Margarita Carreno Rodriguez

Daniel Mesa is a Co-Founder & Partner at BlackPoint Capital Partners, where he leads clients through comprehensive financial planning, investment management, and retirement strategy development. He works with individuals and businesses around the world, offering tailored solutions to meet both domestic and international financial goals. Daniel specializes in Cross-Border Financial Planning, helping clients manage the complexities of investing and building wealth across multiple countries. His guidance ensures clients remain financially secure and strategically positioned, wherever life takes them. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional, Daniel acts as a fiduciary and adheres to the profession’s highest ethical standards. His deep knowledge of global financial systems makes him a trusted advisor for international investors, expatriates, and global enterprises. Daniel earned his Bachelor of Arts in Chinese and Government from Hamilton College and holds a Certificate in Financial Planning from NYU. Known for his client-first approach, he is committed to helping clients build lasting financial security and independence. BlackPoint Capital Partners LLC, through its advisers, offers investment and financial advisory services through Beacon Global Advisor Network, LLC (BGAN), a Registered Investment Adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), SEC number: 801-110724, CRD number: 288833.

Paavan Kotini is the principal of Kotini Capital Advisors LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Miami, FL. He holds a Series 65 designation and has a diverse work background including roles at S.W.A.N. Insurance Group LLC, CarMax, and Kotini & Kotini LLC. Kotini Capital Advisors offers asset management and fee-based financial planning services to a range of clients including individuals, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm follows an investment approach modeled on the institutional endowment model, focusing on broad diversification with an equity-oriented allocation and exposure to alternative and less-liquid investments.

Steven Eber is the sole advisor at Eber Capital Management in Coral Gables, FL, with 21 years of industry experience and over 45 years at his firm. He has focused on independent, fee-based advisory services throughout his career. Eber Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individuals, IRAs, trusts, family estate-planning accounts, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes a buy-and-hold equity strategy centered on larger companies with strong financials and multi-year growth prospects, managing client accounts with full discretion subject to client-directed restrictions.

Michael Ladin is the principal of Ladin Financial Group, Inc., an independent advisory firm based in Coral Gables, FL. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory work, he owns and operates Ladin Consulting Group, Inc., which involves insurance sales, and American Outback Expeditions, a vacation rental business. Ladin Financial Group provides financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a modern portfolio theory approach with globally diversified portfolios and often delegates security selection and trading to outside managers while retaining oversight and model selection responsibilities.

Lawrence Weller is a financial advisor at ECF Wealth, Inc. in Miami Beach, FL, holding CFP® and ChFC® designations with 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Financial Advocates Investment Management, LPL Financial, and WCG Wealth Advisors. ECF Wealth provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing long-term, strategic allocations with low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual securities and unaffiliated independent managers when appropriate.

Thiago Silva is a financial advisor at Maway LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Maway LLC since 2017, following a one-year tenure at Prodigy Network. Maway LLC provides ongoing portfolio management and prepares customized Investment Policy Statements to align client portfolios with their goals, time horizons, and risk tolerance. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, employing a long-term investment approach that integrates cyclical, fundamental, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis, with recommendations including ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, real estate funds, precious-metal ETFs, venture capital, and private placements.