Luis Zaldivar is a Co-founder and Managing Partner of Avance Investment Management, LLC. Prior to co-founding Avance, he was a Senior Managing Director at Palladium Equity Partners. Prior to Palladium, Mr. Zaldivar held several positions across corporate investing, strategy and M&A, including roles as Vice President at Univision Communications, Senior Associate at Lehman Brothers in the Mergers and Acquisitions group and Senior Consultant at Accenture Strategy.

Mr. Zaldivar earned a B.S. in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Zaldivar’s grandfather founded a Cuban restaurant in New York City – Victor’s Café – which has been in business for 57 years, and is an important part of the Hispanic business, civic and political landscape of New York. Mr. Zaldivar lives in Florida with his wife and two children.