Co-founder and Managing Partner of IGNIA Partners, LLC.

Chairman of the Board of Compartamos Banco (BMV: COMPART, www.compartamos.com), Americas largest microfinance organization.

Former Chairman of the Board of ACCION International (www.accion.org), a 50 year old US based non-for-profit and a global pioneer of microfinance and worldwide leading development organization in the field.

Prior to founding IGNIA Álvaro Rodríguez served as the Chief Financial Officer of Grupo Vitro (NYSE: VTO and BMV: VITRO), one of the largest glass manufacturers in the world. In 2005 was named Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Rodríguez holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).