User:Strosso/Sandro Trosso

Sandro Flavio Trosso Toranzo (born July 26th, 1970 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian national that has participated in the fund raising and investment process of several investment funds for Latin America. Academic and professional history Sandro Trosso received his early education at Markham College (1987), in Lima, Peru, and received a scholarship to pursue the International Baccalaureate at the Armand Hammer United World College (1989), in New Mexico, US (where he presided the Latin American Club). He graduated with honours as B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College (1993), in London, UK; an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School(1999) at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US (where he received the Morgenthau fellowship for public policy and presided reputed Whaton Latin American Student Association); and an MA in International Relations and Economics (2000) from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, in Bologna, Italy and Washington D.C., US (where he received the Merrill Lynch fellowship).

In 1999, Mr. Trosso participated in the creation of Explorador.net, the first internet venture capital fund for Latin American. In 2001, Mr. Trosso led the investment process for Velocitel LLC, a pioneer investment vehicle in wireless telecommunications networks in the region. In 2003, Sandro Trosso headed promotion efforts for ProInversion, Peru´s Investment Promotion Agency. In 2006, Mr. Trosso assisted Alsis Funds LLC in raising $450 million in debt and equity for investments in asset backed investment portfolios. Mr. Trosso is currently part of the Latin American Private Equity Fund of The Rohatyn Group LLC.

Mr. Trosso is the founder of Harvest Capital International LLC, a investment and strategic planning advisory firm based in Lima, Perú. Mr. Trosso also sits on the board of Recomaq Hi-Tech S.A. ( a leading industry consultant in Peru, Colombia and Chile); the advisory board of SEPeru, an NGO seeking to unlock economic value through social inclusion and environmental protection in the Peruvian Amazon; participated in Peru’s United World College Selection Committee and Peru’s Wharton Alumni Network.

Mr. Trosso speaks five languages - Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese and French and practices polo, sailing, surfing and mountain trekking.