Mariana Franza
Mariana Franza
Board Member/Advisor
Uala Bank/CIFC Direct Lending Evergreen Fund
Biography
Mariana has over 25 years of experience in financial markets and technology. She holds a masters in Information Systems and an MBA from Fordham Business School majored in Finance. She co‑created one of LATAM's first international e‑commerce platforms (Mercosur.com) and spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs, serving as Global Head of Interest Operations and leading the operational launch of it's broker‑dealers in Mexico and Brazil. She later became CEO of Argentina’s premier FX and Fixed Income Exchange. Mariana served as COO of Ualá, overseeing operations, customer experience, and the launch of the company’s banks in Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. Her latest role was CEO of USA for Entrepreneur's Investment Office, an Investment firm developing FX algorithms. She sits in the board of Ualá Bank Argentina, Ualá Colombia, of CIFC’s Direct Lending Evergreen Fund, and advises Guardline and several stealth startups.