Acting-CEO, Tokenization and Asset Management - Leading LatAm Markets

As Acting-CEO at Equitysmith, you lead expansion and establish partnerships across Latin America's largest markets. You drive growth for an investment banking and asset tokenization platform that bridges real-world assets in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay with international liquidity. Your leadership shapes the strategic direction of digital asset tokenization and financial technology solutions, positioning Equitysmith's speed-to-close advantage (1-2 week warehouse bridge funding) to capture institutional asset originators across the region.

What you'll do

• Direct Equitysmith's go-to-market strategy across key Latin American growth markets, including Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Central America.
• Source, negotiate, and mandate high-quality real-world asset issuers across commercial real estate, private debt, and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with strategic funding partners to manage and deploy 6- to 8-month warehouse facility lines.
• Oversee transaction structuring to ensure all bridge financing costs, debt service, legal SPV setup, and origination fees are fully capitalized at the asset and SPV level.
• Lead risk management, credit underwriting, and capital recycling workflows across 4- to 6-month tokenization windows.
• Oversee the end-to-end token issuance lifecycle, integrating smart-contract distribution rails with traditional special purpose vehicle governance.
• Ensure full regulatory compliance across jurisdictions, including cross-border investor KYC/AML, local security law exemptions, and international investor clearing.
• Manage liquidity programs, secondary trading strategy, and tokenized asset servicing post-issuance.
• Build and cultivate a global network of family offices, institutional crypto funds, wealth managers, and accredited investors for primary token subscriptions.
• Manage roadshows and distribution campaigns to ensure primary tokenization raises retire warehouse facility debt within 120-180 days.
• Represent Equitysmith as the primary spokesperson at global RWA, fintech, and real estate investment conferences.
• Define organizational KPIs, build local deal-sourcing and compliance teams, and manage P&L for the LatAm business unit.
• Serve as key advisor to the Board of Directors, presenting pipeline metrics, facility utilization schedules, and unit economic performance.

What you bring

• 10+ years of senior leadership experience in investment banking, real estate private equity, structured debt origination, or digital asset management, preferably with a focus on Latin American markets.
• Deep understanding of debt capital markets, warehouse facilities, SPV credit structures (Patrimonio Autónomo, trust structures, offshore vehicles), and asset-level debt mechanics.
• Proven familiarity with tokenization frameworks, security token offerings, decentralized finance institutional rails, and digital asset compliance.
• An established network of LatAm asset owners, real estate developers, institutional investors, and family offices.
• Native or full professional fluency in English and Spanish. Portuguese is a strong plus.
• Advanced degree (MBA, Master's in Finance, or J.D.) or equivalent professional certifications (CFA, CAIA) preferred.

What we offer

• Highly competitive executive base salary commensurate with experience.
• Significant equity upside in Equitysmith platform tokenomics and performance-based carried interest on deals executed.
• Deal-closing bonuses tied to transaction volume and warehouse capital velocity.
• Remote-first flexibility with strategic travel across LatAm and key global financial centers.
• Flexible schedule and retirement plan.

About Equitysmith

Equitysmith is an investment banking and asset tokenization financing company that combines proprietary bridge-financing structures, including rapid-deploy warehouse facilities, with advanced capital sourcing expertise and agentic AI. The platform empowers asset owners, developers, and institutions across Latin America to access debt and equity capital in weeks rather than months, creating unprecedented liquidity and efficiency in cross-border real estate, private equity, and infrastructure asset management.