Erik Bethel has spent the last 15 years in the investment banking and private equity industries in Latin America and China. Before co-founding SinoLatin Capital (www.sinolatincapital.com), Mr. Bethel worked for ChinaVest, the oldest private equity fund in Mainland China. Prior to this, he worked in the Latin American private equity, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance groups at Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Partners, Emerging Markets Partnership, and Compass Point Capital Partners.

His US$4 billion worth of transaction experience in Latin America spans the forestry, mining infrastructure sectors. Selected transactions include those for Celulosa Arauco (forestry), Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao-CST (steel), Kansas City de Mexico-TFM (rail), Bachoco (agribusiness), TMM (shipping), and Gruma (food), among others. Mr. Bethel graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis with a B.S. in Economics and a B.S. in Political Science. He also received an MBA from The Wharton School of Business.

He speaks fluent Spanish, Portuguese, English and conversational Mandarin. He resides in Shanghai with his wife and two children.