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Joaquin Avila is Managing Director
Managing director

Managing director is the term used for the chief executive of many limited company in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth of Nations and some other English speaking countries....
 of the global private equity firm, Carlyle Group
Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group is a global private equity investment firm, based in Washington, D.C., with more than $91.5 billion of equity capital under management....
, 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
Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services corporation that, until declaring bankruptcy in 2008, did business in investment banking, Stock and Bond sales, market research and stock trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking....
 where he concentrated on the development and implementation of regional strategic plans. He has also worked for Banco Santander and Bankers Trust
Bankers Trust

The Bankers Trust was a historic United States banking organization that was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1998....
 and was a board member of Unica, a Mexican venture capital firm.






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Joaquin Avila is Managing Director
Managing director

Managing director is the term used for the chief executive of many limited company in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth of Nations and some other English speaking countries....
 of the global private equity firm, Carlyle Group
Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group is a global private equity investment firm, based in Washington, D.C., with more than $91.5 billion of equity capital under management....
, 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
Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services corporation that, until declaring bankruptcy in 2008, did business in investment banking, Stock and Bond sales, market research and stock trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking....
 where he concentrated on the development and implementation of regional strategic plans. He has also worked for Banco Santander and Bankers Trust
Bankers Trust

The Bankers Trust was a historic United States banking organization that was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1998....
 and was a board member of Unica, a Mexican venture capital firm. As Managing Director of Banco Santander, he was responsible for strategy development in Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
 and the acquisition of Banco Mexicano, the fourth largest bank in Mexico.

Avila also formed VAI, a private equity firm based in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 which was financed by Banco Santander. In addition, he was a Managing Director of VA Investments/Compass Group, where he created strategic plans to develop private equity
Private equity

In finance, private equity is an asset class consisting of Stock securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
 and asset management businesses in Mexico.

He holds a B.S. from Universidad IberoAmericana
Universidad Iberoamericana

The Ibero-American University is a Mexico private institution of higher education sponsored by the Society of Jesus. Its flagship campus is located in the Santa Fe district of Mexico City but there are others located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Le?n, Guanajuato, Torre?n, Puebla, Puebla and Playas de Tijuana....
, a M.S. from Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
, and an MBA from Yale School of Management
Yale School of Management

The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States....
.