Inaki Echave to join Blackstone to focus on Spain and Portugal
Staff writer | Madrid, Spain | February 13, 2013
February 13, 2013, Madrid, Spain - Blackstone, an investment and advisory firm, announced that Inaki Echave will join its private equity group as a managing director, with primary responsibility for Spain and Portugal.
Mr. Echave was most recently a partner with Magnum Capital, an independent buy-out fund on the Iberian Peninsula. Before joining Magnum in 2006, Mr. Echave worked for 3i Group, where he served as a Director of the Pan-European Buyout team based in London and a Director of the Spanish/Portuguese team, based in Madrid.
Before 3i, he worked for JP Morgan Partners (now CCMP Capital Advisors) in Madrid and London, re-launching their activities in Spain. He started his career as a strategic consultant at Bain & Company in a variety of sectors and companies in Spain and the United Kingdom. Mr. Echave has an MBA from INSEAD in France and holds a double degree in Law and in Business from ICADE University in Madrid and Tübingener Universität in Germany. ■
Before 3i, he worked for JP Morgan Partners (now CCMP Capital Advisors) in Madrid and London, re-launching their activities in Spain. He started his career as a strategic consultant at Bain & Company in a variety of sectors and companies in Spain and the United Kingdom. Mr. Echave has an MBA from INSEAD in France and holds a double degree in Law and in Business from ICADE University in Madrid and Tübingener Universität in Germany. ■
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