In 1988 obtains degree in Architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana. In 1989, founds  Migdal Arquitectos, S.C.  In 1993  joins GIM Desarrollos from where he has lead development of more than 200 real estate projects having to date more tan 40,000 homes delivered and  more than 1.5 million square meters of office, industrial, hotel, golf and retail buildings and properties, among others.  Member since 1994 of  Colegio de Arquitectos de México and partner in Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos. Has participated from 1994 to date in five courses offered by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachussetts.

Antes de crear Hamak Hotels y convertirse en su CEO en 2009, Alerto se ganó una excelente reputación en la industria de hospitalidad por la creación de Ikal del Mar y por tener amplia experiencia en hotelería, sobre todo en el sector de lujo. Al desarrollar nuevas propiedades, se involucra en la planeación financiera, la construcción, el pre-opening y la operación.

Alberto es Licenciado en Ingeniería Industrial, por la Universidad Iberoamericana, y tiene una maestría en Administración de Negocios por el Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE).

Graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de México with a Master in Finance, he has more than 30 years of professional experience in the meeting industry.

Alejandro is a partner of PriceTravel Holding, leading the MICE division with one of the most successful companies in Mexico: Business Travel Consulting (BTC).

Currently is the elected President of the Mexican Board of the Meeting Industry (COMIR)

Solid, strategic investment executive. Deep understanding of the markets and seasoned business acumen. 20+ years’ experience in the Financial and Real Estate sectors with top-level relationships. Results oriented w growth mindset and strategic thinking to anticipate events and understand the environment. Proven ability to assemble teams and to attract and retain talent. Broad commercial experience to develop customer relationships with a good balanced approach.

Alex currently serves as Area Vice President for the Caribbean and Managing Director All-Inclusive, an expanded new role which he assumed back in August 2020. Alex oversees a growing portfolio of hotels in key markets and segments and is responsible for all Managed by Marriott full-service, luxury and premium hotels in the Caribbean. For All-Inclusive, his scope of responsibility extends to the entire region and encompasses franchise hotels as well.

Alex is a true hospitality professional with  30 years of experience with Marriott, holding a number of leadership roles, each with increasing responsibility, across a variety of disciplines around the globe. He began his career in 1992 at the Plaza Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he held positions as Assistant Director of Operations, Director of Revenue Management & Reservations, Director of Catering and Director of Sales & Marketing.

Alex is responsible for setting the strategy, plan, negotiate/execute hotel deals and manage the growth and expansion of all brands for Radisson Hotel Group Americas in Latin America & Caribbean countries.
Alex has more than 25 years of practical, hands-on experience with hotels, resorts, brand management, real estate, and operation. He has worked on hundreds of hotel assets, negotiations and hotels performances across the United States, Latin America & Caribbean.
Prior of joining Radisson, Alex was the Owner/President of ALBA Hospitality LLC where, from 2020 to 2022 he was responsible in strategic asset positioning, management contract negotiations and hotels real estate transactions.
Alex worked for Hilton Hotels Corporation from 2007 to 2020 holding various Management positions in Development, Brand Management for Full & Focused Service, Owners Relations, and Training. With Hilton, Alex successfully negotiated and executed over 20 hotels deals, totaling +3,000 rooms between luxury, full, collections, all suites, and focused services brands.

Braulio Arsuaga nació en la Ciudad de México el 13 de Septiembre de 1972. Graduado de la Universidad Anáhuac como Licenciado en Administración de Empresas y cuenta con una maestría en administración de empresas en la Southern Methodist University en Dallas, Texas. Fue Director de Estrategia y responsable de la implementación  del proyecto SAP en Gigante del 2003 al 2006, fue también responsable de la reingeniería de procesos en todas las áreas de la empresa. En 1995 fue Director de Gestión de Riesgos en Citibank México, donde desarrolló y supervisó las políticas y procedimientos para el departamento de crédito también desarrolló nuevas estrategias de producto y fue el responsable de control interno. El Sr. Arsuaga cuenta con 20 años de experiencia en el ramo hotelero, actualmente es Director General de Grupo Presidente. Fue director comercial y de desarrollo para Grupo Presidente desde en 2007 hasta 2013; siendo responsable del desarrollo de nuevos negocios, gestión de ingresos, auditoria interna y el área de informática y la implementación de SAP. Antes de su carrera en la industria Turística trabajó en el sector Financiero en Citibank y en Retail en Grupo Gigante. Forma parte como consejero de: Grupo Gigante, Fondo Paragon, Consejo de Promoción Turística de México, Novag Infancia, Consejo de Moshi Moshi, Fundación Gigante, Ver bien para aprender Mejor y de la Facultad de turismo de la Universidad Anáhuac.

Christian Lega holds extensive experience in Real Estate, participating in different segments of this Industry, both in Consulting and Transaction Advisory projects. Within Hospitality & Leisure, his track record includes Investment Sales, Land Development Projects and Cross Border Transactions.

In addition to Deloitte, where he is partner of the firm for Real Estate and Transaction Advisory Services in the region, Christian has also been part of CBRE Mexico for 8 years. He initiated his career as a strategic consultant; additionally, he developed Real Estate projects and construction works for over 6 years.

Christian has a Bachelor of Superior Industrial Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where he graduated with a specialization in Business Organization. Mr. Lega moved to Mexico in 2002.

Economista independiente con más de 15 años de experiencia. Durante los últimos 11 años colaboró con Banorte, al frente de los equipos de Estudios y Análisis Económico, tras su paso por Banco Santander, en donde se desempeñó como Economista Senior para México. La experiencia de Delia Paredes incluye el sector público, en donde ha ocupado puestos en Pemex, como Gerente de Financiamientos y Tesorería, así como en la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, como Subdirector de Proyectos de Inversión Financiada. Ha desarrollado también una importante labor docente, tanto a nivel licenciatura como a nivel maestría, en la Universidad Anáhuac y en el Tec de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, así como el Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Participa en publicaciones, en programas de radio y televisión especializadas. Asimismo, es conferencista sobre diversos temas económicos en distintos foros a nivel internacional y es miembro del Comité de Estudios Económicos en el Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas (IMEF), así como del Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI). La Mtra. Paredes es Licenciada en Economía por la Universidad Anáhuac y tiene dos maestrías, una en Economía y Negocios por la Universidad Anáhuac y otra en Economía de Mercados Globales por la London School of Economics (LSE).

Managing Partner of Walton Street Mexico. Mr. Gutiérrez has worked for Walton Street Mexico since 2007.

Previously, deal leader and senior underwriter at GE Commercial Finance.

BA in Public Accounting from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Francis Muûls has over 17 years of experience in the hotel industry from a corporate finance perspective (investments, divestments, structured finance and M&A) as well as asset management and development. Before joining RLH Properties, Francis held the position of Vice-President of Acquisitions and Development at Meridia Capital, a leading Spanish private equity firm specialized in investing in premium hotels and real estate with a special focus on Latin America and Europe. As such he was responsible for sourcing, analyzing and executing all investments (over US$ 600M) as well as managing the portfolio. During his time at Meridia, Francis led the development of a prime mixed use real estate project in Paris which was later used as a case study in Harvard Business School. Francis started his career in the hotel industry in the corporate finance team at Occidental Hotels & Resorts becoming ultimately Corporate Development Manager. At Occidental he was involved in financing and M&A transactions amounting to c. US$ 2 billion. Francis holds a B.A. in Business Management from the European Business School.

Gilda Perez-Alvarado is the Global Chief Executive Officer of JLL Hotels & Hospitality, where she is responsible for investment sales, debt and equity placement, strategic advisory and asset management across three global regions: Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Additionally, Gilda leads the group’s Global Hotel Desk, a specialized team of cross-border investment sales professionals based in the Middle East, Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe. Previously, Gilda served as CEO, Hotels & Hospitality Americas.

In the past 24 months, Gilda has utilized her global experience to coordinate the sale of several high-profile assets including the St. Regis New York, Montage Beverly Hills, Fairmont Hotel Portfolio in Canada, Plaza Hotel in New York, Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, St. Regis San Francisco, InterContinental Porto, Waldorf Astoria Edinburg, Four Seasons Toronto, and the Silverbirch hotel portfolio in Canada, among others. 

Gilda also serves on the Global Advisory Board of Qiddiya, a PIF-funded giga project in Saudi Arabia. She is also a two-time recipient of the Jack A. Shaffer Financial Advisor of the year at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit. She remains the only woman to date to receive this award.  Ms. Perez-Alvarado is an active member of IREFAC (Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council) and a member of Cornell School of Hotel Administration Dean’s Advisory Board.

Gilda received her Executive MBA degree from Instituto de Empresa (IE Business School) in Madrid, Spain in 2010. In 2002, Gilda received her Bachelor of Science degree from the Cornell School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, New York, where she graduated with Honors and served as Degree Marshall for her graduating class.  Her specialization was in hotel real estate finance. Gilda has also attended Executive Education Courses on Competitive Strategy and Leadership at INSEAD and Stanford School of Business, respectively.

Guillermo Bravo is the Chief Investment Officer of FibraHotel. Mr. Bravo has over seven years of Real Estate experience in FibraHotel, in which he has helped develop and acquire over 50 hotels in Mexico with total investments of over one billion dollars. Mr. Bravo has participated in structuring, designing, constructing, financing, diligence, and negotiating operating agreements with local and international hotel brands. Mr. Bravo´s experience also includes hotel and resort asset management, investor relations and finance, having worked in J.P. Morgan´s Latin America M&A team in New York. Mr. Bravo has a degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. 

Gustavo Viescas is the Senior Vice President of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts LATAMC. In his role, Gustavo is responsible for the management and success of the LATAMC region, including continued oversight of the LATAMC Finance team.

Gustavo has more than 20 years of experience in finance and administration and has held progressive roles with Wyndham beginning with Wyndham Exchanges & Rentals / RCI (former entities of Wyndham Worldwide, now part of Travel + Leisure, Co.). Gustavo joined Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in 2017 as director, Financial Planning and most recently served in the role of vice president, Finance, LATAMC.

Gustavo achieved his university degree in Accounting from Universidad de Buenos Aires and his Master’s degree in Finance and Control from Universidad Argentina de la Empresa.

Leandro Trejo Escudero is the CEO of Camino Real Hotels; a 100% Mexican holding, with 33 properties distributed in three recognized brands: Camino Real, Quinta Real, and Real Inn.
 
With more than 25 years in the hospitality business, Leandro joined Camino Real in 1999. He started a constantly rising and successful career, in positions such as: General Manager at Camino Real Perinorte, Guadalajara, Guadalajara Expo, Pedregal and Santa Fe, General Director and responsible for the launching of Real Inn a brand that disrupted and reinvented the business class hotels, and COO before assuming his current position.
 
Leandro has a degree in Financial from Tecnológico de Monterrey (TEC), Economics at Midwestern State University, a Diploma in Service Quality from Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM),  and a Certification in the General Managers Program from Cornell University.

Lorea Arnoldi is a Senior Project Manager with HVS Mexico City. During her tenure with HVS, Lorea has attended to a wide variety of projects throughout Mexico, including the preparation of hotel market and feasibility studies, as well as appraisals, for dozens of hotels in urban and resort markets. She has also participated in the preparation of strategic consulting projects on behalf of investors and hotel chains, and in engagements geared toward market and financial modeling of complex master planned projects. Lorea is responsible for coordination of assignments undertaken on behalf of developers, institutional investors, banks and hotel operators.

Before joining HVS, Lorea gained professional operational   and   administrative   experience through different internships. She held various positions such as Front Desk Assistant at the Hotel Arts Barcelona and Project Manager at Lang & Schwander in Miami. In addition, Lorea completed the Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA) through the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) and Smith Travel Research.

Lorea was born and raised in Mexico City.  She is a graduate of the École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), where she earned her Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management with a specialization in Finance. Lorea is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.

Desde 2004 a 2015, Marín Maydón fungió como Principal y Managing Director de LaSalle Investment Management. Dentro de sus más de 10 años con LaSalle, lideró inversiones por más de US$3 mil millones de dólares en el sector inmobiliario. Co-diseñando estrategias de inversión en varios países del continente Americano, organizando y levantando capital de clientes institucionales de alto prestigio. Parte de su responsabilidad principal fue la de liderar el equipo de inversiones, estructurando, múltiples adquisiciones para reposicionamiento, como JVs de desarrollo. En su experiencia en LaSalle, Marín  participó en el ciclo de vida de más de seis vehículos de inversión. En 2017 se integra como Principal y Managing Partner de BPBI, que es una plataforma integral de inversión en mercados públicos y en activos que requieren una gestión activa. El Sr. Maydón lidera la adquisición, estructuración de capital (incluyendo deuda, mezzanine y capital), administración y desarrollo de proyectos de inversión en el sector de bienes raíces. Adicionalmente, funge como Senior Advisor del equipo de transacciones de LaSalle en México, teniendo como principal función la desinversión de cerca de US$800 millones de activos inmobiliarios.

Mario Carbone is responsible for overseeing development efforts in Mexico and Central America for Hilton. Mr. Carbone responds to investor’s needs and helps them navigate the complexities of developing a hotel. 

Mr. Carbone joined Hilton Worldwide in 2010 with the Feasibility & Investment Analysis team underwriting of the company’s development activities in Latin America.  Before this role, he worked with HVS in the Consulting & Valuation division as an analyst.

Mr. Carbone initiated his hospitality career graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.  His first job was in the operations field working at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City where he held various management positions.

A high executive within the hotel industry in Mexico with over 12 years of experience, currently holds the position of Development Director within Grupo Posadas, overseeing all Resort projects for Mexico and the Caribbean, under which they offer several brands and Resort Concepts from European Plan Resorts to All Inclusive family and adults-only concepts. Mauricio is also responsible for the franchise model for new and existing projects in Mexico. Previously, Mauricio led the Revenue Management & Distribution department for over 8 years and was also Director of vacation ownership products for over 3 years; he has been involved in the launch of new brands and concepts and in the opening of over 70 hotels. Mauricio lives in Mexico City .

Nicolas Martinez is Accor´s Vice President of Development for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

Nicolas Joined Accor in 2021 where he is responsible for leading the development strategy and team, for all Accor and Ennismore brands across the region.

Before joining Accor, Nicolas worked at Hilton as Director of Development for Mexico. Prior to that, Nicolas worked for JLL Hotels & Hospitality as part of the Strategic Advisory and Asset Management division for Mexico where he was responsible for conducting hotel underwritings, operator selections, as well as feasibility and market studies across the region. He also worked in the asset management division overseeing luxury assets across Mexico.

Nicolas has also served as director of finance for Hilton, where he worked for several years in Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Nicolas has a bachelor´s degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Javeriana in Colombia, and holds a Master´s degree in Financial Management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Mr. Oscar Eduardo Calvillo Amaya is Chief Executive Officer of Fibra Inn.

He has relevant experience in most segments of the real estate industry such as housing, industrial, retail, office buildings and hospitality. Mr. Calvillo has experience in corporate finance in several companies of the manufacturing industry and real estate.
He is former Vice President and active member of the Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas (IMEF), whose members include the leading finance executives in Mexico. Additionally he has been President and Secretary of the Monterrey Chapter 2003.
He graduated from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and holds a master’s degree in Business Administration at the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE).

Graduado como presidente de generación en Administración de Empresas Turísticas por la Universidad Tecnológica de México y con especialización en Recursos Humanos y finanzas por la UP, Oscar cuenta con una trayectoria de más de 24 años en hotelería en los que ha ocupado diferentes cargos directivos en las áreas de Mercadotecnia, Ventas y de Desarrollo (expansión) para empresas líderes en el ramo turístico en Latinoamérica, tanto mexicanas como en Internacionales, influyendo en el desarrollo de marcas de todos los rangos, desde económicas, hasta marcas de lujo, así como ha asesorado a más de 250 hoteles en la región.

Richard Katzman is Managing Director of HVS Mexico City. HVS is a global leader in providing consulting services to hotel developers and investors, hotel chains, lenders, and other market participants. The Mexico City office under Richard’s direction is involved in the preparation of market and feasibility studies, as well as appraisals for hotels across Mexico, as well as Central and South America. The company analyzes varied hotel assets, ranging from economy to luxury, in both urban and resort settings.  HVS is similarly active in the analysis of complex mixed-use and master-planned projects, and also participates in the formulation of expansion strategies on behalf of investors and operators. Richard has been involved in hotel and real estate advisory services in Mexico and other Latin American countries since 1992. Richard was the founder of Grupo Inmobiliario Inova, a real estate advisory boutique sold in 2001 to Insignia/ESG, then among the world’s most prominent real estate service companies. In 2003, Richard formed a new real estate service platform that lead to the 2007 formation of HVS’s office in Mexico City.  Richard’s professional experience includes positions with Laventhol & Horwath (now Horwath HTL) where he performed hotel feasibility analyses for projects in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and Fischer-Macleod Associates, a New York-based developer of regional shopping centers. Richard later joined The Yarmouth Group (later part of Morgan Stanley), where he executed acquisitions of office buildings, regional shopping centers, and hotels, and managed real estate portfolios on behalf of U.S. and Japanese institutional clients. In addition, he participated in establishing the company’s presence in Europe, opening an office in Paris and overseeing investment and asset management assignments in Germany, Spain, and the U.K.

Richard was born and raised in Mexico City. He completed his undergraduate studies at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and earned his MBA from The Wharton School. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Richard has served on the Board of Trustees of The American School Foundation, A.C.

Rodrigo Meza es Sr. Vice President de GFG Securities, LLC (GFG Securities). En GFG Securities, Rodrigo apoya en la estructuración de capital y deuda para proyectos inmobiliarios, asesoría en adquisiciones, desarrollos y desinversiones, así como la gestión de activos inmobiliarios.

Ruben Becerra joined Karisma Hotels & Resorts in 2001 and since 2013 has been serving as Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Business Development, where he oversees the overall development of the company as well as a liaison of all governmental and private affairs related to the company’s growth portfolio. With more than 30 years on the hospitality industry, Ruben brings a dynamic philosophy as well as a vast knowledge and experience to his role. 

Como líder del equipo de Global Corporate Services de Newmark Knight Frank para América Latina, con +40 especialistas a cargo, Sergio cuenta con sólida experiencia en el desarrollo de estrategias de real estate y servicios para portafolios inmobiliarios, disposiciones, selección de sitios y complejas estructuraciones de transacciones en México y América Latina.

Sergio ha participado en muchas de las más sofisticadas transacciones en la región latinoamericana, desde consolidaciones de oficinas corporativas, centros de distribución, desincorporaciones con cambio de vocación de valiosos activos hasta la estructura de departamentos de CRE y definición de estrategia para complejos portafolios a nivel global.

Bajo el liderazgo de Sergio el equipo ha sido frecuentemente reconocido como uno de lo más productivos de la industria, y también ha conseguido posicionarse como el mejor equipo industrial en LATAM, y el #1 en Servicios para Clientes Corporativos.

Sergio también fue responsable de liderar a la célula más exitosa de LATAM durante más de 15 años en CBRE, siendo responsable por el área de transacciones y liderando la plataforma de servicios corporativos a nivel regional.

Sergio comenzó su carrera profesional en el sector del real estate como director de operaciones de ERA Real Estate, franquicia para México donde era responsable de abrir oficinas de ERA a lo largo de todo el territorio mexicano, adaptando exitosamente los sistemas internacionales de brokerage a las oficinas locales.

Mr. Victor Lachica received a Law Degree from the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and went on to complete Post Graduate Studies on Finance at the Technical Institute of Mexico (ITAM).    In 1993, he completed his Masters Degree in Business Administration at IPADE University, an affiliate of the Harvard Business School in Mexico City.  In 1990 Mr. Lachica formed Grupo Comercial Inmobiliario, and in 1992 the company entered into a partnership with Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. forming in Mexico, Cushman & Wakefield / GCI.