Hartzell started his career at MasterCard in 1993 as Senior Vice President, Operations and Administration for MasterCard Latin America and Caribbean region.

He left MasterCard and worked for Oasis Technology, an eFunds company and a provider of payment software solutions for card issuers, card acquirers, processors and payment networks, as the General Manager of Latin America.

Hartzell rejoined MasterCard in 2002 as Senior Vice President of Regional Markets. Under this role, he led MasterCard’s business initiatives in all markets in Latin America and the Caribbean with the exception of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

Before joining MasterCard, Hartzell worked internationally for 13 years with Bank of America and Chase Manhattan Bank in the payment services industry holding general management responsibilities for these institutions’ international card center business in Panama, Germany and Brazil.

Richard Hartzell has a Masters in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from California State University.

He has participated in a number of boards in a variety of financial institutions, has delivered seminars and speeches in different industry forums, and has attended many courses in support of his field of work. He lives in Miami with his wife and two children. His hobbies include travel, golf and sports in general.

Carlos has more than 25 years of international banking experience. Since joining Wachovia in 2003, Carlos has been the manager of the Representative Office in Santiago, Chile with responsibilities for Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. He was successful in growing the business and Wells Fargo is now recognized as the market leader in correspondent banking for Chile and Peru.

Carlos is a an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York and a professor at the Universidad del Desarrollo in Santiago.

Carlos received an M.S. in Economics from Boston University, an M.A. in Government from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Wooster in Ohio.

Prior to joining Fidelity in 1995, he spent three years with Lehman Brothers as executive director of emerging markets, senior vice president, and head trader. In this role, John was responsible for all research, sales and trading for Eastern and Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Previously, he was a senior vice president and head trader on Lehman’s Latin American emerging markets fixed-income desk. From 1990 to 1992, John was executive vice president of capital markets for Daiwa Securities America. Prior to this, he was president and chief executive officer for Security Pacific Securities. From 1983 to 1987, John was vice president and manager of hedging and arbitrage for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.

John earned his B.S. from Wayne State University and his M.S. from the University of Michigan. From 1976 to 1981, he was a Ph.D. candidate in meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a CFA charter holder and member of The New York Academy of Sciences and The Economic Club of Detroit.

Prior to joining Deloitte FAS in January 2006, Mr. Pittaluga practiced law in South Florida for more than 20 years, where most recently he was a partner in the commercial litigation department of an international law firm (in Miami, Florida), where served as the Partner-in-Charge of that firm's South Florida offices, Creditors Rights & Bankruptcy Practice.

Mr. Pittaluga has experience in representing banks and other lending institutions, creditors, insurance companies, creditors, committees, landlords, liquidating trustees, liquidators and Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 trustees in complex, commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts (including bankruptcy courts) throughout the United States and other countries, as well as in mediation and arbitration proceedings.

Mr. Pittaluga holds a JD from Boston College Law School, and a BBA from the University of Miami.

From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Alvarez resided in Mexico City, where he established the firm's office and assisted in the development and coordination of the firm's practice there.

Mr. Alvarez is recognized as a leading lawyer in Latin American Investment in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of the Chambers USA Legal Guide.

Mr. Alvarez holds a JD from Columbia University School of Law and a BSBA from Georgetown University.

Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Nicolaievsky spent over five years in the Restructuring Group at UBS, where he executed numerous restructuring and leveraged financed transactions. Prior to joining UBS, Mr. Nicolaievsky spent two years in Mexico at Protego Asesores Financieros (currently part of Evercore Partners), where he focused on M&A transactions, private equity placements and debt financings.

Mr. Nicolaievsky holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and a B.A. in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Carrington was a Managing Director with Navigant Capital Advisors, LLC, and headed the financial due diligence practice in New York. His clients included large corporate acquirers, financial institutions, and private equity investors. He also served as an expert witness in due diligence related cases. 

Mr. Carrington co-founded a Latin America cross-border advisory practice and advised a former White House chief of staff, major corporations, and private equity groups on investments in Brazil, Mexico, and the Andean region. He also founded a cross-border advisory practice at Coopers & Lybrand and later became head of strategic planning and corporate development for Alumax, a $4 billion integrated aluminum manufacturer acquired by Alcoa.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Carrington was chief financial officer for merchant and investment banking divisions of Prudential Securities and PaineWebber and was an audit manager with Coopers & Lybrand.

Mr. Carrington earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Temple University in Philadelphia, and a master’s degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a certified public accountant (inactive).

He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Universidad Iberoamericana.

After returning to my native El Salvador I continued my banking career, with Banco Cuscatlan--recently acquired by CITI--was elected to the Board of the Gov. Industrial Bank, and later to the Board of BMI, a spin off of the Central Bank.

In 1982 I was hired by USAID as Chief Private Sector Advisor to the US Embassy and co managed the large Private Sector Aid Program during the Reagan Administration, which kept El Salvador afloat during the Civil War.

I later founded and ran Unibanco, the Country's first private commercial bank after the signing of the 1992 UN brokered Peace Accords, later acquired by a large Guatemalan Group in 2003.

In 1981, I founded DHL de El Savador which became the dominant force in the international air express market; the 3 underlying logistics companies were recently sold to the German Post in 2005.

In 1998 I co-founded the Urbano Group which has become one of the largest mail and package delivery businesses operating in four countries in Central and South America, presently delivering more than 300 million pieces of mail and packages through 150 offices and 6000 employees.

In 1987 I was induced into the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and served on the Board for several years.

I reside in San Salvador and NY City where I keep a second home and are actively involved in CBS' recruitment and development efforts in the CA Region.

Mr. Perez has advised governments, numerous Fortune 500 companies, prominent private equity groups, hedge funds and other financial institutions on complex cross-border acquisitions, covering a range of sectors from consumer products to manufacturing.

Prior to joining Frontera, Mr. Perez served as a Senior Managing Director at a publicly traded, multinational consulting firm, where he lead the corporate finance Latin America practice. Mr. Perez was founding Principal and Managing Director of Hemisphere International, where
he advised investors engaged in transactions, corporate turnarounds and other corporate development activities in the United States and Latin America. He has significant experience advising clients on target acquisition strategies, privatizations, regional consolidations and roll-ups as well as divestitures and corporate spin-offs. Prior to founding Hemisphere, Mr. Perez was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was Managing Director in the Corporate Finance practice.

Mr. Perez holds a B.A. in economics from Columbia University and is the former president of the Columbia University Alumni Association of Miami.

Prior to that, Mr. Diwan was CEO of EMP Bahrain in 2010 and managed a $730 million IDB Infrastructure Fund covering the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia. It was almost fully divested in December, 2010 with a projected IRR of nearly 20%. He was CEO of the Asset Management Division of Atlantic Capital in Doha, Qatar in 2007 when he rejoined EMP Global.

Earlier, he was CEO of EMP Global’s AIG Asian Infrastructure Fund, a $1.0 billion fund, from 2003 to 2007. From 1997 to 2003 he served as Managing Director of EMPG’s AIG Asian Infrastructure Fund II, a $1.7 billion fund. He was instrumental in developing and executing EMPG’s successful strategy (for both the Asian Funds) in S. Korea. During this time he served on the board of several Asian companies, including subsidiaries of international companies like Suez and Cemex. Prior to joining EMP, Mr. Diwan was with the International Finance Corporation, (IFC) (an affiliate of the World Bank dealing with private sector in emerging markets), for 15 years. In 1997, he was Director of the global Power Department of the IFC, responsible for investments in emerging markets worldwide. Earlier, he was Manager of the global Power Division in 1996 and Manager of the East Asia Division from 1994 to 1995.

Mr. Diwan has a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University, where he was a DuPont Fellow. Mr. Diwan is also a graduate of the Stanford University Executive Program.

Throughout the years, Intradeco Apparel has maintained the highest standards of workmanship. The process begins with the selection of the best raw materials processed through the company owned spinning, fabric knitting and dyeing mills. Once this is completed, the material is sent to the cutting facility and sewing plants for production. Over one million units are produced weekly.

Intradeco Apparel has a quick turn around response time to the customer’s demand. It is capable of handling direct to store and replenishment programs. Intradeco Apparel’s vertical integration allows the company to respond quickly to customers’ demands and constantly adapt to new replenishing programs. This vertical integration, combined with its lean manufacturing, allows unique flexibility and quick response.

Other operations include a sales office in Bentonville, Arkansas, and Design Studios in Manhattan, New York and Miami, Florida.