16th Private Equity Latin America Forum

December 8 – 9, 2025

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The 16th Private Equity Latin America Forum is the premier Latin America event designed to enhance financial and investment practices while fostering collaboration within the private equity community. 

Join us at the Private Equity Latin America Event, bringing together 300+ LPs for an exclusive, investor-focused experience. Explore key topics such as corporate investments, global infrastructure opportunities, and the role of development banks in private equity.  

Learn about liquidity strategies, climate-smart investing, and the growing private debt market in Latin America.  

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OUR SPEAKERS

Keynote Speakers

George Santoro

George Santoro

Brazilian Government

Executive Secretary of Ministry of Transport

George Santoro is the Executive Secretary of Brazil’s Ministry of Transport and has a strong academic background in law, business administration, economics, and accounting, with specializations from renowned institutions in Brazil, the U.S., China, and Singapore. He led Brazil’s first sanitation concession project under the new regulatory framework in Alagoas and currently oversees the world’s largest portfolio of transport infrastructure projects. He’s Leading a package of railway concessions focusing on the Central-West and North regions, crucial for the flow of grains and other commodities. He has also overseen the establishment of a national commission to monitor rail projects planned and implemented by Brazil's freight concessionaires, ensuring effective oversight and progress in the railway sector.

Hernán Kazah

Hernán Kazah

Kaszek Ventures

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Hernán Kazah is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kaszek Ventures. He currently sits on the board of several technology companies such as Zup, DrConsulta, BelezaNaWeb, Technisys, MadeiraMadeira, PetLove, GetNinjas, GuichêVirtual, Loggi and DigitalHouse. Before founding Kaszek Ventures in 2011, Hernan cofounded MercadoLibre in 1999, where he was COO for 9 years and CFO for 3 years. Prior to this, he worked as Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble Co. and was a finance analyst at the United Nations Development Program. Hernan received an MBA from Stanford University and graduated magna cum laude in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires. Additionally, he’s a Board Member at ARCAP (Argentina Venture Capital Association). Hernan was selected Endeavor Entrepreneur in 1999, chosen Established Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2009, and awarded “The Outstanding Young Persons of Argentina” recognition by the Junior Chamber International in 2004.

Roberto Perroni

Roberto Perroni

Brookfield Asset Management

Managing Partner & Country Head Brazil

Roberto Perroni is a Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group and Country Head of Brazil, with responsibility for overseeing the Firm’s business activities in the country. Perroni also has direct responsibility for the real estate investment and portfolio management initiatives in Brazil. Perroni holds a Master of Engineering degree from Politenico di Milano and a Civil Engineering Bachelor's degree from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado. He is a Professor at the Real Estate MBA of IIE, in partnership with the Université Paris Nanterre.

Speakers

Anandhi Rajakumaran

Anandhi Rajakumaran

IFC

Global Head of Equity

Anandhi is Global Equity Head of MAS, leading growth and management of IFC’s equity and mezzanine investments in the following sectors: Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Forestry; Health & Education and Tourism, Retail & Property. The portfolio currently includes over 150 investees and $2.5 billion of assets. Anandhi has nearly 30 years’ experience in corporate finance in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Prior to her current role she was Chief Credit Officer responsible for risk review and approval of IFC’s debt and equity transactions in MAS in Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Prior to joining IFC, Anandhi spent ten years at J.P. Morgan in business development and transaction execution in M&A and Corporate Finance for Consumer and Telecom clients. Anandhi holds a Master of Arts in International Economics and African Studies from the John Hopkins University.
Arslan Mian

Arslan Mian

BlackRock

Managing Director, Head of Americas Investment Team

Mr. Arslan Mian, Managing Director, heads the Americas Investment team at BlackRock Private Equity Partners (“PEP”) within BlackRock Equity Private Markets (“EPM”). He is a member of PEP's Executive Committee, Investment Committee, Portfolio Construction & Allocation Committee, Valuation Committee and Finance Committee. He is also a member of BlackRock’s Transition Capital Investment Committee. Mr. Mian's service with the firm dates back to 2005, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (“MLIM”), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. He was a Principal at MLIM at the time of the merger. Prior to joining MLIM in 2005, he was a Vice President with the Private Equity Group at UBS Capital Americas, LLC. ($1.5B middle market fund, focused on Americas), where he oversaw all stages of the private equity investment and post-investment value creation processes and had board responsibilities for a few portfolio companies. Earlier, Mr. Mian was a Vice President with TD Securities Financial Sponsors Group. Prior to that, he was with UBS Investment Bank in the Financial Sponsors & Leveraged Finance Group in New York and M&A Group in London, UK. Mr. Mian currently serves on the advisory boards of several private equity funds including AE Industrials, BDCM, CD&R, Greycroft and Mason Wells. Mr. Mian also serves on the Board of Directors of the following portfolio companies: 365 Datacenters, Grupo Axo, Triarc, Serena and Lily, HealthChannels and Kellstrom Industries. Previously he served on the Boards of: Alpenglow Rail, Aim Aerospace, Coating Excellence, Inc., J.D. Power, Sabre Industries, The Ritedose Corporation and Independent Insurance Investments, Inc.
Brenno Raiko

Brenno Raiko

Advent International

Managing Director

Brenno Raiko joined Advent in 2011 and is a Managing Director in São Paulo. He advises on investments in the technology and healthcare sectors. Brenno has advised on 15 investments during his career at Advent. Prior to joining Advent, Brenno was an associate at A.T. Kearney in São Paulo and New York for four years. His consultancy experience includes M&A strategy, commercial due diligence, and corporate strategy and operations for a broad range of industries, including consumer goods, financial services, and mining. Brenno holds a BS in Economics from Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from Harvard Business School, with a Fundação Estudar merit-based scholarship.
Dennis Kac

Dennis Kac

Brainvest

Partner, Chief Investment Officer

Partner, CIO Brazil. Has experience as a trader of future markets at Inlogs and Portfólio and manager of emerging markets at Zoom Asset Management (Brazil and Mexico). He was the founding partner of DK Wealth Management (single family office) for 6 years. Production engineer graduated from Mauá and specialized in Capital Markets from USP and CFA® Charterholder from CFA® Institute.
Geeta Kapadia, CFA

Geeta Kapadia, CFA

Fordham University

Chief Investment Officer

Geeta Kapadia is the Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Fordham University, where she manages an endowment of $1 billion in assets and oversees all aspects of portfolio management. She joined Fordham in August 2022, following her role as Associate Treasurer of Investments at Yale New Haven Health System, where she led a team responsible for managing over $5 billion in assets. Before her tenure at Yale New Haven, which began in 2009, Geeta worked as a senior consultant at Mercer in London and Edinburgh. She also served as the head of marketing at Capital Metrics in Pune, India. Geeta earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago and a Master of Science in Financial Markets from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is a CFA charterholder and currently serves as the board president of Chester County Family Academy, as well as a board member of the FINRA Investor Issues Committee.
Goldie Shturman

Goldie Shturman

DFC

Acting Vice President, Office of Investment Funds

Goldie Shturman is the acting Vice President of the Office of Investment Funds at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), responsible for investments in venture capital, private equity, credit, and catalytic funds, across DFC’s priority sectors including infrastructure, climate, energy, critical minerals, health, agriculture, and financial services. Prior to her role as Acting VP, she was responsible for DFC’s investments in funds throughout Latin America. Before joining DFC, Shturman was a Senior Consultant dedicated to fund structuring, deal sourcing, M&A, and business opportunities for foreign investors entering the Latin American market. Prior to this role, Shturman was a Senior Investment Officer for eight years at the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), which focuses on development through the private sector via debt, equity, and technical assistance. At the IIC, she developed, built, and managed a portfolio of indirect and direct equity and mezzanine investments. She also implemented a co-investment and co-lending program with funds in IIC’s portfolio, as well as corporate governance and technical assistance programs. Prior to joining IIC, Shturman was Senior Consultant at the Wharton Small Business Development Center; Senior Associate at Zemi Communications, a New York-based public relations, political strategy, and corporate communications consulting firm; and Financial Analyst at Evercore Partners/Protego in Mexico City.
Guilherme Medina

Guilherme Medina

BNDES

Head of Investments

Guilherme Medina is a senior executive at BNDES, focused on structuring and coordinating investment partnerships in capital markets and infrastructure. Operating from the bank's Rio de Janeiro office, he participates in high-level stakeholder engagements and internal investment decision processes. While publicly available details on his educational background or prior experience are limited, his responsibilities include liaising with government entities and managing initiatives tied to capital market operations.
Jennifer McLeod Petrini

Jennifer McLeod Petrini

IFC

Regional Lead - Funds and Disruptive Tech. Latin America and Caribbean Region

Jen is IFC’s Regional Lead for fund investments and direct early stage investments in Latin America. IFC seeks to build key partnerships with VC funds, PE funds and entrepreneurs who are disrupting traditional business models in LatAm. Jen began her career with IFC in the Cairo office, and was then based in Istanbul for 4 years, where she covered new and existing funds business for IFC’s funds practice. Prior to joining IFC in 2010, Jen worked at EMP Global, a Washington-based emerging markets private equity firm. Jen has been investing in funds for over 15 years, sits on fund advisory committees and has overseen investments in the Middle East, North Africa, Russia, Europe, Asia and across Latin America. From 1999-2005 she worked for Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas in New York in Interest Rate Derivative and Credit Derivative trading and operations. Jen has a B.A. in International Business from Lehigh University and an M.A. in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS).
Jorge Laitano Torres

Jorge Laitano Torres

AFP Atlantida

Head of Investments

Jorge Leonardo Laitano Torres is an experienced investment professional currently serving as Head of Investments at AFP Atlántida, where he leads portfolio management and asset allocation strategies for pension fund investments.He also serves on the Oversight Committees of several funds managed by Atlántida Capital, including the Atlántida Closed-End Private Equity Fund and the Atlántida Progresa+ Real Estate Fund.
José Luis Pano

José Luis Pano

Vinci Partners

Chairman of Private Equity and Head of Impact & Returns

José "Pepe" Pano is the Chairman of the Private Equity division and Head of the Impact and Returns area at Vinci Compass. He joined the firm in 2009 as a partner in the Private Equity strategy. From 2003 to 2008, he worked at Pactual and UBS Pactual, where he led the management of the Nordeste Empreendedor Private Equity fund and the PCP I fund. During his time at Vinci, he served on the Board of Directors of several portfolio companies, including Unidas, Pro Infusion, Camarada, and Burger King. From 2012 to 2016, he served as CEO of Cecrisa (a company acquired by the VCP II fund). Prior to that, he was the founder and CEO of LID Group, a venture capital firm focused on South America. He also accumulated six years of international experience as a Principal at Booz & Co., working in the offices of Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Singapore, and Jakarta. Additionally, he worked as a senior consultant at Accenture and as a financial analyst at Intel Corporation in Oregon (USA). He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and an MBA from the University of Washington in Seattle (USA).
Luiz Felipe Andrade

Luiz Felipe Andrade

Pragma

Partner & Chief Investment Officer

Luiz Felipe Andrade is a Senior Partner at Pragma, responsible for the Real Assets and Private Equities programs. Prior to joining Pragma, Mr. Andrade had been Country Head of BlackRock Brazil, Chief Market Risk Officer for Itau-Unibanco and Executive Director of Unibanco Asset Management. Mr. Andrade has a B.S. in Mechanic Engineering, a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from PUC- RJ and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Colorado.
Marisela Alvarenga

Marisela Alvarenga

IADB

Chief Investment Officer

Marisela Alvarenga is the Chief Investment Officer (a.i.) at IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group. With over 20 years of experience in banking and development finance, she plays a key leadership role in shaping the institution’s investment strategy and overseeing commercial operations across Latin America and the Caribbean. She has led efforts to promote sustainable finance, financial inclusion, and innovation through a wide range of financial solutions in sectors such as infrastructure, energy, and financial intermediaries. Before becoming CIO, Marisela served as Managing Director and Head of the Financial Sector Division at IDB Invest, where she focused on structuring deals with banks and non-bank financial institutions. She previously held leadership positions at Citibank Central America and Banco Cuscatlán in El Salvador. Marisela holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from ESEN (El Salvador) and an MBA in Banking & Finance from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, with an exchange at WHU in Germany. She has also completed executive education in impact investing and sustainable finance in the UK.
Ricardo Szlejf

Ricardo Szlejf

CPP

Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure and Sustainable Energies Latin America

Ricardo leads our investment activities in Real Assets in Latin America and has been overseeing investments in energy, infrastructure and real estate in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Peru. Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2015, Ricardo spent over 20 years covering the energy and infrastructure segments, including at Bank of America and Santander. Ricardo holds a BS in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Brazil and an MBA from INSEAD in France. He is on the boards of Auren and Igua in Brazil, and of IDEAL in Mexico.
Rodolfo Baca

Rodolfo Baca

ONP – FCR & Former Deputy Minister of Finance of Peru

General Director of the Office of Risk Management

Current Chief Risk Officer at ONP – FCR (Peruvian Public Pension Fund) with USD 7.5 Bn AUM . Former Vice Minister of Finance at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). Former General Director of the Public Treasury at the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Board Member of the Banco de la Nación. Relevant experience in financial matters. He was Chief Risk Officer at Invita Seguros de Vida y Pensiones (later Sura Seguros Perú). He worked as an analyst at the Superintendence of Banking, Insurance and AFPs.
Wendy Craft

Wendy Craft

Elle Family Office

Chief Executive Officer

Wendy Craft is the Chief Executive Officer of Elle Family Office, the Lazarian family’s single-family office based in Atlanta. With over 25 years of experience in family office governance, legal structuring, and strategic planning, she has held senior roles at prominent U.S. family offices, including Fulcrum Equities (Swig family), the Schneider family, and the Shepperd family. Wendy holds a J.D. from Thomas Cooley Law School, an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University, and a bachelor’s degree from Kalamazoo College. At Elle, she leads multi-generational governance, trust structuring, and operational design, with a strong focus on legacy planning and NextGen engagement. She also serves on several advisory boards, including the Family Office Exchange and NYU Stern’s Family Office Council, and is a frequent speaker on family governance and succession strategy.
Yoshi Kiguchi

Yoshi Kiguchi

Pension Fund of Japanese Corporations

Chief Investment Officer

Yoshi focuses innovative strategies and products with the investment horizon structures. He has more than 35 years of experience in investment and risk management. Before that, Mr. Kiguchi was a managing director of Russell Investments in Japan, where he supervised several teams, and delivered a wide range of consulting and solutions to the institutional clients including Toyota, Fujitsu, NEC, Sekisui, Toray, and Mazda. He joined Russell as a consultant in 1998.Prior to joining Russell, Mr. Kiguchi was with Sumitomo Life for ten years. He was placed in charge of corporate strategy, equity investments, researching capital markets, including private equities, and performing quantitative risk management and ALM.B.S., Precision Machinery (Robotics), the University of Tokyo, 1988.

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Key Discussion Topics

Panel Discussion: Liquidity Strategies in Private Equity – Exits, Continuations & Semi-Liquid Solutions

As the private equity landscape evolves, liquidity strategies are becoming increasingly important. What are the exit options available to investors, including strategic sales, secondary market transactions, and continuation funds. How firms are navigating these opportunities to maximize returns while maintaining portfolio value. Semi-liquid structures that offer flexibility and liquidity for investors looking for smoother transitions between different stages of the investment cycle.

Keynote Panel: Powering Growth – Private Equity and the Untapped Potential of Latin America's Natural Resources

Latin America is home to some of the world’s richest natural resources, making it a prime region for private equity investment in sectors like mining, energy, and agriculture. How private equity firms can tap into the immense potential of these resources, navigating the challenges and opportunities that come with them. Experts will discuss how sustainable practices, technological innovations, and strategic partnerships are driving value in resource-focused investments.

Panel Discussion: Uncovering Global Infrastructure Investment Opportunities

Private equity has the potential to make a significant impact in developing world-class infrastructure. In Latin America, foreign investment has surged, driven by the region's steady economic recovery. This panel will examine the long-term return prospects for global infrastructure investments and the key risks investors should consider when navigating these opportunities across diverse markets.

Keynote Panel: Unlocking Value in Latin America’s Private Debt Market

As private debt becomes an increasingly strategic financing tool in Latin America, private equity firms are capitalizing on opportunities in direct lending, structured credit, and special situations. This panel will examine how GPs are structuring deals, navigating economic volatility, and assessing risk in a shifting credit landscape. Experts will also share insights on return expectations, sector-specific opportunities, and the evolving role of private capital in the region’s debt markets.

Panel Discussion: Corporate Investments – A Key Source of Capital for Private Equity

Corporate investors are increasingly becoming one of the most significant sources of capital for private equity, providing both financial backing and strategic value. How corporations are actively engaging in private equity investments, either through direct equity stakes, joint ventures, or strategic partnerships. The benefits include access to industry expertise, market insights, and synergies that enhance growth potential.

Panel Discussion: Catalysts of Growth – Development Banks and Their Impact on Latin American Private Equity

Development banks have become pivotal players in the Latin American private equity landscape, providing crucial financing and support to foster economic growth and development. This panel will explore the role these institutions play in catalyzing private equity investments, particularly in emerging sectors and underserved regions. How development banks are partnering with private equity firms to address funding gaps, enhance infrastructure, and promote sustainable development. Key topics will include risk-sharing mechanisms, impact investing strategies, and how development banks are helping drive innovation and inclusion across the region’s private equity market.

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