Currently, Javier Garcia-Teruel Avila is Managing Director at Alta Growth Capital Management Mexico (GP) LLC.

He is also on the board of J. C. Penney Co., Inc., Starbucks Corp., Nielsen Holdings Plc and The Nielsen Co. (US), Inc. and Partner at Spectron Desarrollo SC.

He previously held the position of Vice Chairman at Colgate-Palmolive Co. President & General Manager at Colgate-Palmolive SA de CV, President for Colgate-Palmolive Europe SARL and Vice President for Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. (which are all subsidiaries of Colgate-Palmolive Co.).