Santiago is an entrepreneur and investor with a track record of growing diverse businesses and building high-performance teams across early-stage venture (VC), Private Equity (PE), and global corporate contexts. Santiago is Group Head of Corporate of Development at Arowana where he focuses on strategic investments and partnerships for operating businesses and invests balance sheet and Family Office capital opportunistically into impact-oriented deals. Prior to Arowana, Santiago’s experience spanned operating and investing roles at firms like BlackRock and American Express and with venture-backed companies in the technology and sustainable energy infrastructure sectors.