Gaston Mauvezin

Gaston is a seasoned executive with 20+ years of experience in leadership positions at firms in the Automotive, Financial Services, Real Estate, Agribusiness, and Industrial and Consumer markets in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. He currently serves on the Board of Directors and as a member of several committees for both private and public companies in the Financial Services and Agribusiness industries.

Mr. Mauvezin has extensive experience in Operational and Financial Restructuring and Turnarounds, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestures, Corporate Finance as well as Capital Raising.

Among Mr. Mauvezin’s outstanding achievements are:

• The reorganization of a major United States automotive OEM operation in South America for the manufacturing and distribution of cars and light trucks in Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela
• The reorganization of a leading spirits manufacturer, which included disposing non-core assets (such as a cap manufacturing business and real estate properties) to focus on liquid and bottling capabilities.
• The turnaround and financial restructuring of a large housing developer during the Financial Crisis in 2008-09, including the renegotiation of credit lines in excess of $ 50 million and the reorganization of 13 projects.
• The IPO and subsequent follow-on capitalizations of Mexico’s largest forestry corporation.
• The planning, capital raising , development and operation (from start up to market leader in just under 5 years) of the largest forestry-industrial investment in Mexico. An investment in excess of $200 million.

Mr. Mauvezin holds an Industrial Engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He is also a Certified Computer Programming Analyst. Mr. Mauvezin is fluent in Spanish and English.