Member Details

Mr. Carlos Antonio Silva

Mr. Carlos Antonio Silva, ASA

ASA

Business Valuation

Valuación y Estrategia Financiera (VEF)

Avenida Pena de Bernal 5161, 401
Col. Residencial El Refugio,
Santiago de Querétaro
Querétaro Querétaro
76146
MEXICO

csilva@vefmx.com www.vefmx.com

  • Carlos Silva is a partner in Valuacion y Estrategia Financiera (VEF) (www.vefmx.com) and has a strategic alliance with ArCcanto (www.arccanto.org).  He is a Certified Public Accountant (graduated with honors) from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico and has a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) by the Universidad Latinoamericana in Mexico (graduated with honors).

  • Carlos is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) granted by the American Society of Appraisers (http://www.appraisers.org/memberbio?MemberID=36629). In 2007, he became the first Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation in 2007 in Latin American countries.

  • After working in financial advisory in a Big-Four (PwC) for more than twenty-seven years he has a thorough knowledge of general accounting, the implementation of accounting systems and corporate finance, dedicating more than twenty years to the practice of corporate finance and business valuation.

  • He has professional experience in the advisory of national and international company clients, in projects such as intangible asset valuation, analysis of impairment of long-lived assets, feasibility analysis, preparation and review of business plans, financial modelling (review and preparation), valuation for purchase price allocation, as well as the identification of economic damages as a result of legal disputes between shareholders among others.

  • In recent years, Carlos was part of the Infrastructure and Energy group in PwC as a director in Mexico and has developed Independent Valuations for a recent financing instrument in Mexico by the name of Certificados de Capital de Desarrollo (CKD’s) for publicly-traded clients operating in different industries. Such valuation reports were reported to the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores).

  • Carlos is fluent in Spanish and English and taught several courses and conferences in valuation and other topics in the following professional organizations and educational institutions: Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos en Finanzas (IMEF), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Universidad Panamericana (UP), Universidad Anahuac, Universidad Latinoamericana, American Society of Appraisers (ASA), Instituto de Administración y Avalúos de Bienes Nacionales de México (INDAABIN), AMEXCAP, COFIDE, among others.

  • He is also a director in the Mexican chapter of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and has participated as co-author of the following books:

  1. "Valuación de Empresas y Creación de Valor", (Business Valuation and Value Creation) a 2002 joint edition between IMEF, PwC and UNAM.

  2. "Fusiones y Adquisiciones en Mexico: Teoria y Practica Gerencial" (Mergers and Acquisitions in Mexico: Managerial Theory and Practice) a 2012 joint edition between IMEF, PwC and ITAM.

  3. "Capital Privado y Emprendedor" (Private and Entrepreneurial Equity) a 2015 joint edition between AMEXCAP, PwC, KPMG, among others. 

  • Other relevant industries: Food & Beverage, Pharma, Real Estate and Construction, Retail, Financial, Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment, Hospitality & Education, Healthcare.

 



Appraisals Over Internet

Does not accept Fee Assignments

Experience as Expert Witness

Experience with IRS Appraisals

Appraisals for personal relationship dissolution

business, intangible, trademark, tradename, mexico

Currently holds

Designation(s)Discipline Specialty
Business ValuationBusiness Valuation

Works in Industries

Industry
Agriculture
Automotive
Beer/Wine/Liquor
Broadcasting
Business Services
Cable and Television
Chemical
Construction
Consulting
Energy
Engineering
Financial Institutions
Healthcare
Hospitality
Hospitals
Insurance Agencies
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas - including related
Pharmaceuticals
Restaurants
Retail
Service Businesses
Transportation and Freight
Utilities

Purpose of Appraisals

Purpose of Appraisal
Commercial Damages
Corporate Finance Consulting
Franchises
Intellectual Property
International Valuations
Mergers and Acquisitions
Professional Practices
Purchase Price Allocations
Start-ups