BTG Chile appoints ED for project finance.

Sebastián Mardones Silva has been appointed as the executive director for investment banking at BTG Pactual Chile, with a focus on project finance transactions in Latin America. Mardones has been with BTG Chile for over 6 years and has experience in M&A, ECM, and DCM transactions in the energy, transport, and telecommunication sectors. Prior to joining BTG, he worked as a management analyst at Chilean pulp and paper firm Cmpc. Mardones holds a degree in civil engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In other news, Chile's ministry of transport and telecommunications has announced plans to tender parts of Santiago's public transport system, Red Movilidad, in the second half of 2024. The project will involve a 10-year concession period for fleet operation and 14-year contracts to modernize associated infrastructure. [Extracted from the article]