AZORA APPOINTS JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ-HEREDIA AS NEW MANAGING PARTNER

AZORA APPOINTS JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ-HEREDIA AS NEW MANAGING PARTNER

Javier Rodríguez-Heredia will lead and oversee the Management Board, Azora’s newly established executive body.

Javier has been a member of the Azora Partners team since 2007 and has been responsible for the Real Estate division.

Founders of Azora, Concha Osácar and Fernando Gumuzio, will continue as joint non-executive chairmen and remain on both the Board of Directors and the Investment Committee.

Change in leadership is a natural evolution in Azora’s ongoing growth and consolidation as a leading international investment management platform.

Madrid, 27 March 2025 –Azora’s Board of Directors has appointed Javier Rodríguez-Heredia as Managing Partner of Azora, a leading international alternative investment management platform.  Having joined Azora in 2007, Javier previously lead the firm’s Real Estate division, overseeing its €10 billion Living and Commercial Real Estate strategies and will now be heading the firm’s newly established Management Board, the new executive body of the company.

Fellow partners Javier Arús (Hospitality), Cristina García-Peri (Clients and Corporate Development), Fernando Pérez-Hickman (US business), Javier Picón (now heading Real Estate), Santiago Olivares (Infrastructure and Energy) and Mar González, (CFO/COO) make up the rest of the Azora management Committee.

Azora’s leadership team also includes a Partners’ Committee, which is responsible for defining the firm’s strategic direction and comprises the Management Board as well as José Alonso, Gonzalo García Lago, Carlos Fernández de Araoz and Alfonso Aramendía.

Azora founders, Concha Osácar and Fernando Gumuzio, will continue to serve as non-executive chairmen and remain active members of the Board of Directors and the Investment Committee.

Javier Rodríguez-Heredia has been a key figure in Azora’s success for almost 20 years, helping lead the expansion of its real estate and energy investments before heading the entire Real Estate practice, where he has played a pivotal role in the firm’s exponential growth.

Founding Partners, Concha Osácar and Fernando Gumuzio, commented ‘Javier's appointment and the delegation of executive responsibility to the Management Board mark a logical and natural step in Azora’s evolution and business, reflecting the scale of the business and the breadth of investment strategies it now has, as well as its ambitions for global growth.  Having worked closely with Javier for nearly two decades, we know that he embodies the values and culture that define Azora – one of continual innovation and focusing on delivering outstanding results and exemplar service for our clients-.

Javier Rodríguez-Heredia also stated ‘Concha and Fernando's vision, dedication and enthusiasm have been instrumental in shaping Azora’s success.  The 600+ professionals across Europe and America are committed to the values they have instilled in us. As partners, we are proud to take on the duty of leading Azora into its next phase of strategic growth with discipline and responsibility.