Diego Córdoba
PrincipalDiego Córdoba was Co-founder, and CEO of Teka Capital, a private Equity Fund based in Colombia. He has more than 34 years of experience in strategy, M&A and corporate finance.
Prior to founding Teka Capital, he served during 4 years as CEO of Valorem S.A., the Santo Domingo’s family holding company based in Bogotá, Colombia, with assets in various Latin American countries, and during the previous 4 years as a Vice-president of Investments. While at Valorem, he had the responsibility to manage a portfolio of 18 companies throughout a variety of sectors with assets over US$3 Bn, including Propilco, Biofilm, TV Cable, Cine Colombia, Bell South, Caracol TV among others.
Previously, Mr. Córdoba worked as an independent investment banker in Colombia from 1992 to 2001, advising foreign companies in their development of business in Colombia and doing M&A for different infrastructure deals. Mr. Córdoba holds a degree in Business Administration from La Universidad de los Andes at Bogotá, and an MBA from El Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain.
Mr. Córdoba is a member of several boards of directors, including Valorem, Cine Colombia and Bodytech. He is a member of the Board of Trustees, and the Executive Committee at la Universidad de los Andes, President of the Board of Directors of a nonprofit organization that provides education for children of scarce resources (Jardin Infantil Obrero ), member of the board and former Chair of YPO Colombia.