Gustavo Cardenas is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Strategic Partnerships at Wafra, where he helps lead Wafra’s strategic partnership investment mandates in both next generation and established asset management businesses. While at Wafra, Mr. Cardenas has completed several direct minority investments in alternative asset management firms, GP financings, as well as other private markets investments. Mr. Cardenas is a board member of Pollen Street Group (LSE: POLN), a financial services focused investment firm in Europe.

Previously, Mr. Cardenas was at Hamilton Lane where he focused on co-investments and fund investments. He began his career in investment banking at Bank of America Securities and then at Mesoamerica Partners, a Central American financial group.

Mr. Cardenas earned a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.