PROFESSIONAL TEAM

Sergio Hinojosa

Degree in Economics and Business Engineering, Universidad de Concepción

Specialty:

Specialist in Public-Private Partnerships, structured financing, financial guarantees and value for money analysis.

Postgraduate:

Studies of Master of Arts in Economics Georgetown University, Master in Finance George Washington University, graduated from the Inter-American Course of Project Preparation and Evaluation (CIAPEP) dictated by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, has a Certificate in Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure in a Market Economy from Harvard Kennedy School, with a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) and a Doctor in Management Sciences, ESADE Business School. Certified PPP Professional (CP3P) by APMG International and accredited trainer for foundation operation and execution.

Experience:

Founding Partner of IKONS ATN. He has been an International Consultant for the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Andean Development Corporation (CAF), US Agency for International Development (USAID), United Nations (UNDP), European Bank of Development (ERDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), CEPAL / ILPES, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), FLACSO; and for governments and private companies from different countries, in the design and implementation of public-private partnership (PPP) transactions in the financial, economic and institutional areas.

Main countries with experience:

He has worked in specific consultancy in the following countries: Uruguay, Argentina, Panama, Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Belize, Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Haiti, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Paraguay. Additionally, he has worked in the development of PPPs for Senegal (Dakar) and Mali (Bamako) in Africa, and in Ukraine (Kiev) in Eastern Europe, Saudi Arabia and Georgia in Asia. He has also collaborated for USAID, IP3 and ERBD in projects and design of PPP courses in Mongolia, Nigeria, Turkey, Egypt, Kenya, Indonesia, Germany, Rwanda, the Philippines and Kazakhstan, and has experience with the ECOWAS countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cap Vert, Cote D’Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo.

Languages:

Spanish, French, English.

Commercial Engineer; PhD, specialist in financial structuring, financial guarantees and Value for Money analysis.

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Julio Toro

Civil engineer

Specialty:

Specialist in business models and APP transactions.

Postgraduate:

Studies of Master in Business Administration IEDE and MBA University of Lleida, has a Certificate in Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure in a Market Economy by Harvard Kennedy School and has been a Research Fellow of the Marvin Center of Cambridge University, UK.

Experience:

He worked as Coordinator of the Projects Division of the Coordination of Concessions in Chile where he led the structuring of more than 20 PPP projects for more than 3 billion dollars, including the urban highway concessions program.

Main countries with experience:

Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Ecuador and Guatemala.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Civil Engineer; MBA, specialist in business model and PPP transactions.

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Juan Carlos Junca

Degree in economics from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Colombia

Specialty:

Investment banking specialist.

Postgraduate:

Master in economics from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Colombia, with certificates in finance for real estate developments at Boston University and in finance at Harvard-University.

Experience:

He has 17 years of national and international experience in Project Finance for the sanitation, energy and municipal infrastructure projects with private participation. He has been a Consultant for the World Bank in Washington DC and the IDB on Infrastructure and Public Services for Latin America. Main partner of Structure Capital in Colombia.

Main countries with experience:

Colombia, Haiti, El Salvador, Peru, Uruguay and Argentina.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Degree in Economics; MA, specialist in banking investment.

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Mario Villagómez

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Finance de Florida Institute of Technology. (USA)

Specialty:

Specialist in transport economics and regulation.

Postgraduate:

MBA studies from the San Francisco de Quito University (Ecuador); She also has a Certificate in Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure in a Market Economy from Harvard Kennedy School.

Experience:

He was the first Undersecretary of Concessions of the Ministry of Public Works of Ecuador and developed the First Plan of Road Concessions of the Republic of Ecuador. With vast experience in public transport projects, BRT road corridors, Conventional Bus Transport, financial modeling, promotion of evaluation of PPP projects. He is a professor of risk analysis and finance at the Catholic University of Quito.

Main countries with experience:

Ecuador, the United States, Chile, Mexico, Ethiopia and Bolivia.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; MBA, specialist in transportation and regulation.

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José Luis Guasch

Industrial Engineer, Graduated in Economics.

Specialty:

Global specialist in Public-Private Partnerships, concessions, renegotiations, competitiveness and transport logistics.

Postgraduate:

MSc studies in Operational Research, MSc studies in Statistics, and a PhD in Economics. All from Stanford University.

Experience:

With practical experience in consultancies on design and implementation of public policies on infrastructure and competitiveness in more than 70 countries. Author of a vast number of publications in topics such as PPPs and competitiveness, among which; “Granting and Renegotiating Concessions: Doing it Right”; and “The Impact of Private Participation in Infrastructure” are to be highlighted. Former Chief of the Global Experts Unit on PPPs of the World Bank Institute, where he worked for more than 30 years.

Main countries with experience:

Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Guatemala, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Honduras, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, Phiilipines, Australia; India, Pakistan; Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary, Croatia, Georgia, Spain; Mozambique, South Africa, Cape Verde, Angola, Ghana, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan

Languages:

Spanish, English, Portuguese, French.

Industrial Engineer; PhD, global PPP specialist, concessions, renegotiations, competitiveness and logistics transportation.

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Jorge Montecinos

Industrial Civil Engineer, University of Chile

Specialty:

Public Finance Specialist for Infrastructure.

Postgraduate:

Studies of MSc in Finance, University of Illinois Urbana Champaing- He has a Certificate in Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure in a Market Economy by Harvard Kennedy School and has a Master in Management and Financing of Private Projects and Concessions at the European University of Madrid. She is PhD (c) in Economics University of Queensland, Australia.

Experience:

He has been an official of the Ministry of Finance (Finance) and the Ministry of Public Works in Chile. Since 2012 he has been a permanent consultant to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on matters of fiscal policy and infrastructure financing.

Main countries with experience:

Zimbabwe, Colombia, Peru, Australia, Spain, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Kenya, Philippines, USA, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mexico and Panama.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Industrial Civil Engineer; MSc y PhD©, specialist in Public Finance for Infrastructure.

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Sebastián Quijada

Lawyer from the University of Chile.

Specialty:

Project Finance specialist and PFI model.

Postgraduate:

LL.M., International Law, Trade and Investments, Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany and MSc Finance and Financial Law. University of London, UK.

Experience:

He has extensive experience in infrastructure, corporate, financial, banking and capital market matters, having developed her career in Chile and abroad. He was legal advisor to the Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) where he was in charge of the legal structuring of APP and for the MOP to support road maintenance concessions. For five years he was Senior Vice President of the Royal Bank of Scotland plc in London, where he focused on structuring, financing and agency in syndicated loans in project finance and especially in applications of the PFI model. He is currently Managing Partner Legal Area of ​​IKONS ATN.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Ecuador, UK, Scotland, Ireland, Pakistan, Turkey, Russia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Honduras, Mexico, Ecuador, Germany, Canada, Thailand, Nigeria and Guatemala.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Lawyer; LLM & MSc, specialist in Project Finance and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) models.

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Patricio Mansilla

Commercial Engineer Universidad de Concepción

Specialty:

Senior Economist and Senior PPP Specialist.

Postgraduate:

PhD in Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Master of Arts in Economics Georgetown University, Master and PhD© in Economics Duke University. Graduated from the PIMA Catholic University of Chile Program.

Experience:

Mr. Mansilla is an economist with 22 years of experience in large infrastructure project management, and in the design and implementation of alliances and public-private partnerships (PPP) Mr. Mansilla was an infrastructure integration specialist of IADB based in Chile, leading the IADB representation in the IIRSA initiative and the transport sector in Chile. Mr. Mansilla was the Director of the Mongolia Business Plus Initiative (BPI) focus on foster PPPs in Infrastructure with the support of USAID and CHEMONICS.

Main countries with experience:

Peru, Kazajistan, Colombia, Mongolia, Egipto, Filipinas, Mongolia, Jordania, Chile, El Salvador, USA, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama.

Languages:

Spanish, English.

Commercial Engineer; MA & PhD, senior economist and senior PPP specialist.

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Emilio López

Bachelor of Economics, Metropolitan University

Specialty:

Specialist in APP convenience transactions and methodologies.

Postgraduate:

Graduated in Administration from the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, he also has a Certificate in Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure in a Market Economy from Harvard Kennedy School.

Experience:

He has led the public-private partnerships working group of the Investment Unit of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico.

Main countries with experience:

Mexico, Honduras, Peru.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Degree in economics; specialist in PPP transactions and cost benefit analysis methodologies.

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Eduardo Morín

Bachelor of Economics from the Autonomous Metropolitan University.

Specialty:

Specialist in Preparation and Socioeconomic Evaluation of Projects

Postgraduate:

Master’s in finance at the University Panamericana.

Experience:

He has more than 20 years of experience in matters related to the formulation, preparation and evaluation of investment projects and Public-Private Partnership projects. He was General Coordinator of the Center for Studies for the Preparation and Socioeconomic Evaluation of Projects (CEPEP) of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico and, previously General Coordinator of the Program for the Promotion of Public – Private Associations in Mexican States (PIAPPEM) of the Inter-American Development Bank and General Director of Strategic Project Management in the State of Guanajuato. He is a partner of IKONS Infraestructura y Servicios in Mexico.

Main countries with experience:

United States, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Spain, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras.

Languages:

Spanish, English

Bachelor in economics; MA, specialist in socioeconomic project preparation and evaluation.

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Anne Laure Mascle-Allemand (On Leave)

Degree in Business Administration from the University of Paris 12 Val de Marne

Specialty:

Specialist in evaluation and preparation of infrastructure projects.

Postgraduate:

Master in Mathematical Economics and PhD in Economics University of Toulouse, France. She has completed the Specialty in Financial and Socioeconomic Project Evaluation at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

Experience:

She has been Director of the Center for Studies for the Preparation and Socioeconomic Evaluation of Projects (CEPEP) in the Mexican Federal Government, and has been responsible for supervising the evaluation of more than 300 public investment projects in different sectors. She is professor of socioeconomic evaluation of projects at ITAM. She has been a consultant for the IDB and the World Bank.

Main countries with experience:

France, Mexico, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, UAE, Guatemala, Colombia, Kenya, Argentina, Nigeria, Spain. Peru and Haiti.

Languages:

French, Spanish, English

Bachelor of Business; PhD, specialist in infrastructure project evaluation.

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Alejandro Hernández

Industrial Civil Engineer University of Santiago de Chile

Specialty:

Specialist in financial modeling of infrastructure projects.

Postgraduate:

Master in Financial Management IEDE European University of Madrid and International MBA University of Lleida. Certified PPP Professional (CP3P) by APMG International.

Experience:

He has developed his professional career at IKONS ATN where he has prepared more than 60 financial models for PPP schemes and has given training in financial modeling for Project Finance for the public and private sectors, as well as being a consultant for the IDB and the World Bank.

Main countries with experience:

Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador.

Languages:

Spanish.

Industrial civil engineer; MSc & MBA, specialist in financial modeling of infrastructure projects.

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Verónica Martínez

Commercial Engineer from the University of Concepción

Specialty:

Specialist in regulation of service levels and user satisfaction for infrastructure.

Postgraduate:

Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Santiago, MBA from the University of Lleida, DEA and Doctor (c) in International Business.

Experience:

She has experience in the telecommunications sector and in the infrastructure sector in regulating service levels with an emphasis on user satisfaction. She has been deputy manager of Telefónica Chile, head of the service levels area for the General Directorate of Public Works of the MOP and Head of User Attention for urban highway concession companies in Chile

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina, Dominican Republic, USA, Brazil, Mexico.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Commercial Engineer; Magister & MBA, specialist in regulation of service levels for infrastructure and health...

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Juan Cristóbal Nazar

Civil Engineer from the Diego Portales University.

Specialty:

Specialist in technical aspects for financial analysis and evaluation of APP.

Postgraduate:

Degree in Engineering from the Diego Portales University.

Experience:

He has worked supporting the structuring and evaluation of a series of projects in the port, hospital and highway sectors. He has experience in advanced financial modeling of concession and PPP projects and in multi-criteria analysis applications with the PJA.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Mexico, Honduras and Ecuador.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Civil Engineer in Civil Works; specialist in technical aspects for financial and multi-criteria analysis and...

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Mauricio Gatica

Commercial Engineer and graduate in administration from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.

Specialty:

Specialist in transaction design and infrastructure project management.

Postgraduate:

She has complementary studies of the Law career, especially in administrative law at the UNIACC University in Chile.

Experience:

He has been a senior executive in commercial banking in Chile in the areas of structured financing, general manager of one of the most important concession companies operating in Chile, and has been Coordinator of Concessions in the government of President Piñera.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Guatemala, Colombia and Honduras.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Commercial Engineer; LLM, specialist in transaction design and infrastructure project management.

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Javier Auszenker

Industrial Engineer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Specialty:

Evaluation of transportation projects, urban development, public buildings, parks, tourism.

Postgraduate:

Master in Transportation Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Experience:

He has worked in various companies in the private sector as well as in the public sector. He has carried out consultancies and project evaluation studies in the areas of transportation, concessions, logistics, public bicycles, cable cars, border crossings, public buildings, metro, railways, highways, parks and tourism. In addition, he has served as a teacher in the area of project evaluation at various universities.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Guatemala.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Industrial Civil Engineer; MSc, specialist in evaluation of transportation projects, urban development, public buildings, parks,...

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Miguel Almeyda

Degree in International Relations, Universidad Iberoamericana

Specialty:

International Development Financing / Access to Mortgage Financing.

Postgraduate:

Master in Finance from The George Washington University. Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and Diploma in Government and Public Policy by the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA).

Experience:

Extensive experience in developing and/or overseeing the execution of vast portfolios of financing and technical cooperations at major multilateral institutions (over USD 1 billion in total). These portfolios were comprised by initiatives in over 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, all aimed at addressing either private sector development, access to mortgage financing, public infrastructure, and business environment enhancement.

As Senior Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC, he supervised the implementation technical cooperation projects aimed at enabling business environments for private sector development, particularly by increasing access to mortgage finance by deepening the Mexican mortgage market, and by directing remittances from Mexicans living in the USA to the Mexican mortgage market.

As Country Manager at the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), he planned and directed the public infrastructure portfolio of the Bank in Guatemala. As Head of the Private Sector Division at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in Barbados, he drafted CDB’s Private Sector Strategy, while managing its private sector lending portfolio. At the World Bank in Washington DC, he conducted research on the investing environment of Peru, Ecuador, and Chile.

Main countries with experience:

Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, USA, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica.

Languages:

Spanish, English.

Degree in International Relations; MSc, senior PPP specialist.

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Enrique Moraga

Industrial Civil Engineer, Federico Santa María University

Specialty:

Financial modeling for Project Finance and risk analysis

Postgraduate:

Master of Arts in Economics, Georgetown University.

Experience:

He has worked in the Directorate of Concessions in Chile and in the State Railways Company. He has experience in the road maintenance sector, FFCC and port and airport projects.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Peru, Argentina, Guatemala and Colombia.

Languages:

Spanish, English.

Civil Engineer; MSc, specialist in financial modeling for Project Finance and risk analysis.

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Edmundo Ramírez

Degree in Economics ITAM

Specialty:

Management for Results. Coordination of projects with Multilateral Financial Organizations.

Postgraduate:

Master in Auditing. Certified PPP Professional (CP3P) by APMG International.

Experience:

Mexican economist from ITAM, with a Master’s degree in Auditing from UNAM. 27 years of experience in projects of the World Bank (WB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), as well as the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the latter. He has designed, prepared, operated, executed and evaluated projects from different sectors in Mexico, Guatemala and Peru. He is a Founding Associate of the Mexican Community of Public Management for Results, A.C. (2014). He is also a member of the Community of Professionals and Experts in Latin America and the Caribbean in Management for Development Results (CoPLAC-GpRD), which is a space where professionals and experts voluntarily concur around a common theme, Management for Results in Development.

Main countries with experience:

Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, Peru.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Degree in economics; MA, specialist in management for results and project coordination with multilateral financial...

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Jaime Li

Lawyer from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences

Specialty:

PPP contracts specialist

Postgraduate:

Master in Public-Private Partnerships from the International University of La Rioja. Master in Regulation with a mention in infrastructure and telecommunications from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. Master in Project Management from the International University of Valencia (diploma in process)

Experience:

He has been a consultant to the IDB in Guatemala, a legal consultant to the OECD for the study of PPPs in Latin America, an expert member of UNECE in the preparation of international guidelines on PPPs and a substitute member of an Ad-Hoc Arbitration Commission in Guatemala for the Escuintla – Puerto Quetzal Highway project. He has given specialized classes and conferences in Peru, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Costa Rica. He is co-president of the Latin American chapter of WAPPP, referee and postgraduate professor at APP. In Peru he has advised the MTC, ATU, SEDAPAL, ESSALUD in Peru and other entities in the administration and execution of concession contracts in the port, railway, telecommunications, urban transportation, sanitation and health sectors, participating, among others, in projects such as Line 1 and 2 of the Lima Metro, the National Fiber Optic Dorsal Network and hospital projects under PPP. Jaime is a Lawyer from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, he has a Master in Public-Private Partnerships from the International University of La Rioja, a Master in Regulation with a mention in infrastructure and telecommunications from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences and a Master in Project Management from the International University of Valencia.

Main countries with experience:

Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic

Languages:

Spanish, English

Specialist in PPP contracts, regulation of public services and project management

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Roberto Muñoz

Mathematical Civil Engineer, University of Chile

Specialty:

Expert in economic regulation and industrial organization of public services, and design of bidding mechanisms and incentives for PPP schemes.

Postgraduate:

Mathematical Civil Engineer, University of Chile. Master in Economics, Georgetown University, and PhD in Economics Maryland University at College Park.

Experience:

Before joining the Technical University Federico Santa María, he held positions in the Department of Economics of the University of Chile, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (Washington DC) and the Center for Public Works. Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE, Mexico).

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Mexico and USA.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Mathematical Civil Engineer; MA & PhD, expert in economic regulation and industrial organization of public...

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Julio Ramírez

Structural Engineer, University of Concepción

Specialty:

Infrastructure project management specialist.

Postgraduate:

Chemical Processes applied to Industrial Projects (EPUSP – University of São Paulo). Project Management – 4th Edition of PMBOK. Computer Aided Drawing (AutoCAD 10) (São Paulo Technological Faculty). Project Management (MS Project) (CECAE – University of São Paulo). Calculation of Pressure Vessels – ASME Code (Celacade – SP). Anaerobic Digesters (UASB type) (CETESB – SP). Water Reuse Systems (Water Treatment – SP). Solid Waste Management (Edutech – SP).

Experience:

More than 35 years of experience in technical areas of engineering and industrial projects, with 20 years of experience in Management and Leadership of Projects / Contracts especially with public services and Infrastructures, mainly in the food, refrigerants and breweries, paper and cellulose, energy industries. and petrochemicals, infrastructure and sanitation works, always in the context of sustainable development. More than 5 years of experience in executive management as General Manager of companies and branches abroad involving commercial areas, business opening, implementation of new factories and / or plants and import / export. All based on the knowledge and application of PMI (Project Management Institute) techniques through the PMBOK guide.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and USA.

Languages:

Spanish Portuguese.

Structural Engineer; specialist in management and administration of infrastructure projects. Solid waste specialist and water...

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Jaime Muñoz

Construction Engineer, Catholic University of Valparaíso

Specialty:

Specialist in the design of waste and wastewater treatment plants.

Postgraduate:

Master in Sanitary and Environmental Engineering and Doctor in Engineering, University of Cantabria, Spain.

Experience:

He carried out work as a research fellow in projects of the Department of Water and Environmental Sciences and Techniques of the University of Cantabria. Afterwards, he carries out R&D work in environmental management as a researcher for the Torres Quevedo Foundation. He has participated in the development of various teams for the development of environmental research projects such as the local office for the fight against climate change, the local office for the fight against climate change, the local adaptation plan of the European Framework Directive del Agua, and the development plans for coordinated actions for sustainable water management in the city of Santander.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Spain, Ecuador, Colombia and Mexico.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Construction Engineer; MSc & PhD©, specialist in waste and sewage treatment plant design.

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Georg Welzel (On Leave)

Civil Engineer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,

Specialty:

Specialist in water and environment transactions.

Postgraduate:

MBA from the Universidad Católica de Chile, and MSc in Sustainable Forestry and Land Use Management from the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Experience:

More than 14 years of experience coordinating, evaluating, managing and developing infrastructure projects and studies in different areas, including water, sustainability, energy, transportation, mining. He has been an associate of Halcrow Group Ltd. and advisor to the Water Directorate of the Ministry of Public Works of Chile.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Germany.

Languages:

Spanish English German

Civil Engineer; MBA, specialist in water and environmental transactions.

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Fernando Britos

Economist from the National University of Córdoba

Specialty:

Specialist in socioeconomic evaluation of public investment projects.

Postgraduate:

Master of Applied Economics Georgetown University. Graduated from the Inter-American Course on Project Preparation and Evaluation (CIAPEP) dictated by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a diploma in Project Appraisal from Queen’s University, Canada.

Experience:

He has been Head of the Department of Methodologies of the Ministry of Social Development and is currently the Academic Director and professor of the Diploma and Master in Project Management and Evaluation at the Adolfo Ibáñez University. IDB and World Bank consultant.

Main countries with experience:

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Peru; Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Uganda; Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Vietnam.

Languages:

Spanish English

Economist; MA, specialist in socio-economic evaluation for public investment projects.

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Felipe Portales

Commercial Engineer Andrés Bello University

Specialty:

Financial modeling specialist.

Postgraduate:

With approved courses in industrial civil engineering Universidad del Desarrollo (4 years). Certified PPP Professional (CP3P) by APMG International.

Experience:

He has 6 years of experience in financial modeling with the team in infrastructure projects such as: public bicycles for Chile and Colombia, roads, hydroelectric and logistics center in Ecuador, bus terminals in Brazil, roads in the Dominican Republic and Panama, hospitals in Peru and Brazil. He has developed financial modeling in road conservation projects in Chile, evaluating through the selection of scenarios, the rehabilitation of the road and replacement of sidewalks for sections of the capital and including the evaluation of a bicycle path for the same section.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Honduras.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Commercial Engineer; specialist in financial modeling.

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Sergio Andrés Hinojosa

Commercial Engineer, Universidad del Desarrollo

Specialty:

Projects and Studies Analyst.

Postgraduate:

Master’s Degree in Finance at Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile and Master of Science in Recreation, Sport and Tourism, 2015-2017. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Certified PPP Professional (CP3P) by APMG International.

Experience:

Financial and management analyst. Specialist literature review, report writing, database administration, preparation of primary information and proposals for studies and consultancies in finance for infrastructure applications, public-private partnerships and concessions.

Main countries with experience:

USA, Chile, Peru and Mexico. Also experience in Australia, Malaysia and Vietnam

Languages:

Spanish, English.

Commercial Engineer; Master, specialist in Project and Studies analysis.

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Giancarlos Oviedo

Mathematical of the National University of Engineering in Peru

Specialty:

Quantitative risk analysis specialist.

Postgraduate:

Master in Applied Mathematics at the National University of Engineering

Doctor in Mathematics from the National University of Engineering.

Experience:

With experience in consulting on service level issues for the Metropolitan Health Concessionaire Society of Chile, Research on reckless bidding issues in PPP projects, Training on Statistics and Risk Analysis issues in Panama and Costa Rica.

Experience in consulting on technology and artificial intelligence issues for various LATAM companies.

Main countries with experience:

Peru, Chile, Panama and Costa Rica.

Languages:

Spanish, English.

Specialty: Quantitative risk analysis specialist. Postgraduate: Master in Applied Mathematics at the National University of...

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Martín Carlevaro

Specialty:

Specialist in Project Finance, Energy and M&A.

Postgraduate:

MBA full time and bilingual (IAE), Diploma in Administrative Contracts and Public Infrastructure (Austral University); Project appraisal (Skanska Program in Stockholm, Sweden); Banking & Finance (UTDT).

Experience:

More than 17 years of experience in capital markets and financing of transport, social, health and energy infrastructure at an international level, having advised lenders and sponsors in large projects in LATAM under project finance structures applied to public-private partnerships. For 7 years he was Chief Legal Counsel at Skanska ID (international investment division of the Swedish construction group) where he was in charge of the legal structuring of concession projects in Chile (i.e. Autopistas de Antofagasta), energy in Brazil (i.e. Breitener Energia) and P3 in the U.S. (ERC | Midtown Tunnel, in Virginia). Since 2015 he is Partner at BKM | Berkemeyer, leading teams of legal advisers in the first PPP experiences in Paraguay (Routes 2 and 7 and Asunción Airport), Uruguay (Road Circuits) and Argentina (RARS, AUSUR and Ferrocarril Norpatagonico, in the latter case the structuring of the PPP Contract and bidding terms for the Public Grantor).

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Brasil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, United States.

Languages:

Spanish, English, Portuguese.

Lawyer; MBA y Diploma, specialist in Project Finance, energy and M&A.

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Sabah Zrari

Degree in Political Science from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon

Specialty:

Specialist in institutional design, monitoring systems for socioeconomic impacts of PPP infrastructure projects and equipment.

Postgraduate:

Doctor in Political Science from Sciences-Po Paris, and a Master in Public Policy and another in Territorial Planning and Urban Planning Science-Po Lyons.

Experience:

She has participated in the development of institutions and organizations for PPPs and concessions. She has worked in the development of impact analysis observatories for transport infrastructure, and in stakeholder social impact analysis. She has worked in the Coordination of Concessions in Chile.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Haiti, Senegal, Algeria, Egypt, France and Colombia.

Languages:

Spanish, French

Degree in Urban Planning; PhD, specialist in institutional design, monitoring systems for socioeconomic impacts of...

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Edgardo Mimica

Industrial Civil Engineer

Specialty:

Especialist in Project Management.

Postgraduate:

PhD (c) in Public Policy from the University of Birmingham, UK; Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Civil engineer, mention in civil works (U. Chile).

Experience:

Certified Instructor at BHP-Billiton Australia in Project Management specialty courses; Consultant in productivity and processes of mega-projects in Minera Escondida, BHP-Billiton (Project OGP1- Capex of 3.8 billion dollars) 2014-15. Visiting professor at the Program on Project Management at the University of Queens, Ontario-Canada. Academic director and professor of the master’s in project Evaluation and Management, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez-Chile, 2013 to date. He is currently a senior consultant for the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Public Investment Management Systems (PIMS).

Main countries with experience:

Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Iraq, Jordan, Ghana, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico, Mozambique, Peru, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, USA.

Languages:

Spanish, English.

Industrial Civil Engineer; MPP & PhD, specialist in contract and Project Management.

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José Luis Bobes

Senior Agronomist Engineer

Specialty:

Project Finance specialist and structuring of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

Postgraduate:

MSc in Electrical Engineering, Donetsk National Technical University (Ukraine), Post-graduate certificate in management, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (France).

Experience:

He has solid experience in structuring and managing renewable energy lines of credit, energy efficiency funds and clean energy loan guarantees, as well as other credit enhancement products. His experience includes working for many multilateral agencies and development banks, such as the EBRD, KfW, the World Bank, IFC, USAID, TDA, OPIC, and the South African IDC, as well as DBSA. He has led the financing of clean energy projects in 30+ countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.

Main countries with experience:

South Africa, Egypt, Spain, USA, Russia, Dominican Republic, Ukraine, Chile, Jamaica, Colombia, El Salvador, Romania and Lesotho.

Languages:

Spanish, English, German, French.

Agricultural Engineer; MBA & PhD©, specialist in Project Finance and structuring of renewable energy and...

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Luis Aguilera (On Leave)

Electrical Engineer, Simón Bolívar University of Venezuela.

Specialty:

Specialist in electricity markets with an emphasis on generation.

Postgraduate:

Master in Electric power Transmission System from the Universidad Simón Bolívar University, Venezuela, and a Master of Energy Studies, The University of Queensland, Australia.

Experience:

He has experience in energy economics, financial models for generation, PPA and take or pay contracts, pricing in regulated electricity markets.

Main countries with experience:

Venezuela, Chile, Mexico, UAE and Australia.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Electrical Engineer; MSc, specialist in electrical markets with an emphasis on generation.

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Daniela Gatica

Lawyer from the University of Chile.

Specialty:

Specialist in design of PPP and Project Finance contracts

Postgraduate:

Law specialization for Project Finance

Experience:

She has worked in the design of transaction models for the electricity sector and logistics platforms

Main countries with experience:

Chile

Languages:

Spanish, English

Lawyer; specialist in PPP design and Project Finance contracts.

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Rodrigo Hinojosa

Specialty:

Specialist in Vertical and Cultural Infrastructure Architecture.

Postgraduate:

Diploma in Real Estate Management and Projects, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2000. Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Business, Universidad Vicente Pérez Rosales, 2002. Diploma in BIM Modeling and Coordination, in progress.

Experience:

He is the Managing Partner of ARQUIcultura, a company associated with IKONS ATN that supports all technical developments in vertical infrastructure projects and buildings. Rodrigo has participated in a series of cultural infrastructure projects, among which the following stand out: Municipal Theater of Las Condes, Municipal Theater of Bio Bio, Municipal Theater of Ovalle, Gabriela Mistral Center (GAM), Claudio Arrau Interactive Museum, Theater Rooms Los Andes Compensation Fund, Santiago and Concepción, Rancagua Municipal Theater, Maule Catholic University Extension Center, Atacama Cultural Center, Pudahuel Amphitheater, Pintana Municipal Theater, Juan Estay de Puente Alto Cultural Center, Oriente Theater, among others. He has 27 years of experience.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Argentina and Mexico.

Languages:

Spanish, English.

Architect; Diploma, specialist in vertical and cultural infrastructure architecture.

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Marcos Camacho

Civil Engineer

Specialty:

Specialist in Infrastructure Project and Management of Multidisciplinary Teams of large public projects and PPPs.

Postgraduate:

Project Management studies at INDES / PMI: Associate in project management and Leadership in project management. He has a Certificate in Infrastructure in a Market Economy, Harvard University, Kennedy School.

Experience:

He has been Chief of Operations for the IDB in Costa Rica and a Transportation Specialist in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Coordinator of the association process of ANCAP (Uruguayan oil company) and the project of the Buenos Aires-Colonia bridge, He was General Manager of the Administration of the Electricity Market of Uruguay. Consultant for international organizations.

Main countries with experience:

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Belice, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Languages:

Spanish, English, Portuguese.

Civil Engineer; Certificate in Infrastructure in a Market Economy, specialist in infrastructure project and management...

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Priscila Maya

Specialty:

Specialist in Digital Architecture.

Postgraduate:

Diploma in Sustainable Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Diploma in Multimedia Architecture and Digital Technologies, UNIACC.

Experience:

Architect Partner of ARQUIcultura with 11 years of experience. ARQUIcultura was formed in 2002, dedicated to the development of architecture projects and specialties that include commercial spaces, cultural infrastructure equipment and urban development projects with HBU (Highest and Best Use) design for different real estate developers, among others. ARQUIcultura has within its staff of professional’s different specialties such as acoustic design and analysis of projects, analysis and design of sustainable architecture and energy efficiency and coordination of BIM projects, which allows it to cover a wide range of projects. She participates from the conception of the project, via pre-feasibility studies, considering and identifying the risks in the construction stage, going through the architectural development and analysis of investment costs by items and finally translating it into virtual models of a commercial nature.

Main countries with experience:

Chile.

Languages:

Spanish, English.

Architect; Diploma, specialist in digital architecture

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Mauricio de la Barra (On Leave)

Civil engineer

Specialty:

Specialist in project evaluation in the energy, transport and sanitation sectors, and value for money analysis.

Postgraduate:

Graduated from the Inter-American Course on Project Preparation and Evaluation (CIAPEP) dictated by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and MBA studies at Loyola in Maryland.

Experience:

He has been an official of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a consultant for the World Bank and for USAID in public-private partnerships. He is currently leading a public financing project for the infrastructure of social housing and cooperatives.

Main countries with experience:

Mexico, Peru, Chile, Honduras, Bolivia, Ecuador, Spain and the USA.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Civil Engineer; MBA, specialist in Cost Benefit Analysis.

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Fernando Traub (On Leave)

Industrial Civil Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Specialty:

Specialist in private participation in electricity markets

Postgraduate:

Master of Science in Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and Master of Business Economics, The University of Queensland, Australia.

Experience:

He has extensive experience in the development of commercial quantitative models for the electricity market, in addition to participating in the rate regulation processes for the electricity sector. He held the position of Electrical Regulation and Market Engineer at Transelec S.A, the largest transmission company in Chile. He has made presentations at different seminars in the US and Latin America, in addition to attending courses on energy markets in China, USA and Australia.

Main countries with experience:

Chile, Australia, Mexico, Germany, China and the USA.

Languages:

Spanish English.

Industrial Civil Engineer; MBA, specialist in private participation in electricity markets.

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