Investment Manager For Latin America
Odisea Investments
• Co-led and participated in weekly investment committee to make strategic decisions on investments ranging from direct equity and fixed income investments to fund of funds strategy along with principal, chairman and CEO• Managed Odiseas´s active equity investments strategy in LatAm with portfolio of nearly $1.1B and 40 companies; devised strategy for asset allocation for Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Perú using top down and bottom up analysis for stock picking• Coordinated fundamental research for Latin America, presenting investment ideas and proprietary research on weekly basis to investment committee. Some highlights: Vesta (real estate developer) outperforming Mexico by 34%, Bancolombia (bank) beating Colombia by 22% and Smiles (airline loyalty program) exceeding Brazil index by 24% in their respective periods• Led relationships for LatAm and managed quality of trading, value-added by third party analysis, costs and strengthening operational and information platform; increased active sales brokers from 9 in 2017 to 11 in 2018 and reduced trading commissions cost per volume by 19%• Established proprietary index for each analyzed company, quarterly reviewed by an external risk committee, that takes on account countries, sectors, governance, and visibility, to set fund’s principal political risk associated to investing in each company