An Innovative Model for Private Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean

Colin Curvey has over 25 years of experience building and leading private equity firms across developed and emerging markets, with deep expertise managing capital for some of the world's largest institutional investors. He has done this in both traditional private equity markets as well as at the intersection of private capital and development finance. This experience has shaped Colabora's business model, which connects global capital providers with the knowledge and networks of a development finance institution. 

Previously, Colin was with the IFC Asset Management Company (AMC), helping build IFC's captive private equity business into a US$10 billion emerging markets fund manager with 13 funds and 100 people. He was a member of the management team and served as Fund Head of AMC's US$1 billion growth equity fund for Latin America and Africa. 

He spent 12 years at the London private equity firm Duke Street, where, as Partner and a member of the Investment Committee, he sourced, executed, and exited control-oriented buyouts across Western Europe. He began his career as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in New York and Celfin in Santiago, Chile (now BTG Pactual). 

Colin holds a BA in Economics from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. 

Paulo Lins has over 20 years of experience in infrastructure and energy, spanning project development, financing, investment, operations, and divestments, and combining investor experience as a fund head with operator-level management expertise as an infrastructure CEO. 

Most recently, he was Managing Director and Fund Head at Franklin Templeton Alternatives Brazil, overseeing approximately US$400 million in private equity and structured credit investments in sustainable infrastructure, and led origination and execution on more than 10 renewables transactions, including the build-out of one of Brazil's largest decentralized solar generation platforms.

Earlier, Paulo held senior operating roles at OTP S.A., including CEO of OTP Rodovias, leading the buildup and management of a national road platform spanning over 1,300 km of highways and 1,850 employees. He previously structured and financed large-scale concessions and PPPs at BNDES and the IFC and began his career at Levy & Salomão Advogados as legal counsel focused on infrastructure.

Paulo holds an LL.B. from the University of São Paulo–USP Law School and an LL.M. from Stanford Law School.

Nikita Baryshnikov has over 17 years of experience in infrastructure investing and finance across emerging markets.

Most recently, he was Managing Director and a founding member of Augment Infrastructure, an emerging-markets-focused infrastructure fund manager that grew from inception to over US$300 million deployed. Prior to that, he was a Director with Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, where he led complex, large-scale financings for renewable energy, natural resources, and infrastructure projects across Asia Pacific.

Earlier in his career, he was an Investment Professional at IFC Asset Management Company in Washington, DC, working on private equity investments across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He began his career as part of Standard Chartered Bank's global leadership program in New York and Singapore.

Nikita holds a degree in Economics from SOAS, University of London.

George Springsteen has over 40 years of experience in private capital across emerging markets, with particular depth in legal and compliance leadership. 

He most recently served as Associate General Counsel for Equity and Investment Funds at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and prior to that as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Darby International Capital, a Washington, DC-based private debt fund manager focused on Latin America. 

 Prior to this he was Chief Legal Officer at IFC Asset Management Company and Chief Counsel in IFC's Legal Department, where he led private equity, project finance, and restructuring transactions and managed a team of lawyers focused on Asia and Latin America. Before joining IFC, George was a partner at the New York law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, specializing in corporate finance and securitization. 

George holds an AB from Dartmouth College and a JD from Case Western Reserve University. 

Cristian Pistone has over 10 years of experience in cross-border infrastructure and energy transactions globally, focusing on Latin America and Europe.

Most recently, he was Vice President at Generate Capital, focused on scaling sustainable infrastructure platforms in the UK. He previously held investment roles at InterEnergy, a regional energy platform across Latin America and the Caribbean, and at IFC Asset Management Company, leading transaction execution and portfolio management. To date, he contributed to over US$2 billion in transactions, portfolio investments, and value creation across renewables, power, infrastructure, and platform investments.

Earlier in his career, Cristian worked at the PPP technical unit of the Portuguese Ministry of Finance and at KPMG Deal Advisory, structuring infrastructure projects across Latin America, Europe, and Africa.

He holds a degree in Business and Management from Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, an MBA from London Business School, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Bosworth Monck has over 30 years of experience across private equity and private debt, with deep international exposure spanning both emerging and developed markets. 

He most recently served as Global Head of Investor Relations at IFC Asset Management Company, where, as a member of the management team, he contributed to growing AMC into a US$10 billion fund manager with 13 funds and 100 people. He led a team that raised billions of dollars from sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and other institutional investors across the Middle East, Asia, and top-tier global markets. 

Earlier in his career, he worked in project finance and private equity investing before moving into a specialized role focused on strategy, fundraising, and investor engagement, and co-founded two alternative asset management firms. 

Bosworth holds a degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham and an MBA from London Business School.