Our Team
Alberto Martin-Soberón, Chairman
Javier Larraza, Managing Director
Javier Cosme, Principal
Hector Ortiz, Digital Labs Business Development VP
Jose Luis Aceves, Treasurer
Monica Cavazos, Senior Associate
Alberto Martin-Soberón, Chairman
Alberto Martín-Soberón is Chairman of Investar Financial Corp. Alberto founded Investar in 2000, and he is currently responsible for the integration of the leadership team to create outstanding investment opportunities as well as for strategy development within the group.
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Prior to Investar, Alberto co-founded Grupo Inmex in México, and was Chairman of the Board responsible for developing a portfolio of companies focused on the Consumer, Retail, and Real Estate sectors. Before that, Alberto was CEO of Grupo Sorimex (Soriana), where he successfully co-led the merger with Organización Soriana, that resulted in the formation of the second largest retailer in Mexico. Prior to that, Alberto worked at InverMexico Casa de Bolsa. He occupied different positions before ultimately becoming the COO of InverMexico, including Vice-President of the trading desk, President of Capital Markets, and Managing Director of Capital Markets, Money Markets and Currencies. Before that, he co-founded Finser, an Investment Banking boutique in Mexico City. Alberto also worked in Investment Banking for Inverlat Casa de Bolsa and Banamex (Banco Nacional de Mexico). He started his professional career as the Financial Information Manager in Grupo Soriana.
Alberto currently participates in the Board of Directors of Organización Soriana, S.A.B. de C.V., Maxcom Telecomunicaciones, S.A.B. de C.V., Ventura Entertainments, Corporación Inmex, Corporación Kiosko, among others. He also actively participates in non-business related boards such as the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos and the Parents Advisory Board of Stanford University.
Alberto holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, where he graduated with honors, and has obtained different specialization diplomas from institutions like the New York Institute of Finance and Stanford University.
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Javier Larraza, Managing Director
Javier is Managing Director at Investar since 2007. He will be developing various investment opportunities in the Health, Insurance and Financial services areas. Javier has a strong background, having served as Vice-Chairman and CFO for COMPUSA from 2000 to 2006.
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Prior to his work at COMPUSA, Javier was a Managing Director at INBURSA, a financial group in Mexico, where he was in charge of Risk Analysis and Investor Relations.
Javier holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from The University of Chicago.
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Javier Cosme - Principal
Javier Cosme is a Principal, Business Development at Investar Financial Corporation since 2017. Javier’s responsibilities within Venture Capital is the value creation plan, seeking opportunities in business projects and assets to increase current cash flow and provide high potential upside to our Operating Businesses.
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He is also responsible in creating, developing and managing a new capital market fund. Prior to Investar, Javier has 18 years of professional investment experience as Director and MD among top key banks as Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and Standard Chartered Bank in New York and London. His Investment Banking experience has focused in Global Markets Trading, Portfolio Management, Advisory and Wealth Management.
Javier holds a Master in Science in Investment Banking from ICMA Centre at the University of Reading in the UK and a BA in Economics specialized in Finance from ITAM University in Mexico. He holds FINRA licenses Series 7, 63 & 24 and an Insurance State license.
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Hector Ortiz, Digital Labs Business Development VP
Hector Ortiz is responsible for Digital Business investment opportunities at Investar Financial Corporation since 2019. Hector’s responsibilities are research, select, prototype and roll out digital initiatives to improve Investment portfolio’s operations and diversify their business from traditional model.
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He has more than 18 years of experience as Director and Consultant Designing, implementing and operating innovative digital business (DX) strategies for multinational and US customers in financial services, IT, and manufacture industries (among others).
Hector was awarded with the Japan Minister of Education and Culture Scholarship to pursue his MS in Systems Engineering with specialization in Artificial Intelligence (Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks) from University of Yamagata in Japan.
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Jose Luis Aceves - Treasurer
Jose Luis is responsible for overseeing the financial activities of the entire Group. He is also responsible for leading planning, reporting and monitoring cash flow, as well as general Fund administration.
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Prior to Investar, Jose Luis was a Currency Foreign Exchange Trader for Banco Nacional de Mexico executing trades and managing the treasury position and bank exposure from 1995 to 2001.
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Monica Cavazos – Senior Associate
Monica is a Senior Associate at Investar Financial Corporation. She has been with the firm since 2015 and her responsibilities include assisting Investar Financial Corporation’s Operating Companies with Forecast Processes, Annual Budgets, and Acquisitions.
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Monica graduated from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey where she earned a BA in Finance and Accounting.
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