CEO
Attorney
Structured Notes
Strategy & Operation Advisor
M & A
Back Office & Market Risk
Porfolio Manager
FX
Structured Notes Consultant
Carlos Escobar is the Founder and CEO of Blackstreet Management, a global multi-family office that offers diverse investment strategies throughout Latin America and abroad. In addition to being a CEO, Carlos is a member of various boards in Chile.
Before establishing Blackstreet, Carlos served as Director and Head of Trading, Derivatives, and Sales at Scotiabank Chile Global Capital Markets for 10 years. Additionally, he served as Chairman of Scotiabank’s Stock Brokerage House. Previously, he held a variety of positions in Capital Markets at BCI and Santander Bank for 15 years. Mr. Escobar was for more than 20 years a professor in the Master programs at several Chilean universities, including Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Universidad Los Andes, and Universidad Finis Terrae.
Carlos earned a Financial Management Doctorate with a major in Derivatives and a Master of Science, both from IE Business School.
He also received an MBA from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Universidad Central.
Attorney
Juan José Pellegrini Vial has a recognized and vast experience advising public and private companies in Chile and abroad. He is specialized in international trade law, commercial and corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and capital markets.
Mr. Pellegrini has served as director and head of corporate affairs of various companies, including listed and public corporations, foundations and a bi-national chamber of commerce. Additionally, he is a director of Blackstreet Management.
Mr. Pellegrini earned a J.D. at the University of Chile and a Master of Law at the University of Sussex. Mr. Pellegrini also is a member of the Chilean Bar Association.
During his career, Mr.Parodi has managed: JP Morgan Chile´s Risk Management unit, overseeing the Andean Cone; Scotiabank’s Global Banking and Markets Derivatives unit, overseeing Chile and Perú; and Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) Derivatives Sales and Trading unit.
Strategy & Operation advisor
Carolina has an outstanding record of accomplishments in multinational companies in markets such as finance, services and air transportation. Carolina has strong knowledge of compliance and quality standards with more than 25 years of experience in training, administration and successful reengineering of business departments and companies.
Carolina works as an advisor in Blackstreet Management, in matters related to strategic and operational advisories. Previously, Carolina served as Operations Manager and Management Control Manager at AIG. She served as Director responsible for setting up the Call Center Air France for Latin America, and held different positions in the financial industry, with companies such as Citicorp Stockbrokers and Patagon.com, among others.
Carolina received an MBA from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez; she also earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Universidad Diego Portales.
Jorge is a Business Administration professional with more than 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has experience in the fields of financial business, commercial management and valuation of companies, among other. As Deputy Finance Manager, he has successfully participated in liability restructuring negotiations and has facilitated improvements in the company’s financial position.
He has served as Deputy Finance Manager of different companies and as Investment Advisor of Banco Estado, in addition to Sura Insurance Company. He is an assistant professor at the Master of Finance at the Adolfo Ibáñez University, Andrés Bello and Finis Terrae.
He holds a Master’s degree in financial management from the Adolfo Ibáñez University; he also holds a degree in Finance from the University of Chile.
Back Office & Market Risk
Eduardo is Head of Back Office and Market Risk at Blackstreet Management.
He has over 25 years of experience as head of the Back Office and Middle Office divisions in various trading floors of Banks and Stock brokerages, leading areas as: international markets, risk control, trading, structuring and balance.
He holds a business administration degree from the Santo Tomas University, a diploma in Audit in trading desk from the University of Chile and another diploma in Securities Market at the Finis Terrae University. He also holds a master’s degree in finance from the University of Chile.
Tomas Guevara is investment manager at Blackstreet Management.
Tomás has worked as a portfolio manager for over 10 years. Previously, he worked at Banco BCI’s FX and interest rates derivatives trading desk.
Throughout his career, Tomás has specialized in Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income and Derivatives markets, as well as portfolio management and global stock markets.
Tomás holds a Business and Economics degree from the Pontificia Catholic University of Chile.
Arturo is responsible for managing foreign exchange at Blackstreet Management. Previously, he worked at Larraín Vial stock brokerage as investment advisor, at Scotiabank brokerage as analyst and head of financial derivatives at the Santiago Stock Exchange. Additionally, he has worked as an assistant in the master’s degree in finance at the Adolfo Ibáñez University.
He holds a master’s degree in finance from the Adolfo Ibáñez University, and he also received an MBA and a bachelor’s degree from the Finis Terrae University.
Cristóbal has 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked mainly in Wealth Management as Offshore Investment Banker for Ultralat Capital Markets in Miami, USA (Today Credicorp Capital US), managing high net-worth clients in international markets. He was previously a partner and founder of Multi Family Offices such as Tempus Asset Management and Laroche Capital. Cristóbal was also a participant in the real estate commission of ACAFI (Chilean Association of Investment Fund Administrators).
Mr. Viveros holds an MBA from the Federico Santa Maria Technical University, a Master’s in Financial Management from the Adolfo Ibáñez University and he holds a SERIES 7 license in the United States.