAM PrincipalCurrie & Brown - México
Mexico
Otávio Silveira
CounselorIG4 Capital
USA
More than 20 years of top management experience over complex assets and businesses, taking part and leading several M&A processes on different industries. Strong experience in infrastructure industry, specially on startup and turnaround processes, taking active participation on real estate, road operation, energy and sanitation markets. Specialties: Strategic and financial planning; Long-term contracts management; Team leadership; Negotiation; Improvement of corporate reputation; Start-up and turnaround processes leadership.
Ramiro Zinder
Diretor de Desestatização e ParceriasGoverno do Estado de Santa Catarina
Brazil
Diretor de Desestatização e Parcerias na Secretaria de Estado da Fazenda de Santa Catarina, é chefe da Unidade de PPP do Programa de Parcerias e Investimentos do Estado de Santa Catarina (PPI-SC). Mestre e doutor pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Certified PPP Professional (CP³P-F) pela APMG/PPIAF e 5CM Certified pela IPA/UK. Foi Diretor de Desestatização e membro do Conselho Gestor de PPPs e Concessões da Prefeitura de Florianópolis entre 2017 e 2019. Foi presidente do Comitê Gestor de PPPs e Concessões do município de Laguna/SC e membro do Conselho Gestor de PPPs e Concessões do município de Camboriú/SC. Instrutor e palestrante em cursos e eventos regionais de desestatização.
Thiago Abreu
Diretor de Canal de GovernoPhilips - Brazil
Brazil
Thiago Medeiros de Abreu atua como Diretor de Canal de Governo na Philips Brasil. Nesta posição, ele é responsável por liderar e desenvolver as estratégias de relacionamento e negócios com o setor governamental, contribuindo para a presença e impacto da Philips no mercado brasileiro.
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