A photographic portrait of Andres Saenz
Private equity is a growing force of change in the global economy. It can have a significant positive impact on sectors, companies and ultimately, people.

Andres Saenz

EY Global Private Equity Leader

Trusted advisor to leading private equity professionals and their portfolio companies. Ardent student of consumer behavior. Marathoner. Family man.

Andres serves as the EY Global Private Equity Leader and is part of the EY Global Industry Markets Leadership team. Prior to becoming the EY Global Private Equity Leader, Andres was Managing Director of EY-Parthenon based in the Boston office, and was with Parthenon for nearly two decades before its combination with EY in August 2014. Andres continues to serve clients as part of EY-Parthenon and leads private equity globally across EY.

In his role, he assists firms with investment strategy, commercial due diligence, portfolio company strategy, value creation and sell-side engagements. He has worked in a wide variety of sectors, including consumer and retail, healthcare and life sciences and business and industrial services.

He has led over 500 engagements in the consumer space, focusing on customer insights, competitive positioning, market attractiveness, and growth assessments within sub-sectors such as food and beverage, personal care, apparel, durables, retail, restaurants and consumer services.

Andres holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Harvard University.

How Andres is building a better working world

“My role is to help investors find companies that they can help grow and turn into great successes. It’s about ideas for growth. It’s about what’s possible. It’s about how to make it happen and working with all of the people involved to realize that vision. It’s incredibly fulfilling to see how so much of the work that we’ve done over the last 20 years has helped create these amazing business – and people – stories.”

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