Professional Profile | Schools: CEP; Madison School, IN, USA; Oxford International School.

Arturo Miranda Castillo, Lawyer & Financier.

"An underwriter is a financier with imagination."

 

Position

Nationality

He is an innovative and multi-licensed professional with strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit. Creator, trainer and leader of sales teams. Focused on the accelerated growth of companies, sales and revenues through strategies and models that merge different disciplines such as corporate entrepreneurship, relational marketing, data mining and business intelligence.

CEO

Panamanian | Chilean

Background Summary

He has over 15 years of professional experience as a financial analyst, investment advisor and/or executive manager in capital markets, commercial real estate and private equity firms. He has structured, financed and placed a wide array of complex financial and/or commercial real estate transactions having negotiated thousands of investment contracts in between a global investor base of institutional, corporate and individual clients. He has facilitated the underwriting and legal-financial structuring of investment projects as well as divestitures and corporate reorganizations. Specialist in the collection, analysis and evaluation of data and expert in financial-legal risk management using legal and financial instruments for balance sheet refinancing’s, asset/liability restructuring’s, and financial divestments.

 

He attended the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and received his Master of Business Administration in Finance at Florida International University’s Chapman Graduate School of Business. He holds a Post MBA from INCAE Business School and a Master of Laws in Law and Management from INIDEM Business Law School. He has a Master of Finance from the Adolfo Ibáñez School of Management in Chile. He has a specialization in financial markets, trusts and securities from ADEN International Business School, and a specialization in law and corporate finance from INIDEM Business Law School and ESADE. He completed the program on business strategy at MIT Sloan School of Management and strategy & innovation at Kellogg School of Management. He attained executive education in risk management at NYU Stern School of Business and financial management at Columbia Business School.

 

Professional Activities

Managing director of Panama Real Estate & Investment Consultants, Corp. a real estate brokerage and financial consulting & advisory firm with company registration certificate through resolution #1154 issued by the Technical Board of Engineering and Architecture of the Ministry of Public Works of Panama under registration date 06-07-2006 in the Public Registry. Managing partner of Panama Finance Law & Co. a law firm under registration date 09-25-2007 in the Public Registry.

Executive Seminars

Finance Management

·       INCAE Business School. New Techniques in Financial Valuation, May 2007. Investment Strategy, October 2008.

·       University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business. Strategic Financial Analysis, August 2008. Strategic Cash Flow Management, November 2008.

Marketing Management

·       INCAE Business School. Strategic Marketing Planning, March 2007.

·       University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, William Davidson Institute. Strategic Brand Management, April 2007. Strategic Services Marketing Management, October 2009.

Project Management

·       University of Louisville. Diploma in Project Management of PMI®, May-September 2006.  

·       University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Center for Executive Development. Agile Project Management, March 2007.

Professional Licenses or Resolutions:

·       Lawyer No. 13755 granted by the general business chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama.

·       Custodian No. 0314 registered at the general business chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama.

·       Conciliator and Mediator No. 1391 by the Alternate Conflict Resolution Directorate of the Ministry of Government of Panama.

·       Principal Executive License No. 343 SMV-280-12 issued by the Superintendence of the Securities Market of Panama.

·       Securities and Analyst License No. 343 CNV-229-07 issued by the National Securities Commission of Panama.

·       Financial Leasing No. 047 authorized by the General Directorate of Financial Companies of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama.

·       Investment Banking No. 574245845 resolution by the General Directorate of Internal Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama.

·       Financial Factoring No. 574257542 resolution by the General Directorate of Internal Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama.

·       Appraiser No. 611253 resolution by the General Directorate of Internal Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama.

·       Financial Advisor License No. 107709-08 resolution by the General Directorate of Internal Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama.

·       Real Estate License No. 1417-06 issued by the Technical Board of Real Estate of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama.

·       Commodities License No. 1-18 issued by the National Commodities Exchange Commission of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama.

·       Authorized Public Translator No. 656-06 by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Education of Panama.

International Affiliations: American Bar Association (ABA), International Bar Association (IBA), The Appraisal Institute (AI).

Professional Affiliations: National Bar Association (CNA), Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDE), Corporate Governance Institute of Panama (IGCP).

 

Chamber Memberships: American Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Panama (AMCHAM), former chair of the real estate and construction committee; British Chamber of Commerce of Panama (BRITCHAM), Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP).

 

Charitable Organizations: Casa Esperanza, Aldeas SOS, FANLYC.

 

Associations: FIU Alumni Association, INCAE Graduates Association, Playa Coronado Residents Association, Panama Golf Association, Panamanian Tennis Federation.

 

Clubs: Coronado Luxury Club & Suites, Santa María Country Club, Buenaventura Golf Club, Buenaventura Sports Club, Puntarena Ocean Village, INCAE Executive Club.