Andrew Cummins
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Explorador Capital
(San Francisco)
"NESsT makes a profound contribution to Latin America by empowering social entrepreneurs. They disseminate knowledge and provide financial support to institutions which can be of service to their constituents in a sustainable manner through sound business practices. The long-term impact will be enormous.”
Andrew Cummins is founder and Chief Investment Officer for Explorador Capital. Prior to founding Explorador, he was affiliated with Emerging Markets Management, a $9 billion investment firm in Washington, DC. Andrew also worked in the acquisitions group of JMB Realty Corporation (Chicago), where his transaction experience included over 13 corporate and real estate acquisitions and financings ranging in size from $14 million to $1 billion. He sits on the board of directors of three companies in Latin America.
Andrew holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School with a focus on corporate strategy and finance. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from The Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. At Berkeley, he was selected commencement speaker at graduation ceremonies, elected Senator of the student body government, awarded a Nikko Securities Fellowship to Tokyo, Japan, and founded the local chapter of the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs.
Andrew has traveled, worked and studied in Latin America over the past twenty years. He has lived in Chile, is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Portuguese. He has guest lectured on corporate strategy at the Universidad Católica in Santiago and on international investing at the Universidad de Chile. Andrew was selected as a National Finalist for the White House Fellowship program in 1994.