Erik Bethel is a Partner and Co-Founder of SinoLatin Capital. Mr. Bethel has 18 years worth of experience in private equity and investment banking in the natural resources and infrastructure sectors in Latin America and China. He previously worked as a Managing Director at China’s first private equity fund--ChinaVest, as well as at JP Morgan Partners (the private equity arm of JP Morgan). Prior to this, he worked at Morgan Stanley’s Latin America Group, and at Emerging Markets Partnership’s US$1 billion Latin American Infrastructure Fund. His transaction experience spans the mining, agribusiness and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Bethel is a Co-Founder of SLC, where he leads the Firm’s mining efforts, and he serves on the Board of Directors of Rio Cristal Resources, a Peruvian zinc mining company.

Mr. Bethel graduated from the Wharton School of Business and the US Naval Academy, Annapolis. He lives in Shanghai with his wife and three children and speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese and Mandarin.

ebethel@sinolatincapital.com

Luis Gomez Cobo is a Partner and Co-Founder of SinoLatin Capital, with 15 years experience in principal investment in Latin America and China. Before joining SinoLatin Capital, Mr. Gómez Cobo co-founded and served as CEO of Los Olivos Alimentos, a leading Mexican agribusiness firm. Mr. Gomez Cobo has been an investor and operator of several Latin American enterprises, including Los Olivos Alimentos, Ganaderos Productores de Leche Pura (Alpura), Nueva Tecnología en Alimentación (Nutec), Goxco World, Grupo Gómez Cobo, Saeta Continental, Figo Transport and Empacadora Zan Alfonso. At SinoLatin Capital, Mr. Gomez Cobo leads the Firm’s agribusiness efforts.

Mr. Gómez Cobo graduated from Mexico's ITESM with a Bachelor’s Degree in biochemistry and a specialization in the food industry. He also has a Masters Degree from ITESM and an MBA from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. He speaks Spanish, English and Mandarin and since 2007 resides in Shanghai with his wife and three children.

lgomez@sinolatincapital.com

Jorge Barreda is a Partner of SinoLatin Capital. Mr. Barreda is an investment banker with 13 years and over US$ 20 billion of international deal making experience. Prior to joining SLC, Mr. Barreda headed the Andean Region team for UBS Investment Bank in New York, where he originated and/or executed M&A and general corporate finance, liability management, structured and debt / equity capital markets transactions with corporate and sovereign clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and Central America. Prior to UBS, he worked for Deutsche Bank in New York, where he originated and managed structured / derivatives trades, as well as capital markets transactions. Noteworthy transactions include a sell side strategic advisory to the Port of Cartagena, and the unprecedented re-profiling of Peruvian debt with the Paris Club group of creditor nations. Prior to his career in Wall St., Mr. Barreda was a junior advisor to the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Peru.

Mr. Barreda holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters Degree in Economics from Catholic University of Chile. He resides with his wife and son in Lima, Peru and in New York City.

jbarreda@sinolatincapital.com

Ms. Mei Lu is a Partner at SinoLatin Capital. Previously, her 25-year career in the Chinese Government included various leadership positions at Chinese central Government agencies and at prominent Chinese State Owned Enterprises. She has led many large scale Chinese government projects, including the preparation of establishment of China Export Import Bank (China Exim Bank) and GP Capital, a RMB$20 billion quasi-sovereign industrial investment fund based in Shanghai that makes investments in the financial sector. Among her various other positions, Ms. Lu had a senior leadership role at China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), was Vice President of the China Jin Mao Group, and Vice General Manager and Certified Public Accountant for Beijing Reanda Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd.

Ms. Mei Lu graduated from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, majoring in Finance. She received an EMBA degree from CEIBS, the China Europe International Business School. Ms. Lu speaks Mandarin and English and resides with her family in Shanghai.

mlu@sinolatincapital.com