Mark Valdez

Co-Founder and Group Chief Investment Officer

Until 2020 Mark held the position of Alternative Investment Director at Morgan Stanley. During his decade tenure, Mark worked with Alternative Investment Companies like Blackstone, Apollo Global Management, and the Carlyle Group on coordinating and allocating private placements in credit, energy, and equity.  In addition, he served as syndicate coordinator at Morgan Stanley for new issues, secondaries, and after-market block trades.  He also served as an Executive Service Specialist and advised on Stock Option Plans and Executive Financial Programs for public companies including Apple, Dow Chemicals, United Airlines, and many other publicly listed companies.

Prior to that, Mark was Wells Fargo’s Investment Officer, where he was ranked in the top 0.3% of Advisors for Syndication and IPO.

The appreciation for transparency and accountability is deeply engrained in Mark and he considers it a key reason for his ability to understand and serve his clients’ needs so successfully. It has made Mark a systems-oriented leader. It’s the attribute that led him to develop the COVE© (Financial risk mitigation) and RISE (Environmental and ESG risk mitigation) models for managing risk in his role as CIO of RECP as well as the processes he uses to develop tailored solutions for institutional and individual clients as CEO of NVM.

Mark applies the same outcome-oriented standards to his philanthropic work. In 2002 Mark founded the S.A.F.E Community Center in Houston, an organization that worked with underprivileged and abused children in Houston, Texas. Serving thousands of people each year in collaboration with the partners like the City of Houston, Weed, and Seed Federal Program, Children at Risk, and the Children’s Assessment Center, its program usage increased by 15-30% annually.

An eternal student, Mark earned an MBA in Finance from The University of St. Thomas, Houston, a Master of Finance, Investment Management and Financial Analysis from Creighton University, a Master of Social Work from The University of Houston, and a Bachelor of Psychology (Honors Program) from the University of St. Thomas. He also holds a Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS®) certification.

Mark currently serves on the board of the Houston Holocaust Museum. He formerly served on the board of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Houston, on the Executive Committee for the Lombardi Award, and on the board of The Rotary Club of Houston.

Carlos Mendez

Chief Operating Officer

Since becoming CEO of RECP in 2018, Alejandro spearheaded the launch of its first Green Energy Fund, a 100MM facility to develop and acquire solar and hydro power-electricity assets.  He has also created an acquisition pipeline of over 400MW of Renewable Assets in Mexico, Panama, and Colombia, and formalized the acquisition of a 100MW Renewable Energy Portfolio to be fully operational by 2022-2023.

Formerly, Alejandro managed a 250-client portfolio for the Latin American Wealth Management Division for JP

Morgan Chase/Citibank. He was shareholder and board member of American Light & Power where he oversaw

the negotiation and acquisition of the company’s retail license, software, and systems development, and raised

a credit facility for the company to acquire power through Direct Energy.

Combining his passion for technology, digitalization, and tokenization of financial products and assets, with his

advocacy for women’s issues in emerging markets, Alejandro co-founded Frakblock IO in 2019. The fintech company focuses on providing access to women and the unbanked population in the Latam Market

In his personal life, Alejandro’s love for the game of soccer cannot be overstated. He holds a U.S. Soccer Association Coaching License and is a minority owner of South American

soccer team.  He makes time to serve as head coach of his daughter’s soccer team.

Born and raised in Nuevo León, Mexico, Alejandro has resided in Houston since 2005. He holds a BS in Business

from Tecnológico de Monterrey, FINRA Licenses Series 63, 6, and 7, and serves as an Advisory Board member of

the Panamanian energy company, Navitas International.

Gonzalo Ruiz

Board Member – Legal

Gonzalo is a legal advisor attorney with over two decades of global multi-cultural experience in Fortune 100 companies focused on fast-moving consumer goods, entertainment, and technology, including The Coca-Cola Company and PlayStation.

Gonzalo earned his Master’s in Common Law Studies from Georgetown University Law Center and his Juris Doctorate Degree from Universidad de las Americas, Puebla.

Ronel Golden

Board Member – Communications

Ronel is the Communications and Legal Director of Vaquero Strategy, a boutique consulting firm operating in the consumer goods, food and beverage, and hospitality industries.

Formerly she was an Infrastructure Equity Investment Banker and Director of a sustainable construction technology company.

Ronel holds a Master of Laws from SMU in Dallas and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Chris Micsak

Board Member – Private Equity and Energy

Chris is a Private Equity Director at Pickering Energy Partners with investment experience across the global energy, natural resource, and infrastructure value chains.

He was also the former Principal Investment Head for Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Chris graduated with Honors Colgate University and holds a BS in Economics and Asian Studies.

Miguel Quiros

Land Acquisition and Development Director

In 2000 Miguel founded Grupo Proyecta in Puebla. Since then, the company has established itself as one of the largest real estate developers in Mexico, with over 800 acres of land developed. Proyecta has acquired an additional 3,000 acres for future projects and has sold over more than 25,000 residential lots.

Before that, Miguel founded AEM Mexico, an importer and distributor of luxury goods into Mexico, including Maserati and Ferrari in 1998.

Born in Mexico, Miguel grew up in Germany and the US. He earned an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, and a BSc in business from Tegnológico de Monterrey and sits on the board of the Endeavor Puebla Chapter of Global Entrepreneur Services.

Monica Morales

Marketing and Communications Director

Monica brings more than 12 years of experience in marketing, design, and client-investors relationships. Her international exposure and sophistication will help our company during expansion and asset acquisition for the Fund and Wealth Management.

Monica is in charge of all the design, marketing and communications efforts with investors, clients, partners, employees, and external advisors. She holds a BS Graphic Design, Graduated with Honors from Universidad Iberoamericana. Monica was born and raised in Mexico and since 2014 she resides in Florida.

Ana Arias

Business Development Director Latin America

In charge of company valuations and due diligence for M&A, financing, debt restructuring, and capital raising for companies in Latam’s renewable energy, real estate, and fintech sectors, Ana focuses on identifying and creating business and relationship synergies in order to develop sophisticated growth strategies.

Before joining RECP, Ana acted as Principal Executive and VP Institutional Clients for IPG Securities, in charge of managing assets for Latam-based institutional clients. In her position as Director and Principal Executive for Operations at Blue Stone Advisory Group, she was responsible for investment portfolio analysis and analysis and valuation for the structuring of real estate and energy projects, as well as reporting and custodian relations. Ana worked as Financial Advisor and Broker Dealer at Canal Securities, where she acted in a wealth management advisory, investment portfolio analysis, and asset reporting capacity. These positions enabled Ana to build strong ties with asset custodians, including Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Pershing, and Swiss quote.

As Board Member for Forelife Investment Group, a family office with assets in healthcare and fintech, Ana offers wealth management, capital and debt structuring, M&A, and due diligence advisory services.

She holds a BA in Finance and Banking from Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencias y Tecnología and a BSC in Science and Letters from Academia Interamericana de Panamá.

Alejandro Mendez

Co-Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer

Since becoming CEO of RECP in 2018, Alejandro spearheaded the launch of its first Green Energy Fund with
USCAP Investment Bank – a 100MM facility to develop and acquire solar and hydro power-electricity assets, created an acquisition pipeline of over 350MW of Renewable Assets in Mexico, Panama, and Colombia, and formalized the acquisition of a 60MW Renewable Energy Portfolio to be fully operational by 2022-2023.

Formerly, Alejandro managed a 250-client portfolio for the Latin American Wealth Management Division for JP
Morgan Chase/Citibank. He was shareholder and board member of American Light & Power where he oversaw
the negotiation and acquisition of the company’s retail license, software, and systems development, and raised
a credit facility for the company to acquire power through Direct Energy.

Combining his passion for technology, digitalization, and tokenization of financial products and assets, with his
advocacy for women’s issues in emerging markets, Alejandro co-founded Frakblock IO in 2019. The fintech company focuses on providing access to women and the unbanked population in the Latam Market

In his personal life, Alejandro’s love for the game of soccer cannot be overstated. He holds a U.S. Soccer Association Coaching License, is a minority owner of Ecuadori
an soccer team, xxxx, and makes time to serve as head coach of his son’s soccer team.

Born and raised in Nuevo León, Mexico, Alejandro has resided in Houston since 2005. He holds a BS in Business
from Tecnológico de Monterrey, FINRA Licenses Series 63, 6, and 7, and serves as an Advisory Board member of
the Panamanian energy company, Navitas International.