Mr. Ilundain joined Palladium in 2005 and serves as a Partner. Previously, he was an investment manager in the private equity division of BBVA. He began his career as an investment professional in the venture capital division of BBVA. Mr. Ilundain serves on the Board of Directors of Palladium portfolio companies Accupac, Del Real Foods and Envoy Global, and has served on the Board of Directors of Palladium portfolio companies Aconcagua, Capital Contractors, Castro Cheese, GoodWest, Jordan Health Services, QMax, Taco Bueno, Teasdale and TransForce. Mr. Ilundain serves on the Board of Directors of the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce.
He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) and earned a B.S. in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Pública de Navarra (Spain), a B.S. in Engineering from Staffordshire University (UK), a Leadership Development diploma from Harvard Business School, a Management Development Program (PDD) diploma from IESE Business School (Spain) and a Master in Finance from BBVA Escuela de Finanzas (Spain).