As a business executive and prominent investment professional, Daniel Font led numerous real estate transactions and has executed projects in France, Spain and Africa.
In 2021 he founded Social Infra Ventures (SIV) a Green and Social Infrastructure Platform. SIV aims to play a key role in delivering affordable homes and urban infrastructure to low and middle-income earners in Africa, by giving access to affordable homeownership, affordable rent, and social facilities participating in a sought-after sustainable development scheme.
Prior to founding Social Infra Ventures, between 2007 and 2020 Daniel was CEO, Mixta Africa is Europe’s first-mover into, and an active player in the fast-growing African Real Estate sector.
With offices in Barcelona, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Mauritania and projects in Algeria and Egypt. Mixta Africa is the first international entrants into the real estate market in North and West Africa with an international shareholders base as Morgan Stanley, IFC (World Bank), Kingdom Zephyr and Renta Corporación. In 2015, Mixta Africa was acquired by ARM an established asset management company with circaUS$3.05 billion under management. Daniel has delivered 800.000 sqm, 13.000 residential units, hotels, retail, offices and golf course facilities, creating a leading firm in Africa.
Daniel has held different positions in the last 10 years as COO, Deputy CEO and CEO of Mixta Africa, working in tandem with the Board of Directors, shareholders and lenders to establish long-term goals, strategies, business plans and policies. Chair of the Board of Directors of Holding Company, Chair of the Board of all the Subsidiaries of the Group and Chair of the Investment Committee for all projects, new investments, new acquisitions and expansion to new markets.
Prior to Mixta Africa, Daniel was Head of the Spanish Business of Diagonale Group a leading French real estate developer, leading investments of over €80M in Real Estate project across Spain and held different position in Bouygues construction in Paris, Lyon and Barcelona.
Daniel received a Civil & Infrastructure engineering degree, a MBA from ESADE Business School and General Management Program from IESE Business School.