Past Events and Presentations
2010 Past Events
Presentations from the LAVCA Chile Private Equity and Venture Capital Forum
Please note: these presentations are only available to attendees of the LAVCA Chile Private Equity and Venture Capital Forum on May 26, 2010. If you attended the event, but did not receive email notification with instructions to access the presentations, please email eepstein@lavca.org
> Structures and Strategies for Transforming Businesses
- Andres Varas, Chief Executive Officer, Cruz Blanca Salud
Ramon Yavar, Chairman of the Board, Moller y Perez-Cotapos (coming soon)
Juan Carlos Felix, Director, The Carlyle Group
> VC Keynote: Emerging Venture Capital Opportunities in Latin America
- G. Steven Burrill, Chief Executive Officer, Burrill & Company
> Commercializing Chilean Innovation in Global Markets
- Marcos Kulka, Chief Executive Officer, Fundacion Chile
Gonzalo Miranda, Founding Partner, Austral Capital
Olivier Paccot, Chief Executive Officer, Woodtech
> The Impact of Public Sector Funding
- Cristobal Undurraga, Executive Director, InnovaChile Innovation Division Head, CORFO
- Susana García-Robles, Senior Investment Officer, FOMIN
Previous Years Events
The Latin American Venture Capital Association provides access to presentations delivered at a range of LAVCA events. These presentations, prepared by leading fund managers and authoritative experts, represent an important source of case studies, best practices and training materials on venture capital and private equity investing.
LAVCA 2009 Colombia Private Capital Forum
LAVCA 2009 Summit and Investor Roundtable
LAVCA – LatinFinance Colombian Private Equity and Venture Capital Seminar
- Luis Guillermo Plata Páez, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Republic of Colombia
- Andrés Cadena, Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Carlos Fradique, Partner, Brigard & Urrutia Abogados Asociados
- Clemente del Valle, Lead Financial Specialist, IFC
- Pablo Felipe Serna, Founder, SPOT Investments
LAVCA 2008 LP/GP Roundtable
- Liliana Rojas-Suárez, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
- Víctor Esquivel, Partner, KPMG Mexico
- Erick Lagos, Managing Director, Lafise Investment Management
- Kevin G. Lee, Chief Financial Officer, Ativi-Telecom Net
- Alex Manzo, Director, Citigroup Venture Capital International
- Rogerio Ferraz Penalva, Portfolio Manager, Vision Brazil Investments
LAVCA-AMEXCAP 2008 Annual Summit
- Mario Laborín, General Director, Nacional Financiera
- Guillermo Prieto, Chairman, Mexican Stock Exchange
- Gregory Swinehart, National Managing Partner of the Forensic and Dispute Services, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services
- Moisés Schwartz, President, National System of Retirement Savings
- Recaredo Arias, General Director, Mexican Association of Insurance Companies
- Roberto Charvel, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President, Prudential Real Estate Investors Latin America
- Ricardo Malavazi, Investment Officer, Petros
- Federico Weil, Founding Managing Partner, Cap Ventures
- Paul Ahlstom, Managing Director, vSpring Capital
- Ana Vigón, Managing Director, AIG Capital Partners
- Marcio Trigueiro, Partner, GP Investimentos
LAVCA 2007 LP/GP Roundtable
- Liliana Rojas-Suárez, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
LAVCA 2007 Annual Summit
- Eduardo Elejalde, Chair, LAVCA, and Partner, Latin America Enterprise Fund Managers
- Harry Strachan, CEO, Mesoamerica
- Cristian Rodriguez, Chief Investment Officer, AFP Habitat Chile
- Daniel Cortés, Vice President of Investments, AFP Porvenir Colombia
- Eduardo Herrera, Investment Manager, AFP Profuturo Peru
- Enrique Bascur, Managing Director, Citigroup Venture Capital International
- Katherine Downs, Director, EMP Global LLP
- Clovis Meurer, CEO, CRP Companhia de Participações
- Alejandro Schwedhelm, Managing Director, Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd.
- Erik Peterson, Managing Partner, Aureos Central America
- Ramona DeNies, Research Director, Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA)
- José Antonio Contreras, Board of Directors, Mexican Private Equity Association (AMEXCAP)
LAVCA 2006 LP/GP Roundtable
EIU Scorecard Presentations:
- Steven Leslie, Director, Custom Research – Americas, Economist Intelligence Unit
- Darrell Pinto, Director of Global Performance, Thomson Financial
2006 MIF Venture Capital Network Managers’ Meeting
- Álvaro Gonçalves, Stratus Investimentos
- Sidney Chameh, Decisão Gestão de Fundos
- Alex Rossi, Latin Idea
- Susana Garcia-Robles, Rogerio Ramos, and Lissette Barbero, MIF
LAVCA 2006 Annual Summit
- David Thomas, Chairman of LAVCA and Managing Director of Intel Capital Latin America
- Brigit van de Reyt, Head of Private Equity, the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
- Ramona DeNies, Research Director, Latin American Venture Capital Association
- Daniel Córdova, President, ProCapitales and Dean, School of Economics, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
- Álvaro Gonçalves, President, ABVCAP and Executive Director/Partner, Stratus Investimentos
- Charles Bunce, Senior Partner, Ernst & Young Ltda.
- Marcus Regueira, Founding Partner, FIR Capital Partners
- Julio Lastres, Senior Managing Director, Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd.
- Erik Peterson, Managing Partner, Aureos Capital
- Eduardo Elejalde, Founding Partner, Latin America Enterprise Fund Managers
- Levindo Coelho Santos, Partner, Jardim Botânico Partners
2005 MIF Venture Capital Network Managers Meeting
- Fernando Alvarado, E & Co. LAC, Costa Rica
- Manuel Alegre, Fondo Guanajuato, Mexico
- Marcus Regueira, FIR Capital, Brazil
- Clovis Meurer, Companhia de Participações, Brazil
- Erick Lagos, LAFISE Investments, Nicaragua
- Rodolfo Oppenheimer, Prosperitas Capital Partners, Uruguay
LAVCA/MIF Corporate Governance Training Course
- The Semantics of Governance, Dr. Rodolfo Apreda
- La Governancia en la Empresa de Familia, Dr. Ernesto A. Barugel
- A Primer on Governance and Performance in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Dr. Enrique Yacuzzi
- El Rol del Directorio en en Gobierno de las Organizaciones, Dr. Santiago Lazzati
Gobierno de empresas de familia:
- La crisis de control y la consolidación del Holding: Caso “SudComer S.A.”, Dr. Ernesto A. Barugel
- La crisis de la delegación y el Private Equity Fund: Caso “Aguirre, Francón & Cía S.A.”, Dr. Ernesto A. Barugel
Corporate Governance:
- El Holding eficiente y maduro: Caso CRH Plc, Dr. Ernesto A. Barugel
Governance en PyMES:
- Caso Metalmecánica Porteña S.A. (MMP) (SUMARIO – Español), Dr. Enrique Yacuzzi
- Caso Metalmecánica Porteña S.A. (MMP) (EXTENDED CASE STUDY – English), Dr. Enrique Yacuzzi
- Caso Tejedurías Novas S.A. (TN), Dr. Enrique Yacuzzi
- Caso Textil Argentina S.A. (TASA), Dr. Enrique Yacuzzi
Caso de Estudio:
- Conglomerado empresario que intenta hacer un IPO: como mejorar su gobernabilida corporativa, Dr. Marcelo Villegas
- Policy Note No. 5: Corporate Governance in Argentina
- Version en Español
Mesa Redonda
- Alonso García Tames, Subsecretario de Hacienda
- Mauricio Basíla Vega, Vicepresidente de Supervisión Bursátil (not available)
- Federico Patiño, Director General Adjunto de Inversiones, NAFIN
- Luis Harvey, Gerente Principal, Nexxus Capital
- Antonio Ruiz Galindo, Presidente de AMEXCAP
Curso de Gobierno Corporativo en la Empresa Familiar
- Mario Mariasch, Course Facilitator, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)
- Luis Fernando González Nieves, Partner, Solórzano Carvajal González y Pérez Correa, S.C.
2004 Annual Policy Seminar
- Richard Frank, LAVCA Chairman and CEO, Darby Overseas Investment Ltd.
- Federico Patiño, Deputy Director, Nacional Financiera, Mexico
- Guillermo Garrido Lecca, President, ProCapitales, Peru
- Heinz Rudolph, Coordinador de Finanzas Internacionales y Mercados de Capitales, Ministerio de Hacienda, Chile
- Sergio Weguelin, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Económico e Social (BNDES) Brazil
- Fabiola Barriga, President, Comisión Nacional de Empresas y Valores, Peru


