Bio

Andre Bhatia is a Managing Partner at ACON Investments. Prior to joining ACON in 2000, Mr. Bhatia was with Newbridge Latin America, an affiliate of the Texas Pacific Group, in Brazil, where he was responsible for sourcing and executing private equity transactions throughout the region. Prior to that, Mr. Bhatia was with Merrill Lynch Investment Banking based in New York and Brazil, where he worked in M&A and corporate finance. He serves on the board of Dori Alimentos, an ACON fund portfolio company. Previously, he has served on numerous boards including Conexão, Fairway Media Group, Fiesta Mart and GBarbosa Comercial, each prior ACON fund/investment vehicle portfolio companies. Mr. Bhatia holds a B.A., magna cum laude, with a double major in Computer Science and Economics from Cornell University and an M.A. in Economics from Columbia University.