Miguel Olea recently helped to structure and joined Colony Latam Partners, a joint venture between Colony Capital and the Latam team that used to manage the Abraaj Latam PE funds. Before this new position, Miguel was Partner and Head of Latin America for The Abraaj Group based out of Mexico City. His public sector experience includes positions such as Director of International Finance at Mexicoʼs Ministry of Finance, Minister Counselor responsible for the Economic Section of the Mexican Embassy to the United States (1982) and Chief of Staff for the Minister of Foreign Affairs. On the private sector, Mr. Olea served as one of the managing partners of OPCAP I (1991-2001), a Mexican private equity fund which was listed in the stock exchange. Mr. Olea began working for Aureos Latin America Fund since its inception in 2006 and was Managing Partner for the Latin America Region. Aureos was acquired by The Abraaj Group in 2012, and he became a Partner in the firm and later promoted to Regional Head Latin America (2013). Mr Olea obtained a BSc in mechanical and electrical engineering from the Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City, a MSc in engineering management and a MSc in operations research from Stanford University in California.