Bio

Francisco is a partner at Charme Capital Partners, and will lead investment activity in Spain. He will be a member of the Investment Committee and member of the Board. He was a Senior Principal at Doughty Hanson from 2006 to 2015 based in Madrid and London and led the private equity team investing in Southern Europe. He was a member of the Investment Committee of the Doughty Hanson Funds from 2008. Among other transactions, Francisco was responsible for investments in USP Hospitales, Quirón and Teknon. He is currently a Board Member of the TMF Group and Volotea S.A. Other previous Board responsibilities have included Eurofiber, TUMI and ONO Cable. From 1999 to 2006, Francisco held various responsibilities in London and Madrid investing and managing investments on behalf of JP Morgan and successor funds, focusing on the telecommunications and media sectors. Prior to that, he was head of the internet and mobile businesses of Retevisión where he led the launch of Amena mobile. Francisco has a Master of Science degree from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and an MBA from the Fuqua School at Duke University, US.