Juan Carlos Torres Carretero
DIRECTOR
Moncler
Italy
Biography
Juan Carlos Torres Carretero earned a master’s degree in physics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he specialized in geophysics. After working for several years in the petroleum industry, he found himself drawn increasingly to management, and in 1979 he obtained an S.M. in Management from the MIT Sloan School. He worked for five years as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. and was subsequently president and chief executive officer of Seapharm Inc. and founder of Pharmamar, which explored marine organics pharmaceutical agents. In 1988 he joined the private equity firm Advent International, working for four years in the Boston office and 3 years in the Madrid office. In 1995, he moved to Mexico City as Managing Partner and Co-CEO of Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund, where he raised 5 funds for a total of c. US$ 4 billion and acquired controlling interests in over 30 companies. Juan Carlos has served on the boards of many private and public companies and is currently board member of Dufry AG (Executive Chairman since 2004), and InverCap Holdings. He is a member of the Latin American Executive Board of MIT Sloan School of Management, member of the Visiting Committee of the Physics Committee of MIT, and has generously supported operations costs of the MIT-NASA joint program for exploration of exoplanets (TESS).
Research Interest
Business & Management
