Roberto Velarde is a seasoned private equity investor with over 25 years of global private equity investment experience in a broad range of industries in Latin America, US, Europe and Asia. Roberto has proven experience building and managing private markets investment platforms as a senior leader in institutional, family office and impact investment firms. He has held senior management positions in several firms, including Klis Capital, Small Enterprise Assistance Funds, Franklin Templeton, Grupo Inder, North America Capital, J.P. Morgan Partners, and AIG Global Investment Group.

Roberto holds an MBA degree from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, and a BA in Economics from Northwestern University.

Roberto brings to FSF:
• Extensive experience in private equity investments
• Experience in investment markets in Latin America, the United States, Europe and Asia
• Experience building and managing private markets investment platforms