Yolanda Ruiz - Vice President

Yolanda Ruiz is a Vice President at Pacific Community Management, an affiliate of Pacific Community Ventures. She is responsible for assisting in all aspects of the private equity fund including identifying, analyzing, structuring, and managing private equity investments.

Prior to joining PCM, Yolanda worked for Demeter Financial Group focusing on acquisitions and growth financings in the food and beauty sectors. Her responsibilities included financial analyses, conducting due diligence, supporting selling process and the managing of client relationships. Previously, Yolanda worked for Gap Inc. as Business Development Manager in the International Division. She was responsible for planning and managing the launch of Banana Republic in Japan in addition to the launch of the International Franchise operation. Before joining Gap Inc., Yolanda was part of the founding team of Punto Com Holdings (PCH), a Mexican venture capital fund led by Cemex. At PCH, she analyzed investment opportunities and actively participated in developing corporate strategy for the portfolio companies. Yolanda also worked for The Boston Consulting Group in Monterrey, Mexico where she developed pricing and corporate strategies for a variety of consumer products clients.

Yolanda received an MBA degree from Stanford Business School and a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from ITESM (Monterrey, Mexico).

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