Gonzalo Fernandez is managing director at Partners Group, one of the largest private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and private debt investment groups in the world. He is a member of the Global Executive Committee for Partners Group, head of the Private Equity team for Latin America, and head of the São Paulo office. Prior to working at Partners Group, Fernandez founded Lumix Capital in Switzerland, was global CMO for Global Fortune 500 company Adecco, investment manager for Jacobs Holdings, founder of LID Group, and an analyst at McKinsey & Company. He is president of the board of Enova Foods, a leader in the Brazilian market for nut bars; a board member of the biggest retail chain of Hortifruti within Brazil; and a board member of Centauro, the biggest sports retail chain in Latin America. Fernandez has a bachelor's in industrial engineering from the Technological Institute of Buenos Aires and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.