Team

Estefania Aleman has a Juris Doctor degree from American University Washington College of Law and has taken multiple diploma courses in International Trust Administration. She is currently the General Manager of Icaza Trust Corporation and holds a position on its Board of Directors.

She is also a founding member and President of the "Asociación de Empresas Fiduciarias de Panamá", an organization constituted by Panamanian trust companies which end is to work together to promote Panama as an international financial center and to strengthen the Panamanian jurisdiction's anti-money laundering and corporate governance processes to create a transparent and robust environment to host financial transactions.

As General Manager and Director of Icaza Trust Corporation, Estefanía leads a team of over 15 staff members and supervises the administration of more than one hundred and fifty trusts. She heads the constitution, implementation, and administration of estate planning and commercial trusts, including administration, source of payment, credit and public trusts. In addition, Estefanía directs and leads processes such as preparing legal documentation of the trusts, developing their process manuals, and their daily operation.

Estefania's expertise encompasses financial and banking issues, including syndicated financings for public and private transactions, micro-finance, and estate planning. In financing matters, Estefania has participated in hydroelectric, solar, and natural gas financings, private projects, and bond issues that have required fiduciary structures. In micro-finance, Estefania has led state programs such as Fidemicro, which aims to provide financing to financing entities so that they in turn grant loans to micro and small businesses.