LALF8 Speaker Profiles

8th Latin American Leadership Forum - CG/LA Infrastructure

"Building Innovation & Opportunity across the Americas"

April 21 - 23, 2010 - Sheraton Bogotá Hotel | Bogotá, Colombia

Leading Keynote Speaker

The Honorable Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia

Platinum Sponsor Speakers

    •    Aurelio Garcia de Sola y Arriaga, Gen. Manager, (IMADE), Madrid Network
    •    Hans Schulz, Gen. Manager, Corporate and Structured Finance Department, IADB
    •    Antonio Juan Sosa, VP of Infrastructure, Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
    •    Conor Kelly, Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Advisory, USA & LATAM, Scotia Capital
    •    Alicia Hinojosa, Assistant Director, Madrid Network
    •    Francisco Wulff, Director Analysis and Programming for Infrastructure Andean Development Corporation (CAF)

Gold Sponsor Speakers

    •    Tom Caldwell, VP, Aggreko International Power Projects
    •    Jorge Giacomotti, VP, Banco de Cordoba (Argentina)
    •    Juan Bernardo Mejia, Commercial VP, Leasing Bancolombia
    •    Rafael Garces, Deputy Director, Specialized Corporate Finance, Caja Madrid
    •    Stefan Heacker, Business Development Director, Latin America, Camp Dresser McKee (CDM)
    •    Pablo Ibañez, Project Manager, Brazil, CH2M Hill
    •    Juan Melgarejo, Senior VP, Corporate Development, CSA Group
    •    Rafael Cardenas, VP, Agency & Trust, Brazil Business Manager, Citigroup
    •    Alejandro Sanchez, VP, Investment Banking, Corficolombiana
    •    Angela Patricia Amado, National Manager, Banco Davivienda
    •    Esteban Piedrahita, General Manager, Department of National Planning, Colombia
    •    Benoit Daignault, Senior VP, Business Development, Export Development Canada
    •    Leandro Rodriguez, Business Development Manager, Latin America, ESRI-GIS and Mapping Software
    •    Satvinder Singh, Regional Director, Americas, International Operations, IE Singapore
    •    Jose Joaquin Montalvo, President, PISA
    •    Luis Olive, Manager, Investment and International Business Promotion Unit, ProMexico
    •    Alvaro Torres, General Manager, SNC Lavalin Construction, Colombia
    •    Joseph Royce, President, TBS Shipping

Featured Panelists and Presenters

  • Alessia Abello, Partner, Posse, Herrera & Ruiz Law Firm, Colombia

• Cesar Barco, Project Director ECOPETROL

• Juan Martin Caicedo, President, Colombia Chamber of Infrastructure

• Yuet Chia Sin Fai Lam, General Manager, Business Development, SMRT International

    •    Nelson Fontes Siffert Filho, Coordinator Infrastructure Unit, BNDES
    •    Juan Suito, Director, Technical Projects, ProInversion
    •    Jean-Marc Abossouan, Chief of Infrastructure Division, Structured and Corporate Finance Department, IDB
    •    Warren Weissman, Chief of Corporate Finance Division, Structured and Corporate Finance Department, IDB
    •    Eduardo Ibañez, Director of Local Water Operator Strengthening Program
    •    Jorge Licon, General Director, Rail Transportation and Multimodal Projects, SCT, Mexico

• Christopher Phong, Business & Commercial Director, Keppel Seghers Engineering Singapore Pte Ltd.
• Jose San Martin, General Director, Highway Projects, SCT, Mexico

    •    Scott Swenson, Chairman, Conduit Capital Partners
    •    Patricio Cal y Mayor, CEO, Cal y Mayor & Associates
    •    Camilo Zea, General Manager, Underground Metro Bogota
    •    Esteban Gil, Major Project Director, National Institute of Highways, Colombia
    •    Rene Cortes, Infrastructure Director, National Department of Planning, Colombia
    •    Santiago Piedrahita, Deputy Director for International Business and Cooperation, Antioquia Institute of Development (IDEA), Colombia
    •    Maria Paula Murra, Manager, Port Authority of Port of Bahia, Colombia

Market Intelligence

You need to understand the market, and where that market it going - CG/lA can do that with you, through strategic advisory, M&A due diligence and trend identification. Take our recently released (January 2012) Global Infrastructure Market Demand 2015 Report, showing overall global infrastructure market demand by region, and sector. The "2015 Report" gives you a context within which to plan, make decisions and target opportunities. Key initiatives include:

Global Infrastructure Demand 2015

Global Infrastructure Demand 2030

Building your Business

Leadership Forum events give you one place - one airline ticket, one hotel, one trip, 2 days - to meet key project developers and global infrastructure decision-makers. The Leadership Forum's unique mix of in-depth workshops, rapid project presentations, pre-scheduled one-on-ones and informal sessions in iconic settings in your global infrastructure marketplace.

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Intelligence & Trends

Total annual turnover in the world infrastructure market is nearly $2 trillion (including O&M). Where do you get your information? How does the public sector get up to speed, and stay there? Where do you go to exchange information, crowd source new ideas, build consensus? How do you build your social business network - across disciplines, across continents, across sectors? Stay tuned for ViP, or register to be a first adopter.