Rodrigo Amaré, Managing Committee

Rodrigo Amaré, is Managing Director and responsible of co-leading the Pinto America Growth Fund, L.P. (“PAGF”). PAGF is a private equity investment fund formed with the objective of achieving long-term capital appreciation through private investment in companies serving the needs of the Hispanic population in the United States. Prior to joining PAGF, Mr. Amaré was Principal of the ZN Mexico Funds and a New York-based member of the investment team. He also worked for TCW/Latin America Partners, a New York-based private equity fund focused on making investments in Latin Americam and for Goldman Sachs & Co. in its Investment Banking - Latin America Group covering Mexico. At Goldman, Mr. Amaré worked in transactions such as the sale of Banacci to Citigroup for US$12.5 billion and the raid defense of CANTV in Venezuela.

Previously, he worked for Banco Nacional de Mexico (Banamex) and for Arthur Anderson in its Business Consulting Division in Mexico City. Mr. Amaré holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and received two undergraduate degrees in Mexico: a B.A. in Business Administration and a B.S. in Public Accounting; both from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM).