Mr. De Armas is a Managing Director at Castlelake, L.P. (“Castlelake”) and is part of the Lending team. Previously, Mr. De Armas was part of Castlelake’s Special Situations team, focused on investments in emerging markets. Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. De Armas held a senior investment role at an opportunistic family office, where he focused on deep value investments, restructuring and financial advisory. Prior to that, Mr. De Armas was a principal at a private investment firm, where he focused on special situations investments in emerging markets. Earlier in his career, Mr. De Armas was an associate with Citigroup in the Latin America investment banking group, where he advised companies in a wide range of industry sectors on financial and strategic matters. Mr. De Armas holds a bachelor of science in business administration from Universidad Metropolitana and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.