CLAUDIA HERRERA
She is an innovative and autonomous strategist with strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a consistent track record of anticipating problems and finding strategic solutions. She is a results-proven executive with over 20+ years of experience in the investment banking industry, commercial real estate, and mergers and acquisitions. She combines deep industry knowledge with superior research and marketing skills for deal flow, and strategically attracting investors, funds, family offices, private equity firms, and real estate investment trusts.
She attended some of the best schools in Colombia, Oxford-England, and the USA: Oxford University, California Institute of Technology, University of California Irvine, Nova University Entrepreneurial School, and has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
She has been an entrepreneur since her early 20s and began her career in the financial industry in the mid-1980s when she was part owner of an Investment banking firm in Boca Raton, FL.
She started several successful companies and sold them, and she has worked in the private equity industry for over 20 years. She realized that there was a great need in the industry to help companies have the proper systems in place to protect the equity investments placed in the companies so she founded Funds For Projects.
Ms. Herrera is motivated in life by her quest for knowledge and prides herself in taking at least one new business or self-improvement class every week and reading a multitude of business and non-fiction books.
She speaks fluent English, Spanish, and French.
MAURICIO H. GUILLEN
He specializes in Business Development for the firm. He developed and delivered custom-made solutions in telephone-driven industries such as collections, demonstrating strong negotiation skills and the ability to secure timely payments while maintaining positive client relationships.
He has extensive multilingual communication expertise across French, Spanish, and English, and worked in the healthcare, energy, and technology industries as a language teacher, professional interpreter, and business development, driving revenue growth and achieving sales targets through strategic planning, team motivation, and effective sales techniques.
CARLOS EDUARDO JIMENEZ
He is an international consultant for energy and mining projects.
He has over 35 years of experience and success as a Colombian Attorney at Law, consulting to Colombian and International clients as legal counsel, business development, and strategist in a variety of mergers and acquisitions in Colombia and international companies.
He played an important role in the introduction and support for the development of the second-largest coal mining project in Colombia which is currently exporting approx. 20 million tons of coal per year and forecasts 40 million tons of exportation for the medium term.
He was the president of Carbones Colombianos del Cerrejon (2003-2006), a Coal mining company owned by Enel (Italy). He restructured the company and sold it to a Canadian Group.
He is fluent in Spanish, French, and English and has working knowledge in Italian and Portuguese.
CARLOS PLATA
He has been an entrepreneur for over 55 years and has built and sold several companies and consults to projects in Colombia.