Rafael Gonzalo

Senior Advisor | Private Investor | INSEAD MBA | Bain alumn

Rafael Gonzalo is a seasoned investment and advisory professional with over 30 years of experience across various asset classes and regions, including Europe, the US, Latin America, and the MENA region. He is currently the Founding Partner at REEM Partners, an asset management and advisory firm based in Abu Dhabi, which specializes in providing investment and strategic advice to institutional investors and corporations. He took on this role in May 2023.1 2

His professional background includes significant positions at notable firms such as Bain & Company, PwC, and Merrill Lynch. He has also been a Senior Advisor at LCM Partners, where he played a key role in managing over €5.5 billion in committed capital.1 2 Additionally, Gonzalo serves as a Private Equity & Venture Capital Professor at IE Business School, where he has been involved in executive programs related to private equity.2

Gonzalo holds an MBA in Finance from INSEAD and a degree in Finance from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. His expertise encompasses general management, investments, distressed debt, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic analysis.1 2 3

Highlights

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Experience

Founding Partner at REEM Partners (May 2023 - Present)

Senior Advisor at LCM Partners (2003 - Present) | Private Equity & Venture Capital Professor at IE Business School (December 2000 - Present) | Investor at ThirdWay Africa (October 2018 - Present) | Angel Investor at COREangels (January 2023 - Present) | Investor at Blue Horizon (January 2019 - Present) | Member at Adjuvo Network Limited (January 2016 - Present) | Investor at QuantuMDx Group Limited (January 2016 - Present) | Investor at Zero Latency VR UK (May 2018 - Present) | Investor at The Curators (March 2019 - Present) | Investor at Inz-ECO (March 2017 - Present)

Education

Empresariales, Finance at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1984 - 1989) | MBA, Finance at INSEAD (1993) | Program at Deloitte - Spencer Stuart (2015)