Team
Executive team has worked together for 15+ years on co-investment opportunities in emerging market private credit and special situations transactions
Christopher Wilder
Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer
CHRISTOPHER WILDER
Founding Partner and CIO
Christopher Wilder is the Co-founder and CIO of TC Credit Partners. He has more than 25 years of experience managing credit investment strategies in emerging markets.
Prior to TC Credit, Mr. Wilder was Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of the Private Credit Business at the Abraaj Group. He served as a member of the Credit Investment Committee and Chairman of the Credit Investment Screening Committee. Mr Wilder drove the successful fundraising, launch and partial deployment of the first private credit fund at Abraaj. In his role Mr. Wilder managed all aspects of the credit investment process and oversaw a team of 12 investment professionals in London, Dubai and Singapore.
Prior to joining Abraaj, Chris was the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Aventicum Capital Management LLP (UK). Chris founded the Aventicum EM Credit platform in 2013 with responsibility for the build-out and structuring of the business as well as the ongoing management of all investment and administrative activities of the Manager. He was also Chairman of the Investment Committee and a Director of the Board of the AQS Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Total Return Fund.
Mr. Wilder also served as Senior Emerging Markets Corporate Credit Portfolio Manager at Stone Harbor and Autonomy. Additionally, he served as Managing Director and Global Head of Deutsche Bank’s Emerging Markets private credit and special situations platform.
Mr. Wilder holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Colby College and is a C.F.A. Charter holder.
Gregorio Schneider
Founding Partner
GREGORIO SCHNEIDER
Founding Partner
Gregorio Schneider is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of TC Latin America Partners. He has more than 25 years of experience investing in both public and private markets through a variety of asset classes and strategies, including debt, equity, distressed assets and real estate.
Prior to forming TC Latin America Partners in 2012, Mr. Schneider was Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets at Och-Ziff Capital Management (now Sculptor Capital Management). During his tenure at Och-Ziff, Gregorio was responsible for building the firm’s capabilities, strategic relationships and investment portfolio in Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Before joining Och-Ziff (now Sculptor Capital Management), Mr. Schneider was the Portfolio Manager responsible for Emerging Markets special situations investments at The Rohatyn Group. He also worked at Spinnaker Capital, Crédit Agricole Indosuez and the real estate division of Banamex.
Mr. Schneider has served on the boards of various Latin American companies and has been recognized by the World Economic Forum for his work with developing countries. He is a member of the Board of Qualitas of Life Foundation, The Proviváh Donor Fund and the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School. He is also a member of the EMPEA Latin America Council and the LAVCA real estate council.
Gregorio holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and received a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City.
Daniel Grunberg
Founding Partner
DANIEL GRUNBERG
Founding Partner
Daniel Grunberg is the co-founder and Managing Director of TC Latin America Partners. He has more than 25 years of experience negotiating and implementing legal and financial structures in emerging markets.
Prior to forming TC Latin America Partners, Mr. Grunberg, alongside Gregorio Schneider, was a member of the Emerging Markets group at Och-Ziff Capital Management. Since the creation of the group, he helped to manage and structure the real estate investments of Och-Ziff in Turkey, Peru and other emerging markets. Prior to joining Och-Ziff, Mr. Grunberg worked alongside Mr. Schneider at The Rohatyn Group, where he managed, structured and executed transactions in Emerging Markets.
Prior to joining The Rohatyn Group, Daniel was General Counsel at Sojitz Corporation of America, a global Japanese trading company with offices and operations across Latin America. While at Sojitz, he was involved in the management of a private debt and equity portfolio that included real estate assets in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and the United States. Before joining Sojitz, Mr. Grunberg was Executive Director of Illinova Generating Company (now Dynergy), where he developed power generation projects in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
Daniel holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, a Master in Law from Fordham University and a Master of Philosophy from New York University. He also holds a law degree from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Venezuela, and a bachelor’s degree in Literature from Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Daniel is Adjunct Professor at Fordham School of Law.
Luis Santana
Chief Financial Officer
LUIS A. SANTANA
Chief Financial Officer
Luis A. Santana is the Chief Financial Officer of TC Latin America Partners and TC Credit Partners. In his role, Mr. Santana oversees all aspects of fund structuring, financial operations, accounting, tax, treasury, valuation and investor reporting for the Firms.
Luis has 15 years of experience in the legal and financial structuring of private equity funds and investments in the United States and Latin America.
Prior to joining TC Latin America Partners in 2015, Mr. Santana was a member of the private equity funds group at Och-Ziff, where he was involved in the structuring and valuation of private investments, as well as the administration of the firm’s private equity funds.
Luis holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Finance from Baruch College in New York, where he graduated with honors, and is pursuing a Master of Science degree in Finance at Johns Hopkins University.
Juliana Soto
Director of Marketing and Investor Relations
JULIANA SOTO
Director of Marketing and Investor Relations
Juliana Soto is the Director of Marketing and Investor Relations of TC Latin America Partners and TC Credit Partners. She brings over 10 year of experience in the financial services industry in Latin America, and is responsible for TC’s investor relations, fundraising, business development and marketing.
Ms. Soto has worked for the Firm since 2012, based out of TC’s local offices in Bogota, New York and Mexico City. During her career at TC, she has also been involved in the underwriting and asset management of portfolio investments in Colombia and Mexico.
Prior to joining TC Latin America Partners, she worked for the investment banking division of Banco Santander in Bogota, and for Inverlink, a Colombian investment banking boutique firm.
Juliana holds a Master of Science degree in Real Estate Finance and Investments from New York University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) from Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración (CESA) in Bogota, Colombia, where she graduated with honors.
Andrés Escobar
Managing Director
ANDRÉS ESCOBAR
Managing Director
Andrés Escobar is a Managing Director of TC Latin America Partners and is also responsible for origination at TC Credit Partners in Colombia. Andrés brings over 17 years of experience in the real estate sector, where he has worked for various international funds, such as JER Partners in Mexico City and RREEF in London.
Prior to joining TC Latam, he worked for eight years at Inverlink Estructuras Inmobiliarias, one of the most important real estate funds in Colombia. At Inverlink, Mr. Escobar served as the General Manager and Director of the Real Estate Fund, where he led multiple transactions in different asset types, particularly corporate and industrial. Mr. Escobar began his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at J.P. Morgan in New York.
Andrés holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) from Georgetown University.
Antonio Báez
Director
ANTONIO BÁEZ
Director
Antonio Baez is a Director of TC Latin America Partners and is also responsible for origination at TC Credit Partners in Mexico. Antonio brings over 13 years of experience in the real estate sector, mostly focused on origination, underwriting, closing and asset management of residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use projects.
Prior to joining TC Latam in 2015, Mr. Baez worked for 8 years as a relationship and financial manager at Grupo Frisa, a well-known industrial and commercial real estate developer in Mexico. During his time at Grupo Frisa, he closed over US$450 million in transactions. Antonio was directly involved in negotiating several joint ventures with local and international partners, and participated in the development of more than 20 projects totaling 1.2+ million square meters.
Mr. Baez started his career in Banamex Citigroup, where he worked in the corporate and private banking divisions, managing investment portfolios for HNW individuals and corporate clients.
Antonio holds an M.B.A. from Universidad del Valle de México and a Bachelor in Finance (B.F) from Escuela Bancaria y Comercial in Mexico City.
Brado Delgado
Vice President
BRADO DELGADO
Vice President
Brado Delgado is a Vice President at TC Latin America Partners and is also responsible for origination at TC Credit Partners in Peru and Chile. Brado is a returning employee at TC Latam, having worked as an Investment Analyst in 2016.
Prior to rejoining the Firm in 2020, Brado was the Regional Finance Manager for Latin America at The Nature Conservancy, leading the financial planning and financial sustainability of the region. He began his career in the investment banking division of Credicorp Capital, structuring debt and equity securities.
Brado holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from INSEAD, and a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) from Universidad del Pacífico in Lima.
Andrés Anderson
Associate
ANDRÉS ANDERSON
Senior Analyst
Andrés Anderson is a Senior Analyst at TC Credit Partners and is responsible for the underwriting and execution of credit investments.
Prior to joining the Firm, Andrés worked as an investment banking analyst in Provicapital Partners and Global Securities Colombia, where he structured corporate debt and participated on different M&A projects in Central and South America. Prior to his experience as investment banking analyst, he worked as a consultant for the Transaction Services division at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Andres holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Metropolitana in Venezuela and obtained a Financial Management diploma from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia.
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