NEW YORK, NY, USA, May 7th, 2026, FinanceWire
Capital markets executive Alan Rios has joined the advisory board of House of Vanderbilt, where he will support capital strategy as it relates to the organization’s portfolio companies.
The appointment marks Rios’s continued focus on working with leadership teams and founders to develop the capital strategy and investor-facing discipline that sophisticated capital partners expect before making long-term investment commitments.
At House of Vanderbilt, Rios’ advisory role connects directly with that focus.He will advise on capital strategy tied to portfolio companies, bringing an institutional lens to how innovative growth-stage businesses prepare for long-term capital relationships.
Rios brings over a decade of experience across banking, family office advisory, and capital formation, with a background that includes Citigroup’s Global Family Office Group and senior roles focused on investor relations, capital strategy, and institutional readiness. His work has centered on helping companies strengthen the infrastructure behind their growth stories, from diligence readiness and operational discipline to governance and capital partner communication.
“Institutional investors don’t fund stories. They fund systems,” said Rios. “Narratives open doors, but disciplined execution is what gets a yes and keeps capital coming back.”
Now splitting his time between Connecticut and New York, Rios is focused on advising leadership teams and founders on capital markets strategy, investor positioning, and the internal infrastructure required to support durable institutional relationships.
Rios began his career at Citigroup within the Houston Private Bank office before rising to Vice President, North America in the firm’s Global Family Office Group while based in New York City. In that role, he worked with sophisticated family offices on long-term investment strategy, private market opportunities, and broader capital markets strategy.
He was also part of the early group involved in helping redesign Citi’s Family Office platform, an experience that sharpened his view of what institutional capital expects from management teams and how credibility is built inside large institutions.
He later joined Stratus, where he helped build the company’s capital markets and investor relations infrastructure by developing investor messaging, operating cadence, and institutional-facing standards designed to support more credible engagement with larger capital partners.
Across his career, Rios has helped management teams strengthen credibility with lenders, fund managers, and other capital providers by aligning investor narratives with the operating discipline and diligence readiness required to hold up under scrutiny. His work has also been recognized in finance and private credit publications.
“Institutional capital tends to engage most confidently when a platform combines strong market traction with disciplined capital strategy, credible reporting, experienced leadership, and a clear risk framework,” Rios said. “That combination signals that growth is not just happening, but that it can be managed and scaled.”
Rios has also spent recent years building cross-border relationships with investors and capital markets participants across the United States and Mexico.
“I’ve deeply enjoyed building cross-border relationships,” Rios added. “It’s personal for me given my Mexican roots. I care about building trust that lasts, across markets and across cultures.”
Rios holds a BBA in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin and is currently taking classes at The Wharton School focused on C-suite strategy formation.
About Alan Rios
Alan Rios is a capital markets advisor who helps founders and leadership teams prepare for and engage institutional capital. Drawing on experience at Citi’s Global Family Office Group and in senior capital formation roles, he advises on investor positioning, capital strategy, diligence readiness, reporting discipline, and the internal systems that support long-term institutional relationships. He has been recognized by Top 100 People in Finance Magazine (2024) and Private Debt Investor’s Rising Stars (2024).