Carlos is an Investment Management Officer in the Equity & Mezzanine Finance Team at IDB Invest, which he joined in 2018. He is responsible of sourcing, selecting, originating, structuring, closing and supporting the supervision of the equity and mezzanine transactions (including venture capital), across all sectors of IDB Invest. Before joining the IDB Group, he worked for Banco Santander as an Export and Agency Financial Analyst, at the Spain’s Economic and Commercial Office in China, and for the economic consulting firm, Intermoney, in Madrid. Carlos earned a master’s degree in International Business Management from the Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior and has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid with an specialization in Finance from Syracuse University.
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