Logistic Properties of the Americas announced the appointments of Françoise Lavertu and Javier Marquina as independent directors, increasing the Company?s board to seven members and the number of independent directors to six. Françoise Lavertu has served as co-Chief Executive Officer since April 2023 of AUBA. She is also co-founder of South View Studio, a strategic and creative brand-building firm advising B2C and B2B companies, including those operating in real estate and logistics, and she served as director of strategy from February 2019 to April 2023. Ms. Lavertu founded and served as an advisor and operating partner from February 2019 to March 2023 at Utelias, which provided strategic and operational guidance to private equity funds, bringing hands-on experience scaling businesses to their portfolio companies. Prior to Utelias, Ms. Lavertu was Tesla?s General Manager for the Southeast U.S. and Latin America, and previously Country Manager for Mexico. In addition to leading the launch of Tesla?s Model X and Model 3 vehicles as well as energy products in her markets, she had full P&L responsibility. Ms. Lavertu began her career in consumer goods and has experience in retail, sales, marketing, merchandising and purchasing at market-leading brands. She has a Bachelor?s degree in Commerce from McGill University and a Master?s degree in Statistics from HEC. Ms. Lavertu is a board member at Spectrum (Grupo Pantaleon), Solfium and Kronia Technologies, and serves as an advisor to
Endeavor and CiBanco. Javier Marquina is the founder and has served as Chief Executive Officer since February 2019 of Miami-based ARQ Consultants Inc. In addition, he has served on the board of Guatemala-based Inmobiliaria Spectrum since June 2018 and was appointed as Vice Chair of the board in June 2023. He has served as an independent trustee at US-based TIDAL TRUST II, a regulated investment trust with over 50 ETF holdings representing approximately US$5 billion in assets, since July 2022. He has also served as manager since May 2023 of Neta Investments LLC. Mr. Marquina served on the board of LatAm Logistic Properties, S.A. from November 2022 to March 2024. He also served as interim Head of the Americas of Acciona Inmobiliaria from January 2020 to June 2021 and as Head of Investment Team for Latin America for GLL Real Estate Partners from September 2016 to January 2020. Previously, Mr. Marquina was the Real Estate Investment Director of Miami-based Finaccess Advisors, where he designed and implemented a new real estate investment strategy and successfully closed three transactions totaling $250 million. Prior to this, he was Partner and Finance Director of Aguirre Newman America, a SMM LLC franchise that he launched in 2009 and expanded into Brazil, Mexico and Peru. In 2002, Mr. Marquina co-founded SMM LLC and led a management buyout of five CBRE offices in Latin America. Mr. Marquina has a Master?s degree in Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.