Bio

Alberto Hernandez is a Managing Director at ACON Investments. Prior to joining ACON in 2013, Mr. Hernandez was a Managing Director with the manager of Arco Capital Corporation from 2007 to 2013. Arco, an emerging markets focused investment company, had assets in excess of $500 million. While at Arco, Mr. Hernandez was responsible for its worldwide investments and assets, which included companies in Colombia and Eastern Europe, where Mr. Hernandez held various Board of Directors and senior management positions. Through his role at Arco, Mr. Hernandez has actively participated in the Colombian investment and financial sector since late 2009. Prior to joining Arco, Mr. Hernandez was a Director in the European Mergers and Acquisitions group of UBS in London. From 1997 to 2006, Mr. Hernandez was an investment banker for JP Morgan Chase focused on cross border mergers and acquisitions advice for clients in Latin America, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa. Mr. Hernandez serves on the Board of Directors of AMFORA Packaging, Credifinanciera, Grupo Biosidus and Salesland, each ACON fund portfolio companies. Mr. Hernandez received a B.Sc., summa cum laude, in Finance, Investments and Economics from Babson College. Mr. Hernandez has also completed a concentration in economics and political sciences at the London School of Economics as a general course student.