Carlos Ángel Guerrero Mayer VonWittgenstein

Carlos Ángel Guerrero Mayer Von Wittgenstein founded Impala as a Partner in 2001, becoming Chairman of the firm in February 2002.
He is also Chairman of Impala’s Investment Committee.
While at Impala, Mr. Guerrero was involved in the investments in Mivisa, Paconsa and Menaje del Hogar, and has been a member of each one of the companies’ decision-making committees.
Before joining Impala, Mr. Guerrero was a partner of Vista Capital, Spain's leading private equity firm, founded by Banco Santander and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
He was in charge of leading and developing the Superdiplo transaction, a 50/50 venture between Vista and Charterhouse created in 1994.
This transaction involved the consolidation of 31 regional supermarket chains into a single company that was eventually listed on the Spanish stock exchange in 1998 and sold to Ahold NV in 2000.
During his time at Vista Capital, Mr. Guerrero was also responsible for other successful transactions, including Miquel i Costas, Estacionamientos Subterráneos and Vilesa.
He has also held seats on the Boards of all these companies and was Vice-Chairman of Superdiplo.
Mr. Guerrero worked for Arthur Andersen as an auditor and consultant between 1979 and 1988, which provided him with the opportunity to make contact with some of the firm's leading clients.
He would later take the helm of the family food business, where he was CEO for four years.
Mr. Guerrero holds a degree in Law and an MBA from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid.