Our Team

Andreas Eggenberg, CEO

Swiss national, Political and economic scientist graduated from the University of Lausanne, Business Administration, management and executive management specializations at the Universities of Munich, UCLA, Kellogg and INCAE.
Previously, Executive Director Amanco Agricultural Solutions, leading irrigation systems provider in Latin America based in Brazil. Before that various executive positions at Grupo Nueva and Amanco in Argentina, Costa Rica and Guatemala, including Regional Head Amanco Central America and Carribbean.
Previously, Senior VP at Volkart Brothers Holding, and Executive Director at Green Cross International.
Fluent in Swiss German, German, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, he is Member of the Boards of Avina Foundation, Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Panama, of the Advisory Boards of the IADB Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, and of the Latin American Advisory Board of the World Water Forum; and is a faculty member of Sustainability, London; and was Chairman of the Board of Fundes Guatemala and member of the local INCAE Council.

José Guardiola, CFO

Born in 1969, Panamanian national, bilingual (English, Spanish), graduated in Finance of the Santa Maria La Antigua University, Panama, and holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University-Owen Graduate Shchool of Management (Nashville, USA), postgrade courses in Universidad Latina (Panama) and Universidad del Contador (Panama) and several seminars in managerial habilities in Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia.
Before his current position, José was CFO of Empresas Tagaropulos (2001-2007) one of the leading distribution companies for the food industry in Panama, CFO of GBM Panama (2000-2001) an IBM alliance for Latin America and CFO of Amanco Panama (1996-2000).
José is member of Fulbright Panama Association, member of the Beta, Gamma, Sigma (The Honor Society for Accredited Business Programs), member of the Financial Planning Association and of APEDE (Panama Executive Business Association).

Claudio Cabezas, Investment Manager

Chilean national with over 15 years of background in Forestry: Operations, Timber Sales, Land Valuations and Optimization Models. Forest Engineer from Universidad Austral de Chile and holds a Diploma in Forestry Economics and Silviculture.
Previously, Head of Forestry Technical Department in one branch of Arauco Company in Chile. Arauco's forestry resources are distributed in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, being the owner of 930.000 hectares of plantations in South America with annual sales over US$ 2.8 billion.
Fluent in English and Spanish. Member of Chilean Forest Engineers Association. Masisa Company and Universidad Austral de Chile Senior Consultant.

Lourdes Pérez, Executive Assistant

Panamanian nationality with experience in accounting and administrative management related to maritime operation and consultant services in Panama. Specialized in administrate new business and streamlining procedures, bilingual (Spanish and English). Graduated in Business Administration from Universidad Interamericana of Laurate International Study. Postgrade program in RRHH from Universidad Santamaria La Antigua
Previously, was the Office Manager of Crea Consulting S.A. a Swiss company, subsidiary of Crea Trust reg that provides financial, trust, accounting, controlling and auditing services in Latin America and Europe.
Also worked for Manzanillo International Terminal-Panama, S.A., in the Department of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.

Gerardo Rojas, Senior Associate

Costarrican, with a strong background in accounting, treasury and finance planning. Graduated in Business Administration from Universidad de Costa Rica with specialty in Finance. Attended several seminars at INCAE and ICAP on Advance Financing. Bilingual English-Spanish. Professor of Finance and Financial Math for 10 years.
Group Controller for Precious Woods Corporation for 5 years with operations in Costa Rica, Brazil and Europe. Based partial time in Costa Rica and Manaus Brazil.
Worked at Del Monte Fresh Fruit for 8 years. Controller in Costa Rica, for the Banana operations with farms exporting $ 100 million per year. Based 2 years in Tabasco and Mexico DF., as Financial Manager.
Finance Manager 3 years for Eaton Cutler Hammer, a US Industrial Electric Control Products and 4 years for Union Carbide Central America.
Worked at Instituto Costarrricense de Electricidad for 10 years in different positions of the energy area.
Currently Board Member of Precious Woods C Rica S.A. and Asociación Cultural Tibetano-Costarricense.

Antonio Arauz, Associate

Nicaraguan and United States national, holds a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Agri/Aqua Business and minors in Finance and Management. After some entrepreneurial work experience in agribusiness and renewable energy, he received a MBA from INCAE. Two years later, he received a postgraduate program in Germany in Sustainable Energy Policy, focusing on Renewable Energy Project Financing.
Antonio joined Ecos in 2009 as an Investment Analyst and became an Associate in 2011; he is involved at every stage of the investment process; managing deal flow, deal sourcing and evaluation, due diligence and deal execution, portfolio management and exit.
Previously, he was a Senior Business Executive for Banpro, largest commercial bank in Nicaragua and part of the Promerica Financial Corporation; a network of commercial banks in Central America. He began at Banpro in 2005 as a Region Branch Manager.
Languages include fluent English, fluent Spanish, proficient German and basic Portuguese. Antonio has lived in Honduras, Nicaragua, United States, Germany and Panama.

Eduardo Vasconcellos, Analyst

Brazilian national with Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from the Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo. Previously, international investment analyst for M Square Fund in Brazil,where he was responsible of investments composed of hedge funds anda portfolio of proprietary positions. In addition, he worked for the Itaú Unibanco Banco Multiplo SA in the areas of valuation, financial markets,strategic planning, corporate finance and accounting for institutions suchas FK Partners, FIA, Insper and FGV.
Fluent in Portuguese, and English.

Ricardo Mesa, Analyst

Colombian National with Bachelors in Economics and software programming from the University of Florida.
Strong background in security analysis and investment valuation. Previously, was investment analyst for Banicol Ltda in Bogota Colombia. Worked for Investment Fund Mesatechtrading where he held the position of portfolio manager and investment analyst. Also, worked for The Bureau of Economics and Business Research Center of The University of Florida where he was involved in the recollection and analysis of Economic Data. Fluent in Spanish and English.

George Millard, Head Accounting

Panamanian, bilingual (English, Spanish), graduated in Accounting of the Santa María La Antigua University (Panama) and holding an MBA from Lindenwood University, (St Louis, Missouri - USA).
For over a decade, George has been working with multinational companies such as (3M, KPMG and Dell). Responsible for general accounting operations. Also has an extensive financial and analytical experience in budget forecasts, cost accounting, inventory control, internal audits and overseeing different operations in Latin America.
Since 1998, is a member of the Certified Public Accountant Association in Panama and holds a local CPA certification.

Johana Magallon, Administrative Assistant

Panamanian, bilingual (Spanish and English) with experience in accounting and administrative management. Graduated in Finance Management and International Business at Universidad Latina de Panama.
Worked at MP Global Trading Corp (Advice to Investors), as administrative assistant
And previously for Exodus Private Wealth Management (Advice to Investors); in the administration/accounting department.