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finance minister of the state of Mexico and was a co-head of the
president’s transition team. Videgaray replaces José Antonio
JPMorgan appointed Alejandro Guevara and Lisandro Miguens
Meade. Also, Ildelfonso Guajardo was picked as economy
in December as co-heads of banking – which covers investment
minister.
banking, DCM, ECM and M&A – for Latin America, a job that had
Miami-based private equity firm Brilla Group has named
been the responsibility of LatAm chief executive Nicolás Aguzín.
Luis Antonio Márquez-Heine as country manager for Mexico.
Aguzín had also served as CEO of Latin America, a position now
He was most recently managing director at AMEXCAP (Mexican
filled by Martín Marrón.
Association of Private Equity).
Guevara retains his role as head of the LatAm global
Steven Dussek has resigned as chief executive of NII
corporate bank, and Miguens continues on as senior country
Holdings, the operator of Nextel in LatAm. Chairman Steven
officer for the Andean, Central American and Caribbean regions
Shindler will replace Dussek on an interim basis. Shindler was
and head of investment banking for Mexico, Central America and chief executive from 2000-2008.
Colombia.
Reg Greenslade has resigned as president and chief executive
Surat Maheshwari has joined Banco Pine in New York as a
of Tuscany International and leaves on February 3. He had
managing director focusing on all aspects of the Brazilian bank’s been in the job for five years. It does not name a replacement.
debt capital markets business, including sales, syndication and
The Canadian-based provider of land drilling services mostly
origination. The bank
operates in Colombia and
is planning to set up a
Brazil.
US-based DCM, sales and
Ingevec has named
trading operation.
Rodrigo González as
Maheshwari joined
chief executive, replacing
Itaú in March 2011 to head
Enrique Besa, who
external debt syndications
becomes chairman of
in New York but left in
the board. González has
February 2012. Before that
been with the Chilean
he was head of syndication
construction and
and private placements
engineering company for
at Nomura, Dresdner
more than 11 years. He
Kleinwort, IFC, ING and
was previously its chief
Citi.
financial officer.
Rodrigo Valdés has
Manuel Rivera, chief
joined BTG Pactual as
executive of Nemak, will
chief economist for the
step down on February
Andean region. He was
1. Nemak president
previously deputy director
Armando Tamez will take
of the IMF’s European
over his job. Both are
department. Before that
longtime employees of the
he was director of research
auto parts manufacturing
and chief economist at
unit of Mexican
Chile’s central bank.
conglomerate Alfa, with Rivera at Alfa for 36 years. Before he
Michael Schoen, the former head of LatAm DCM at Credit
became president of Nemak, Tamez worked in other parts of the
Suisse, who quit the bank in November is moving to Scotia to take company for Nemak North America, Mexico and the US.
up a similar job. Marc Chouchani, also recently departed from
Brazil’s LLX has named Marcus Berto as chief executive and
CS’s LatAm DCM operation, is to join him at Scotia.
investor relations director for the Brazilian port and logistics
Antonio Hermann Dias Menezes de Azevedo has been named operator. He takes over from Otavio Lazcano, who had been
CEO of Brazilian lender Banco BMG, where he replaces Ricardo
chief executive of LLX.
Annes Guimaraes, and brings more than 30 years of financial
Lazcano was appointed chief financial officer of Grupo EBX
sector experience to the job. He previously worked as president of in August, replacing Nicolau Chacur at the holding company
banks Itamarati and Uno-e.
of billionaire Eike Batista. Lazcano remains on LLX’s board of
Arminio Fraga will not continue as chairman of the
directors. Berto was previously at Bucyrus International and
BM&FBovespa when his current term runs out in April. The
Jaguar Mining. LF
former central bank head says his decision is due to “personal
reasons”. He has been chairman since 2009.
UPDATE
>
Mexico’s newly sworn-in president Enrique Peña Nieto has
named Luis Videgaray as finance minister, an appointment that
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