CATALINA RICAURTE GRACIA

Date of birth: **/**/***4

Address: Via Fratelli Campi 2, 20136 – Milan, Italy

Mobile: + 39 - 388*******

E-mail: accay5@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Degree: 2014 MBA Candidate

University: MIP Politecnico di Milan (Milan, Italy)

Date of graduation: July 2014

Date of end of lessons: March 2014

Area of concentration: Energy Management

Degree: Bachelor Degree in Business Administration

University: Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración (Bogotá, Colombia)

Date of graduation: April 2008

GPA: 4.2/5.0

High school: Gimnasio los Portales (Bogotá, Colombia)

High school graduation date: 2003

LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

Spanish: Native

English: Business Proficiency. Toefl Internet Based Test: 102/120

Italian: Intermediate

WORK EXPERIENCE

Serfinco Comisionistas de Bolsa (Colombia)

Position: Equity Research Senior Analyst

Dates: May 2011 – April 2013

Serfinco is the fourth largest broker dealer in Colombia, with assets of USD 600 million under its

administration, and more than 14,000 clients.

Main activities:

Lead a team of four equity analysts.

Develop valuation models and design investment strategies on stocks listed in the Colombian

Stock Exchange.

Companies covered: firms with revenues of more than US$1.500 million in the oil and gas,

energy, construction, banking and retail industry.

Write articles on financial topics to local and international journals (La Republica, Reuters,

Bloomberg, Diario Financiero de Chile).

Main achievements: Develop the valuation model through the DCF methodology and design a

successful investment strategy on Ecopetrol (Revenues of US$35 billion in 2012), the integrated oil and

gas state owned company in Colombia.

Porvenir Pension Fund and Severance Plans Administrator (Colombia)

Position: Corporate Planning Senior Analyst

Dates: March 2010 - March 2011.

Porvenir S.A. is the leader pension fund in Colombia with assets under administration of more than

US$20 billion. The company is part of Grupo Aval, the biggest local financial group in the country with

assets of US$60 billion in Colombia and Central America.

Main activities:

Provide consultancy services to analyze internal strategic projects of the company.

Prepare the annual budget of the company (Revenues of US$250 million in 2012).

Evaluate the financial feasibility of different investment projects and business strategies.

Main achievements: Construct a model to forecast the company s business for 20 years. The model

included an estimation of the Colombia s population aging, and the impact on the pension system.

Porvenir Pension Fund and Severance Plans Administrator

Position: Corporate Risk Analyst

Dates: March 2008 - March 2010.

Main activities:

Lead the credit risk analysis of local and international fixed income issuers.

Industries covered: financial services, energy, utilities, industrials and infrastructure.

Construct standardized credit rating models for financial services companies in Colombia.

Analyze investment opportunities in private equity funds.

Main achievements: definition of standards, methodologies and processes of credit risk analysis for

fixed income securities in the company, and prepare the documentation referring those processes.

Nogal Asesorías Financieras (Colombia)

Position: Internship

Dates: January 2007 - December 2007.

Nogal is a Colombian investment banking boutique specialized in financial advisory services. It is

recognized thanks to its experience in M&A, capital markets and project finance not only in Colombia

but also at Latin American level.

Main activities:

Structure financial valuation models for private companies.

Analyze feasibility of project finance.

Develop commercial presentations and reports about projects to present to the clients

OTHER COURSES

Seminar on credit derivatives valuation. Asobancaria. 2008

Workshop on financial decisions using Excel. CESA. 2009

Workshop on high performance teams. Porvenir. 2010.

Workshop on companies valuation. Andes University. 2010.

Do It : seminar on the effective management of time. Porvenir. 2010.

Seminar on business innovation. CESA. 2011

Seminar on petroleum engineering. Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers. 2011

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