José Manuel Romero Rodríguez

Alia Private Equity (Alia) is an independent Spain-based private equity firm which was established in 2008. Based in Madrid, Alia is the successor firm to the private equity investment and holding company Inveralia, which started being gradually wound up to allow shareholding families to withdraw their assets. Alia originated in 1997 as the industrial investment division of the Larios Group, a Spanish wines and liquors company controlled by the Gonzalez-Gallarza family until its acquisition by the French conglomerate Pernod Ricard in 1998. Alia is controlled by the Gonzalez-Gallarza family. Other shareholders include high-net worth families who were former Larios shareholders.

Inveralia SL is a Spanish private equity firm located in Madrid. The firm was established in 1997 and manages private equity funds backed by high-net worth individuals as well as Spanish and international institutions. As of 2008 the firm was being wound up and the assets transferred to the successor firm Alia Private Equity SCR SA.