Jaime Sánchez Cortina

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Jaime Sánchez Cortina
Mr. Sanchez manages Mexico Ventures I, a Venture Capital Fund of Funds co-managed with Sun Mountain Capital and GreenSpring Associates. Between 2003 and 2010, he served as Managing Director of the management team of Discovery Americas I, a private equity fund which invested in Volaris, Umbral, Ike Asistencia and Corporacion Lipu where he applied his managerial experience in selected portfolio companies. Mr. Sanchez was also responsible for fundraising, investment research, deal origination, due diligence, monitoring portfolio companies and investor relations.

Mr. Sanchez has over a decade of experience in financial management and strategic planning. He played a key role in developing three start-ups in Latin America and has participated in four private investments, in which the best IRR reach 218%. He served from 1997 to 2000 as Country Manager at Raytheon International for Raytheon’s diverse operating companies in Mexico. He developed business opportunities and joint ventures for the different business units. Mexico grew from a US$2 M market to reach US44 with two important associations and more joint ventures.

Previously, Mr. Sanchez worked at Ixe Casa de Bolsa a start up financial group where he participated in M&A, corporate finance transactions and had a mayor role in the IPO. Before that from 1990 to 1994 he worked at Casa de Bolsa Inverlat in M&A, restructurings and venture capital transactions. In Inverlat he participated in several equity private placements and transaction, mainly for the private equity fund Fondo Reto.

Mr. Sanchez is an investment committee advisor for CONACYT-NAFIN venture capital fund. He holds a BS in Business Administration from Universidad de las Americas and earned an MBA from IPADE. He is also a board and executive committee member of Special Olympics Mexico, a sports and health non profit organization.

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