Gonzalo Díaz Rato

Consultant / Advisor at Searchlight Capital Partners LP /New York/

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Gonzalo Díaz Rato is a Senior Advisor at Searchlight Capital Partners LP since 2013.
Prior to this, he worked as a Partner at Impala Capital Partners SL from 2000 to 2011 and as a Vice President at Credit Suisse AG (London Branch) from 1996 to 2000.
He also worked as a Partner at Ámbar Capital y Expansión SGEIC SA from 2010 to 2012.
Mr. Díaz Rato received his undergraduate degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1990 and his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1996.

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Companies	Position	Start
Searchlight Capital Partners LP /New York/ Searchlight Capital Partners LP /New York/ Investment ManagersFinance Searchlight Capital Partners LP (Searchlight Capital Partners) is a private equity investment firm founded in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Erol Uzumeri, and Oliver Haarmann. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in London and Toronto.	Consultant / Advisor	31/12/2012

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Ámbar Capital y Expansión SGEIC SA Ámbar Capital y Expansión SGEIC SA Investment ManagersFinance Ámbar Capital y Expansión SGEIC SA is a growth investment firm founded in the year 1998 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.	Private Equity Investor	31/12/2011
Impala Capital Partners SL Impala Capital Partners SL Investment ManagersFinance Impala Capital Partners SL is an independent private equity investment firm based in Madrid, Spain. In 2000, the firm originated under the name of Suala. They were established by Ana Patricia Botín, Carlos Guerrero and Gonzalo Díaz-Rato with their first fund raised in 2001. In 2005, the firm changed their name to the current Impala Capital Partners. Impala focuses exclusively on advising private equity funds. Their investors are international financial institutions. They deal in a range of investment transactions such as buyouts and professionalization, particularly in family-run businesses, LBOs, MBOs, MBIs, buy and build, capital expansion, and financial restructuring.	Investment Committee Member	28/12/2011
Credit Suisse AG (London Branch) Credit Suisse AG (London Branch) Regional BanksFinance Credit Suisse AG (London Branch) provides investment banking services. The company was founded on January 1, 1993 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.	Private Equity Investor	31/12/1999

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Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Undergraduate Degree
Harvard Business School	Masters Business Admin

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Impala Capital Partners SL Impala Capital Partners SL Investment ManagersFinance Impala Capital Partners SL is an independent private equity investment firm based in Madrid, Spain. In 2000, the firm originated under the name of Suala. They were established by Ana Patricia Botín, Carlos Guerrero and Gonzalo Díaz-Rato with their first fund raised in 2001. In 2005, the firm changed their name to the current Impala Capital Partners. Impala focuses exclusively on advising private equity funds. Their investors are international financial institutions. They deal in a range of investment transactions such as buyouts and professionalization, particularly in family-run businesses, LBOs, MBOs, MBIs, buy and build, capital expansion, and financial restructuring.	Finance
Ámbar Capital y Expansión SGEIC SA Ámbar Capital y Expansión SGEIC SA Investment ManagersFinance Ámbar Capital y Expansión SGEIC SA is a growth investment firm founded in the year 1998 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.	Finance
Searchlight Capital Partners LP /New York/ Searchlight Capital Partners LP /New York/ Investment ManagersFinance Searchlight Capital Partners LP (Searchlight Capital Partners) is a private equity investment firm founded in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Erol Uzumeri, and Oliver Haarmann. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in London and Toronto.	Finance
Credit Suisse AG (London Branch) Credit Suisse AG (London Branch) Regional BanksFinance Credit Suisse AG (London Branch) provides investment banking services. The company was founded on January 1, 1993 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.	Finance

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