- Joaquin Avila
Joaquin Avila is
Managing Director of the global private equity firm,Carlyle Group , where he is responsible for researching and discovering opportunities in the field of buyout investments.He was formerly a Managing Director and Head of Latin America for the now defunct
Lehman Brothers where he concentrated on the development and implementation of regional strategic plans. [ [http://www.carlyle.com/Team/item5870.html Carlyle Group - Team] ] He has also worked forBanco Santander andBankers Trust and was a board member of Unica, a Mexican venture capital firm. As Managing Director of Banco Santander, he was responsible for strategy development inLatin America and the acquisition of Banco Mexicano, the fourth largest bank in Mexico.Avila also formed VAI, a private equity firm based in
Mexico which was financed byBanco Santander . In addition, he was a Managing Director of VA Investments/Compass Group, where he created strategic plans to developprivate equity andasset management businesses in Mexico.He holds a B.S. from
Universidad IberoAmericana , a M.S. fromStanford University , and anMBA fromYale School of Management .References
* [http://www.thecarlylegroup.com/eng/team/l5-team2740.html Joaquin Avila bio at Carlyle Group]
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