José María Zertuche

José María Zertuche, Managing Director, is the Head and Chief Investment Officer of BlackRock’s Latin America Infrastructure Investment Group. Mr. Zertuche has over 20 years of experience investing in real assets.

Mr. Zertuche is former Executive Vice-President of I2, the leading infrastructure investment manager in Mexico acquired by BlackRock in October, 2015. His prior experience is in investment banking, including M&A, debt and equity capital markets transactions, asset management, strategy and operations. Mr. Zertuche was a founder of Infraestructura Institucional (“I2”) in 2010, and served as Chief Financial and Investment Officer since its inception in 2010. Prior to founding Infraestructura Institucional, Mr. Zertuche served as Chief Investment and Control Officer of Mexico Retail Properties (“MRP Group”), which he co-founded in October 2002, when was the first officer of MRP Group in Mexico.