From 1994 to 1996, Luis worked in corporate banking for Banco Nacional de México.
Luis joined Enron’s Associate program in 1998 focusing on M&A and structured finance. From 2007 to 2009, Luis was CEO of Gazel Mexico, the largest compressed natural gas fueling station business in Mexico, and from 2005 to 2007, Luis was COO of VENGAS, the largest gas distributor in Venezuela. Luis managed complex M&A transactions with value in excess of US$6.1 billion, including divesting legacy companies of Enron, driving outstanding financial outcomes.
Prior to Quanta, Luis was the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Head of Special Projects at Ashmore Energy International where he led strategic initiatives in emerging markets. He has led the origination, structuring, due diligence, negotiation, and execution of successful M&A cross-border infrastructure transactions with an equity value in excess of US$6.5 billion. Luis is also a Managing Partner at Gonzaga Investments & Advisory and provides advisory services to strategic and financial investors in infrastructure. Luis has over 20 years of experience, including managing P&L and having served as a Director on nine company boards. Prior to joining Hawks Point in 2021, Luis was Senior Vice President of Infrastructure Solutions for Quanta Services, heading Latin America operations and infrastructure investment efforts. John received an MBA from Northeastern University and a BA from Franklin & Marshall College. John began his career at Drexel Burnham and John Hancock trading High Yield & EM debt investments. He also was awarded Institutional Investor’s All-Star Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Research Team in 19 and was the architect of adapting the Altman Z-Score model to Emerging Market corporate debt. He previously spent 14+ years at Citigroup/Salomon Brothers as a Managing Director and Head of Citi’s Latin Bi-Lateral Proprietary Debt Trading, Co-Head of Citi’s Latin Debt Markets team, and a member of Citi’s Corporate Investment Bank Latin American Management Committee.
From 2011-2015, he was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager in UBS’s Special Situations group in NY, managing US$750+mm of proprietary portfolios of public and private debt investments. Prior to founding Hawks Point in 2020, and its predecessor ACM in 2016, John was the Managing Partner of Milton Point Capital, an international corporate finance advisory firm.
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