Javier M. Ledesma-Arocena

Mr. Javier M.
Ledesma-Arocena is a Principal at Gramercy Latin America Private Equity.
Prior to joining Gramercy in January 2013, he was a Principal at Graycliff Partners, the former HSBC private equity arm for the Americas, managing its Spanish Latin American investments.
He joined Graycliff's predecessor firm, HSBC Capital in May 2007 to launch HSBC's Private Equity program in Latin America and invested over $150 million between from 2007 to 2012.
At HSBC Capital, he actively managed the Latin American investment portfolio.
He represented HSBC Capital in the Board of Directors for companies in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, across different sectors.
At HSBC Capital, he sourced, led, negotiated and closed private equity investments in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Mexico.
Previously, he was a member of HSBC Principal Investments, where he worked on private equity transactions in India, China and Hong Kong.
Early in his career, he was an Investment Associate for over three years with HSBC Private Equity Latin America, HSBC's former Latin America private equity business with a focus in Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
Mr. Ledesma-Arocena holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Torcuato Di Tella University, Argentina, where he graduated at the top of his class