Mauricio Cortés

Mauricio Cortés is a Partner at ACON Investments. Prior to joining ACON in 2009, Mr. Cortés worked as a Senior Associate with GP Investments, one of the largest Brazilian private equity firms, and as an Associate in Citigroup’s Latin America Investment Banking Group in their New York and Mexico City offices. Mr. Cortés worked previously at Protego Asesores as well as at Booz Allen in Mexico City. Mr. Cortés serves on the Board of Directors of Citla Energy and Grupo GMI, each ACON fund portfolio companies. Previously, Mr. Cortés served on the board of Waldo’s, which merged into Grupo Vizion, a current ACON portfolio company, and Hidrotenencias, a former ACON portfolio company. Outside of ACON, Mr. Cortés serves on the board of AMEXCAP (Asociación Mexicana de Capital Privado A.C.) or the Mexican Association of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds.

Mr. Cortés holds a B.S. with Honors in Industrial Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.