Despegar.com, Corp. announced that Dirk Donath, a member of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed by LCLA Daylight LP (“L Catterton Purchaser”), an affiliate of L Catterton Latin America III, L.P., has tendered his resignation as a director and as a member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee and Strategy Committee of the Board, effective as of June 24, 2022, in connection with a rotation by L Catterton Purchaser of its appointed directors. Mr. Donath will continue to serve as an observer of the Board.
In connection with Mr. Donath's resignation, the Company announced the appointment by L Catterton Purchaser of Ramiro Lauzan to the Board and to the Nomination and Compensation Committee and Strategy Committee of the Board, effective as of June 24, 2022. Mr. Lauzan previously served as an observer of the Board. Mr. Lauzan is a Partner at L Catterton, focused on Latin America.
Prior to joining L Catterton, he was a Managing Partner at Humus Capital Partners, an independent middle-market private equity firm he co-founded in South America, with investments in consumer goods, biotechnology and renewable energy. Previously, Mr. Lauzan spent over 8 years at McKinsey & Company, where he served clients across multiple sectors in Latin America, Asia and Australia. Prior to that, he also worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, and in venture capital at L.I.D. Group.
Mr. Lauzan is a member of the Board of Directors of Biosidus Group and Embotelladora Metropolitana. Mr. Lauzan holds a Business Economics degree with honors from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina, and an MBA from Columbia Business School (Yosaji Morita scholar). Mr. Lauzan is fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese and German.
