Our team

Agustín Tristán

CEO

5 years of experience at Goldman Sachs, New York
3 years in Management Consulting for various industries and 8 years as an entrepreneur
Experience in Wealth Management, Hedge Funds, Venture Capital and Investment Banking
6-time youth world champion in racquetball and Pan American team member
Industrial Engineering and MBA, University of Alabama, United States

Gustavo Castellanos

CIO, ESG

15 years of experience in Investment Banking | Alternative Investments; working for Citi Latin America and the firm Global Capital Group Management Consulting in India and Asia Pacific
Experience in Private Equity / Venture Capital, Project Financing and M&A
Business Administration from U. Anáhuac, MBA from EUDE Business School / U. Complutense de Madrid; Executive Program at Stanford GSB and Certified by the IDB / Columbia University

Jorge Vizcaino

Regional Director

10 years of experience in the agribusiness sector trading commodities worldwide.
President of Coparmex Sonora Bussines & Finance Committee, Board of Directors: Nafin & Bancomext (Mexican Development Bank) and the Water Operator Agency of Hermosillo.
Raised a venture capital fund, created a non-bank lending and finance institution, experience in M&A, Develoment of new projects and attraction of new customers.
International portafolio management in commodities export to over 22 countries.
Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from ITESM University.

Luis Pedraza

CLO

20 years of experience in Transactional Services that include operations in various areas of Debt and Equity Financing; M&A, Structuring of Public-Private Partnerships and International Operations in various Industries and Sectors
Co-founder of a solid Investment and Financing Platform for Latin America
Law School from Libre de Derecho University in Mexico, with a Master’s from Queen Mary University of London and Postgraduate degrees from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Abbotswood Institute in London, PLI (New York-Venture Finance), among others

Enrique Miranda Bours

Managing Partner

20 years of experience in developing and operating Agribusiness projects cultivating pecan, orange, grapefruit, lemon and tangerine orchards
Current Secretary of an organization which oversees the Irrigation District of the Yaqui Valley and has an active role in the Council of sheep producers in the State of Sonora
Enrique´s family has a strong participation in the egg and poultry sector through their family group ‘Bachoco’
Chemical Engineer specialized in Food Administration and Processes from UNISON University; FDA diploma from the University of Florida specialized in HACCP

Andres Moreno

Analyst

5 years as a General Administrator of Family Businesses
Certified Evaluator of the National Council for Standardization and Certification of Labor Skills
Business Administration and MBA with a Finance concentration from the Universidad Del Valle de México

Luis Alberto Ibarra

Managing Partner – Co-CIO

25 years of experience in high-level positions in Public Administration. Expert on issues related to Agribusiness, Competitiveness, Economic Regulation and Private Equity
Former CEO of the Private Equity Fund of the Agribusiness Sector in Mexico (FOCIR) where he invested four funds and divested two funds; Former Technical Secretary of the Presidency Office of Infrastructure and Economics; Head of the Investment Unit and CEO of Planning and Evaluation in the SHCP; Coordinator of Advisors of the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade and Investment
Economist from ITAM University; Masters and PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Received the BANAMEX Economics Award

Alfonso Martínez

Managing Partner

15 years of experience as a businessman and executive in the agribusiness, textile, automotive and government sectors
CEO of Industrias Marves (Expert company in Circular Economy), Agrovim and Marves Aqstic; Director of Quality, Administration, Marketing and Research and Development at Industrias Marves
Former Director of Investments in the Ministry of Economic Development of Michoacan
Economics from Tecnologico de Monterrey with a specialization in political economy, applied mathematics and ethics. Graduate degrees in leadership, negotiation, sales, administration, design and senior management

Franco Colloridi

18 years at Schlumberger in Europe, USA, Africa and Latin America, 8 years with GE Oil&Gas as head of the Mid-Stream sector for Latin America. And 4 years in Siemens as Oil&Gas Division Director for Mexico and MesoAmerica
Extensive experience in Upstream, Midstream and Downstream activity, Pipline and Gasline networks, Project Management, EPC and Engineering
Mechanical Engineer from Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia and Executive Leadership Academy from Universidad ANAHUAC, Mexico City, Mexico
Fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, Portughese, French and German

Wendell McCain

20+ years of experience in Private Equity and Alternative Asset Management at Parish Capital and BancBoston Ventures. Board member at several Companies
Bachelors of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School

Harry Green

Decades of experience on the buyside, on both private equity and hedge fund platforms, where he has focused on both debt and equity investments across multiple industries
Worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Plainfield Asset Management, Doughty Hanson & Co. and other firms
Bachelors of Commerce and a postgraduate honors degree in Financial Accounting from the University of Witwatersrand and MBA from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania

Luis Laguna

8 years of experience in trading and distribution of fuels in Mexico
8 years of experience as project manager for oil & gas projects with Trafigura, PEMEX, among others
Bachelors degree from Universidad Panamericana

Francisco Pedrayes

Co Founder of Biosolmex, trading company for Oil & Gas
9 years of experience in Energy Sector technology and solutions
Bachelors in Business Administration from Anahuac University

Alejandro Pedrayes

Co Founder of Biosolmex, trading company for Oil & Gas
6 years of experience in Energy Sector technology and solutions
Bachelors in Business Development and Creation from ITESM

Sergio Velasco

25 years of national and international experience in general management, new business development, logistics, distribution and marketing in hydrocarbon, energy and industrial markets
Director at CUMMINS INC, Service Stations Manager and Commercial Deputy Direction Advisors Coordinator at PEMEX. Responsible of fuels trading through service stations. Business unit with annual sales of 43 billion dollars, operations in 77 terminals, 5 regional offices and 12,000 points of sale (franchises)
Electronic Systems Engineer at ITESM and MBA from IPADE, Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresas

Rafael Marquez

Energy sector Consultant with 15 years of experience in business development, customer relationships and leading teams focused on: strategy analysis and execution, process improvement, portfolio evaluation, capital projects, cost reduction efforts and Retail business concepts development
Analyst at UN CEPAL, Project Manager at Schlumberger Business Consulting, Manager at Oliver Wyman and Sr. Manager at Deloitte
Bachelors degree in Economics from UNAM and Executive Management Program at INSEAD-Schlumberger

Armando Garcia

Business consultant specialized in financial energy and development of energy projects
20+ years of experience, having worked at PEMEX as Deputy Director of Business Development, CFO at PEMEX Refining and Advisor of the Chief Administrative Officer, among others
Board member in state owned enterprises as Mexicana de Lubricantes SA de CV, Pemex Cogeneration; Pemex Etileno and Pemex Logistics
Bachelors Degree in Math and Computer Science from UNAM and Master in Finance from Universidad Del Valle de Mexico. Management Program D1D, Universidad Panamericana, IPADE

Gabriela Mazón

20+ years of experience in the Oil & Gas sector in areas of financial evaluation, financial planning, investment projects in infrastructure and trading, coordination and evaluation of operational and financial performance. Knowledge of the regulation as well as governance and corporate structure
Consulting experience for ICA Fluor, Lukoil and other companies. Various roles at PEMEX and PMI as Manager and Deputy Director, including areas such as Corporate Partnerships and New Business
Bachelors degree in Business Administration and Master in Finance at ITESM

Agustín Tristán

CEO

Gustavo Castellanos

CIO, ESG

Jorge Vizcaino

Regional Director

Luis Pedraza

CLO

Enrique Miranda Bours

Managing Partner

Andres Moreno

Analyst

Luis Alberto Ibarra

Managing Partner – Co-CIO

Alfonso Martínez

Managing Partner

Franco Colloridi

Wendell McCain

Harry Green

Luis Laguna

Francisco Pedrayes

Alejandro Pedrayes

Sergio Velasco

Rafael Marquez

Armando Garcia

Gabriela Mazón