About

El Salvador-based Beatriz Beltranena is legal director and general counsel at asset manager and private equity investor Amzak Capital Management, where she is responsible for overseeing the firm’s portfolio of companies in the Central American region. In her 10 years with Amzak, Beltranena has worked on some of its most important deals, including helping to develop and structure the legal department of portfolio company Amnet Telecommunications – formerly the largest triple play telecoms company in Central America – ahead of its sale to Millicom-Tigo in 2008. Before joining Amzak, Beltranena spent seven years as general counsel and country compliance officer at Citibank El Salvador where she was responsible for implementing US regulations such a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), anti-bribery and money laundering regulations. She is member and contributor to the board of directors of the El Salvador chapter of Vital Voices Global Partnership, an non-governmental organisation dedicated to training and empowering emerging women leaders.