Oct 13th, 2022

Nexxus Day

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AGENDA

Schedule

Agenda

Speaker

08:30

Mexican Market and Political Overview

Gordon Lee, Head of LATAM, BTG Pactual

08:55

Nexxus Update

Santiago Villalobos, Director, Nexxus Equity

Maite Ballester,  Sr. Managing Partner, Nexxus Iberia

Iker Paullada, Director, Nexxus Mezzanine

Luis Ascencio, Vice-President, Nexxus

Grecia Domínguez, Head of Investor Relations, Nexxus

 

09:25

Driving ESG Action

Eduardo Atehortua, Head of LATAM, Priciples for Responsible Investment

09:40

Break

09:50

Immunotec Update

Mauricio Domenzain, CEO, Immunotec

10:20

Traxión Update

Rodolfo Mercado, CEO, Traxión

Wolf Silvertstein, CFO, Traxión

 

10:50

AgileThought Update

Manuel Senderos, CEO, Agile Thought

Amit Singh, CFO, Agile Thought

11:20

Nexxus Ahead

Arturo Saval, Chairman and Sr. Managing Partner, Nexxus

Roberto Langenauer, CEO and Sr. Managing Partner, Nexxus

11:30

End of Session

JOINING US

Arturo Saval

Chairman and
Senior Managing Partner

Roberto Langenauer

CEO and
Senior Managing Partner

Gordon Lee

MD Partner
BTG Pactual

Maite Ballester

Iberia
Senior Managing Partner

Iker Paullada

Mexico
Director

Santiago Villalobos

Mexico
Director

Eduardo Atehortua

Head of LATAM
Principles for Responsible Investment

Mauricio Domenzain

CEO
Immunotec

Rodolfo Mercado Franco

CEO
Chief Executive Oficer

Wolf Silvertstein

CFO
Traxión

Manuel Senderos

CEO
AgileThought

Amit Singh

CFO
Agile Thought

Luis Ascencio

Mexico
Vice-President

Grecia Domínguez

Head
of Investor Relations

Mexico

Bosques de Alisos
No.47-B, Bosques de las Lomas, CDMX. 05120
+52 55 5292 3400

Spain

Calle Serrano No. 165,
Madrid. 28002 
+34 91 599 03 85

Arturo Saval

Chairman and
Senior Managing Partner

Arturo is the Chairman and Senior Managing Partner of the firm. For over two decades, Arturo has helped Nexxus become a leading growth investment firm in Mexico and Spain. He has deep experience in private equity and investment banking, having participated in numerous debt and equity transactions, both private and public, as well as in multiple advisory assignments.  Prior to Nexxus, he held senior positions at Grupo Santander México, Grupo GBM, Interacciones and Grupo Serfin. Arturo also served as Chairman of the Board of the Mexican Private Equity Association (AMEXCAP) and on the Board of the Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA).

Roberto Langenauer

CEO and
Senior Managing Partner

Roberto is the CEO and Senior Managing Director of the firm. He has participated in the completion of all the firm’s investment cycles since 1996 and has extensive experience across the firm’s sectors. He has participated in the investment, management and divestment of several portfolio companies including Homex, Sports World, Crédito Real, Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe, Maak Holding, AN Global, PIESA (ZKC), among others. Prior to joining Nexxus, Roberto spent several years at a family-owned company in the manufacturing sector.

Gordon Lee

MD partner
BTG Pactual

Gordon Lee is an MD partner at BTG Pactual, where he serves as Mexico´s Strategist and Senior Analyst. He covers the Latin American Real Estate, Cement & Construction, and Media sectors. Gordon has covered Latin American equities since 1994 across a variety of sectors, but always with a particular focus on both Real Estate and Construction. He earned a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and prior to joining BTG Pactual in 2012 he spent time at UBS/UBS Pactual, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Barings.

Maite Ballester

Iberia
Senior Managing Partner

Maite is the Senior Managing Partner of Nexxus Iberia and has extensive experience in private equity in Spain and Portugal. Prior to joining Nexxus Iberia in 2016, she served as Country Head for 3i Spain, Chairman of Ascri, and as a Private Equity Senior Advisor for EY. She also served as a strategy consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in Mexico, the UK, Spain and Portugal. She currently sits on the Boards of Repsol, Prisa Radio, and IWF (International Women’s Forum). Maite holds an MBA from Columbia University and graduated Cum Laude in Finance and Political Science from Boston College.

Iker Paullada

Mexico
Director

Iker focuses on the firm’s growth investments in Mexico and participates in the Mezzanine investment committee. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2013, Iker worked in the Investment Banking division at Barclays Bank where he participated on Equity, M&A and Debt transactions. Previously, he worked at SAI Consultores, an Investment Boutique firm. Iker holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana where he serves as adjunct professor.

Santiago Villalobos

Mexico
Managing Partner

Santiago focuses on the firm’s growth investments in Mexico and provides support to Iberia. Prior to rejoining Nexxus in 2019, Santiago co-founded Tera Capital, a Mexican based search fund. Previously, he was an Equity Research Analyst at UBS in the Latin American group based in Mexico City. Santiago has an M.B.A. from Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.S. in Chemical Engineer from Universidad Iberoamericana, where he serves as professor.

Eduardo Atehortua

Head of LATAM Principles for Responsible Investment

Is an economist with a specialization in Geopolitics from the EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia. He has a master’s degree in Sustainable Development and Corporate Responsibility from the School of Industrial Organization (EOI), Madrid, Spain. He has experience and special interest in the consolidation of sustainable development models in private organizations and the promotion of responsible and sustainable investments in Latin America.

For 10 years he was the Sustainability Manager at Deloitte and in 2016 he led the creation of the Network of Sustainability Professionals in Colombia, an initiative that currently brings together more than 2,000 professionals who work promoting sustainable development. He is currently the Director for Latin America of the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), a global initiative that promotes responsible investments through the implementation of 6 globally recognized principles. Since 2018, the initiative has managed to add more than 100 funds in the region to follow strategies that incorporate Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) criteria in their investment decision-making.

Mauricio Domenzain

CEO
Immunotec

Mauricio Domenzain has a great passion for Network Marketing and has significant experience in the Direct Selling industry in North American and Latin American markets. He was a senior executive at a major global direct selling company and in June 2017, he was appointed as CEO of Immunotec, becoming the first Mexican to head this Canadian-owned company.

Since he joined Imunotec, he has been committed to expanding into international markets, including 13 countries in the world. His transforming spirit has allowed the companies under his leadership to adapt to changes and revolutionize their growth without losing their essence. Action-driven results is one of his main focuses.

Mauricio studied Marketing at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico and divides his time between Mexico City and Houston, cities where Immunotec has established its headquarters for Latin America, North America, and Europe

Rodolfo Mercado Franco

CEO
Chief Executive Oficer

Rodolfo Mercado has more than 24 years of experience in the transportation industry in Mexico and is fourth generation of transportation entrepreneurs. He has a deep knowledge of the Market and currently is CEO of Grupo TRAXIÓN since 2018 and Board Director since 2016.

Previously, Mr. Mercado was Chief Operating Officer of
Transportes LIPU, and was founder and CEO of Grupo
Settepi, a leading regional personnel transportation
company, between 1998 and 2014, when it merged with LIPU.

Mr. Mercado holds a BA in Public Accounting from
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de
Monterrey, and earned a Business Administration
degree from the same Institution.

Wolf Silvertstein

CFO
Traxión

Wolf Silverstein has been CFO of TRAXIÓN since August 2018. He was previously CFO of LIPU Transports, the staff and student transportation subsidiary TRAXION, and has held various operational and financial positions within the company for more than 15 years. Moreover, he was involved in the process of acquisition and integration of 4 companies and oversaw the development and implementation of de Shared-Services Center and planning of LIPU, which resulted in significant synergies and cost reductions.

Mr. Silverstein led the capitalization and financing processes of LIPU, performed a key role in the Initial Public Offering of TRAXION in 2017, and has a broad knowledge of the transportation industry. Mr. Silverstein holds a BS in Business Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana and earned a master´s degree in Finance from Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Manuel Senderos

CEO
Agile Thought

Mr. Senderos Fernández has been CEO of AgileThinking from 2000 to 2010 and again from July 2019 to the present. He has been Chairman of the board of directors of AgileThinking since 2000. Before that, Mr. Senderos Fernández served from 1996 to 2000 on the board of directors of Desc Corporativo, S.A. de C.V., a publicly traded industrial conglomerate trading on The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) as Grupo Kuo, S.A.B. de C.V. (KUO). From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Senderos Fernández held various positions in strategic planning and business management at Desc S.A. de C.V. Mr. Senderos Fernández holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico, and attended the program for Executive Development at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Amit Singh

CFO
Agile Thought

Amit Singh joined AgileThought in May of 2022 as global CFO. As part of his new role, Amit focuses on evolving of AgileThought’s finance department into a world-class organization, with the goal of increasing efficiencies and making finance a true business enabler. In addition, Amit also focuses on growing the firm’s relationship with investors around the world and helping them understand and invest in AgileThought’s strong growth story.

Amit started his career as an engineer but has spent the last decade and a half in finance in the IT Services space, most recently as Head of Finance, US & GlobaHead of Investor Relations at Globant. During his tenure at the company Globant’s stock increased ~5x, and the company achieved industry-leading multiples. Prior to Globant, Amit was a sell-side equity research analyst at Bank of America and Jefferies, has also worked as an investment banker at JPMorgan and as a technology investor at Rochdale Investment Management.

Mr. Singh holds a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Luis Ascencio

Mexico
Vice-President

Luis is a Vice-President based in the Mexico City office. He focuses on the firm’s growth investments in Mexico and has executed several investment, divestment, and strategic operational processes for several portfolio companies. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2015, Luis worked at SAI Consultores, an Investment Boutique firm where he concentrated on equity and debt transactions. Luis holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineer from Universidad Iberoamericana.

Grecia Domínguez

Mexico
Head of Sustainability

Grecia is the firm’s Head of Sustainability. She takes a lead role in the ESG strategy, monitoring, and reporting across our investment cycle. Before joining Nexxus in 2022, she worked as IRO for a Mexican American start-up and eight years at Grupo Herdez as IRO and Corporate Sustainability Manager.

Grecia holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Universidad Panamericana, a Master’s in Finance from EGADE Business School, a Sustainable Finance certification from Cambridge University, and a diploma in Impact Investment from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Javier Barrera

Mexico
General Counsel

Javier is the firm’s General Counsel based in Mexico City. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2021, Javier worked for 9 years at Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C., focused on capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, and lending transactions. Javier received his law degree in 2014 from Universidad Iberoamericana and has an LLM from Columbia University. Javier also worked as a foreign associate at the New York office Proskauer Rose LLP.

Jaime Gómez

Iberia
Senior Partner

Jaime is a Senior Partner based in Madrid City office. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2018, Jaime worked at 3i and at PwC in the Deals division, both in Madrid. Jaime holds a bachelor’ degree in Business Administration from ICADE.

Alejandro Diazayas

Iberia
Managing Partner

Alejandro is a Managing Partner at Nexxus Iberia. Alejandro has extensive experience in private equity and has participated in the completion of several of the firm’s investment cycles. He is also a board member and member of the Investment Committee of Nexxus Iberia.  Prior to joining Nexxus in 1997, Alejandro worked for a family-owned company, overseeing plant design, quality control, administrative information systems and product design.  Alejandro holds a bachelor’s degree with academic excellence in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana.

Javier Orozco

Mexico
Director

Javier focuses on the firm’s Mezzanine investments in Mexico. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2016, Javier was Head of the Corporate Banking Coverage team for Deutsche Bank Mexico. Previously, Javier spent many years in senior banking positions for Citi-Banamex, GE Capital and Bank of America. Javier holds a bachelor’s degree in in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Anahuac del Sur.

Juan Pedro Dávila

Iberia
Managing Partner

Juan Pedro focuses on the firm’s growth investments in Spain and Portugal. Prior to joining Nexxus Iberia in 2016, Juan Pedro worked in investment banking division at J.P. Morgan (London) and afterwards at AZ Capital (Madrid). Juan Pedro holds a double bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Law from the Pontifical University of Comillas (ICADE E-3) and an MBA from IE Business School where he graduated with distinction.

Mikel Aranzabal

Mexico
Vice-President

Mikel focuses on the firm’s portfolio companies development in Mexico and serves as member of boards and committees of certain portfolio companies. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2017, Mikel was responsible for the financial planning of Taco Holding, a Nexxus portfolio company. Mikel holds a B.S. in finance from Universidad Iberoamericana

Edgar Velasco

Mexico
Associate

Edgar focuses on the firm’s mezzanine investments in Mexico. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2021, Edgar was part of the Investment Banking team at Banorte, where he participated on equity and debt capital markets transactions. Edgar holds a degree in Economics from Universidad Anahuac.

Javier Rodriguez

Mexico
Associate

Javier focuses on the firm’s mezzanine investments in Mexico. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2018, Javier was part of the Equity Research team at Morgan Stanley. Javier holds a bachelor’s degree in Financial Management from ITAM and has passed the CFA Level II.

Daniel Uruñuela

Mexico
Associate

Daniel is an Associate in the Mexico City office. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2018, Daniel was an Analyst at a Mexican oil company. Previously, he was an Analyst in Fitch Ratings public finance area. Daniel studied Economics in the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and he passed the CFA Level I in 2017.

Rodrigo González

Mexico
Analyst

Rodrigo is an Analyst in the Mexico City office. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2020, Rodrigo served as an Associate in the investment banking division at Actinver, where he also assisted in managing the bank’s private equity fund. Rodrigo holds a bachelor’s degree in Administration from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.

Alonso González

Mexico
Associate

Alonso is an associate in the Mexico City office Prior to joining Nexxus in 2019, Alonso served as an investment banking associate, providing advisory services in M&A, structured bond issuances, and private equity capital raisings. Alonso holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana.

Diana Echemendia

Mexico
Investor Relations

Diana is part of the Investor Relations team and previously served as a Mezzanine Analyst based in Mexico City. Before joining Nexxus in 2018, Diana worked at Scotiabank in the asset management area. Diana holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and has passed the CFA Level II.

José Antonio Roca

Mexico
Intern

José Antonio is an intern at the Mexico City office. He is currently in his final semester of studies towards a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Tecnológico de Monterrey. José Antonio also completed a Business Analysis and Valuation course at the London School of Economics.

Fernando Zapata

Mexico
Legal

Fernando is part of the legal team based in Mexico City. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2020, Fernando was an associate at EY Law and Creel, García-Cuellar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C. in M&A and Banking and Finance Law and was responsible of the pro bono area. Fernando holds a law degree from Escuela Libre de Derecho and has an LLM in Banking and Finance Law from Queen Mary University of London.

Christianne Ibáñez

Mexico
Head of Investor Relations

Christianne is the firm’s Head of Investor Relations based in Mexico City. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2020, Christianne was the IRO at Vesta and before that she was the IRO at ICA. Christianne holds a bachelor’s degree in International Business Administration from Universidad Anahuac and a Corporate Finance degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana.

Ana Vidal

General Counsel

Ana is the firm’s General Counsel based in Mexico City. Prior to joining Nexxus in 2016, Ana worked for 4 years at Basham as a paralegal focused on general corporate matters and corporate finance transactions. Ana received her law degree in 2016 from Universidad Anáhuac.

Rafael Ruiz

Iberia
Analyst

Rafael is an Analyst based in Madrid office. Prior to joining Nexxus Iberia in 2020, Rafael worked for 3 years at Alantra’s (former N+1) Active Fund QMC and Corporate Finance areas. Rafael holds a Master’s in Finance from IE Business School and a double degree in Business Administration and Finance from Barton College. Rafael passed the CFA Level III in 2019.

Marimar Torreblanca

Miranda Partners ESG CEO

Marimar is founding partner and CEO of Miranda ESG, a sustainability advisory firm for corporates and investors. She is also partner of Miranda IR (aninvestor Relations advisory firm for corporates) and co-founder of Mujeres en Finanzas Mexico (a non-profit organization which seeks to provide the necessary tools to help women in the Mexican financial industry advance their careers). Marimar has over 16 years experience in financial and strategic analysis. Before Miranda Partners, she held different positions at UBS, specializing in real estate Equity research for over 10 years. She has analyzed companies in different industries and different development stages, including many of them undergoing capital market transactions. Marimar graduated with honors from the Economics program at ITAM and later completed a Masters in Applied Mathematics with a concentration in Operations Research from Columbia University in New York. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst certificate from the CFA institute

Álvaro de Arrigunaga

Modatelas CEO

Prior to joining Modatelas, he served as the SVP & Chief Merchandising Officer at Walmart Mexico and Central America. With more than two decades of experience in retail, Alvaro has been responsible of the commercial strategy, sales, margins, profits, P&L and store growth of Walmart, Bodega discount stores and Superama supermarkets. Previously he held senior positions as Vice-president of Walmart, Suburbia, Bodega Aurrera and Superama. Alvaro also serves as a member of the Board and Foundation of Walmart. He holds a bachelor’s in business administration from la Universidad de las Américas.

Jorge Raull

Transnetwork CEO

Mr. Raull has ample experience in the financial services markets, having worked for Citigroup and Banamex for more than 13 years in Mexico, the United Kingdom and the USA. Between 1995 and 2000 Mr. Raull was General Manager for Banamex’s Houston Agency. He obtained his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and is fluent in Spanish, German and English.

He is a founding partner and CEO of Transnetwork LLC;  the most diversified B2B electronic domestic and cross-border processing and payment platform in Latin America, with over 60,000 locations through the largest retailers and Banks  in 12 countries. 

Aby Lijtszain

Traxion Executive President

Aby Lijtszain is a distinguished Mexican entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in the transportation and logistics industry in Mexico. In 1998, at the age of 20 he executed his first acquisition and founded Transportes LIPU, which today is the largest student and personnel transportation company in the country. Some years later, and with a vision of integrating a highly fragmented sector, he founded TRAXION. Currently, Mr. Lijtszain is co-founder and Executive President. In only eight years, TRAXIÓN has evolved into the largest mobility and logistics company in Mexico and consolidated as the pivot between the logistics and transportation industry, and the financial sector in the country, establishing the first such investment platform in Mexico. Moreover, Mr. Lijtszain has executed and successfully integrated more than 15 M&A transactions and founded and sponsored several companies including a vehicle leasing firm aimed to government institutions, diverse advertising and marketing businesses, and a security company. Mr. Lijtszain holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Accounting from Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de México (ITAM) and earned a degree in Business Consulting from the same institution.

Jorge Restrepo

PriceTravel Co-CEO

Jorge Restrepo is a Colombian entrepreneur with broad experience in the tourism industry and deep knowledge of digital marketing and travel focused technological innovations. At the age of 32, Jorge founded TiquetesBaratos.com, the leading online travel agency (“OTA”) in Colombia by number of transactions. In 2015, Jorge joined PriceTravel through the acquisition of TiquetesBaratos. Jorge now serves as Co-CEO, where he has implemented a state of the art technological platform and overseen the implementation of key strategies and best practices throughout the company, positioning PriceTravel as one of the leading OTAs in both Mexico and Colombia. Jorge holds a Business Administration Degree from the ICESI Colombia.

Ivo Van Vollenhoven

Twenty Four Seven CEO

+19 years in production industry; prior to 24/7, Freelance Production Manager 1998-00 and Producer of Bee’s Pictures 2000-04.

Leader and visionary. Holds relationship with clients. Aims to grow the business to a multinational production servicer.

Graduate in European Arts Audio-Visual Media Productions by Humberside University.

Martin Ricoy

Pumping Team Chairman

Martin Ricoy has an Extensive career in US multinational in various management positions, such as Crown Cork, Campbell Soup Company or Ralston Purina.

He has served as CEO of Kayser Roth Corporation in Greensboro, CEO of GRUMA Corporation in Dallas, and CEO of Newell Rubbermaid for Europe.

Martin now serves as CEO of Pumping Team and Chairman of Gebomsa.

Martin holds a BBA from The University of Notre Dame (USA)  and an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance.

Arturo Saval

Chairman and
Senior Managing Partner

Arturo is the Chairman and Senior Managing Partner of the firm. For over two decades, Arturo has helped Nexxus become a leading growth investment firm in Mexico and Spain. He has deep experience in private equity and investment banking, having participated in numerous debt and equity transactions, both private and public, as well as in multiple advisory assignments.  Prior to Nexxus, he held senior positions at Grupo Santander México, Grupo GBM, Interacciones and Grupo Serfin. Arturo also served as Chairman of the Board of the Mexican Private Equity Association (AMEXCAP) and on the Board of the Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA).