Professor and researcher working in the fields of strategy, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and in the practical application of Niklas Luhmann's ideas, particularly the theory of social systems, in management sciences. Teaching Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Consulting Project and International Business.

Advising the Dean's Office on Strategy Development & Planning

Program Head: Executive Master's in Business Administration - General Management (MEX), Executive Master's in Management - Intensive (MEXi) and International Master's in Management (MIM)

Arpoador Capital is an independent M&A boutique delivering strategy advice, financial modeling, deal management and transaction support work for corporates, family owned business and the public sector

The Board is an advisory body of the University’s strategic management, the purpose of which is to determine, analyze and monitor the directions of the University’s strategic development, as well as to maintain and develop strategic international, political, business and cultural relations.

Platforms of big data foresight for strategic management

The Next Society Institute (NSI) is a think tank institute and research start-up devoted to theory development and transfer. The NSI advances social systems theory in the tradition of Niklas Luhmann and explores synergies with alternative schools of systems theories, including translating theoretical breakthroughs and advances into diverse forms of social impact

Expert consultant for the Housing and Urban Development Development and responsible for the development of strategic options analysis and business model proposal to develop pilot projects to build sustainable cities. The overall objective of the work is to investigate and evaluate strategic options for the design of an innovative affordable housing program to be implemented by the Federal Government (“Aproxima”) with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (“IDB” or “BID”), including business and operating model design and governance structures.The work is led by the IDB’s Cities LAB team in coordination with the IDB Brazil office, the Ministry of Economy and municipalities — supported by a team of expert consultants.

Advisor to the Board (Founders), responsible for facilitating decision-making, strategic planning, performance review, goals and actual results.

Belveder is a boutique specialized in strategy, planning, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures (M&A). We believe in creating positive impact for organizations, governments and markets through informed and creative strategic thinking. We make smart use of proprietary tools and methods to generate ideas and promote change. We are associated with Tátil (www.tatil.com.br), one of most prestigious design and branding houses in Brazil, to jointly address brand challenges from an unique strategically creative perspective

Visiting Professor teaching Strategy, M&A, Decision Making and Corporate Governance @ the MBA, In-Company and Executive Education programs

Senior Advisor to the Board and Chairs of WCD (Brazil), the world’s largest membership organization and community seeking to inspire visionary boards worldwide —by increasing the representation of women on boards and in board leadership positions

Postdoctoral researcher working on the fields of strategy, business & society

Visiting professor teaching International Business

Board Member (Conselheiro) - Governance & Compliance (Conselho Empresarial de Governança e Compliance)

Advisory Board Member and Angel Investor @ Alterbank, an alternative crypto friendly digital bank

Board member of KPMG's committee responsible for deliberating on the partnership's allocation of resources and efforts involving innovation, self disruption and business opportunities arising from a myriad of factors, including technology, cultural changes and geopolitics. The I&I discussed themes related to shared economy, big data, automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, cyber security, analytics, disruption of business and operating models etc and respective impacts on KPMG, its clients and their respective markets.

Aside from heading the Strategy Practice, led the pan-Advisory business development efforts to in the Consumer & Retail spaces, including Consumer Goods, Food & Drinks and Retail. Facilitated KPMG's strategic planning process and supported the C&R head and other functional leaders (Audit & Tax) to formulate, design and implement their plans to expand the business and further penetrate existing client base with bundling offers and cross-fertilization initiatives. One of my main clients included Britvic, a British soft drink player that successfully entered Brazil after two years evaluating the Brazilian market and several strategic options available. Client decided for the acquisition of Brazil's number-one supplier of dilutable concentrated drinks and the number-two supplier of ready-to-drink nectar drinks opening the doors for accessing to the sixth-largest soft drinks market and largest “concentrates” market in the world. I decided to be lead partner of this account since their first informal visit to Brazil in 2012 and helped them in every step of their inorganic growth strategy until my last day at the Firm. I was lucky to make this account the largest one by fees in the whole Deal Advisory division of KPMG Brazil. Finally, I was part of a global panel of expert practitioners in Consumer & Retail for the Global Deal Advisory practice of KPMG international network.

In addition to main role of leading KPMG's Global Strategy Group in Brazil, being passionate about Social Change, Inclusion and Responsible Economic Development, I volunteered to try developing KPMG's International Development Assistance Services (IDAS) in Brazil with the objective of working with governments, multilateral institutions and social responsible corporations in order to promote positive change to the world we live in Global Sustainable Goals, Impact Investing, Public/Private Cooperation, Sustainable Economic Development, Shared Value and Conscious Consumption are themes I am familiar withDuring the last 16 years, I developed a deep understanding of KPMG service offerings and often combined them into multi-disciplinary solutions - for both private and public sectors, multilateral organisations, NGOs and not-for-profit

Founding Partner and Former Head of KPMG's Global Strategy Group in Brazil (and Latin America), I left my executive position as Partner in Charge of KPMG’s strategy business in Brazil after 16 years of enjoyable progressively responsible experience in the Firm’s financial advisory and consulting areas, assuming different leadership roles, including financial (P&L), commercial and operations management. At KPMG alone, I led over 300 projects for governments, nonprofits, local and world's leading corporations and private equity investment funds, accumulating an unique experience in a number of sectors, clients and types of work.With more than 20 years in Strategy, M&A and Business Development spaces, I have accumulated experience in a number of sectors and types of work, particularly around strategy formulation and problem solving, including the development of growth platforms, feasibility analysis, strategic planning, business model innovation, transformation exercises, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.Finally, I was lucky enough to be involved in providing strategic support and direction for the Firm’s business in Brazil and across the Latin American region, working with senior partners and boards, including:• Vision 2020 and 5-Year Strategic Plan for KPMG South America Region • Strategy Development for KPMG in Colombia • Scenario Planning and Strategy Development for assessing the potential for doing business in Cuba in a post-embargo environment • Business case evaluation for an Outsourcing business for KPMG in Brazil• Developing a multidisciplinary High Growth Markets (HGM) and Investment Corridors initiative in Brazil with dedicated teams working across functional areas, including, internationalization, market entry and expansion assistance, buy and sell-side transaction advice, tax, legal and regulatory work• Design and Implementation of a central Research, Intelligence & Analysis unit to serve KPMG’s Deal Advisory practice in Brazil

Back in 2006, four years before the famous cover of The Economist showing a picture of the statue of Christ the Redeemer ascending like a rocket from Rio de Janeiro's capital, my team and I anticipated that Brazil would be the golden kid at the international markets and that was the opportunity to create and formalize a specialized team structure within the Firm to deal with newcomers entering Brazil, established companies already in-country expanding their presence and investors looking for good assets to buy. At the Strategy Group, we developed a proprietary Market Entry methodology and started building a got-to-market strategy and competent team with the right tools and methods to deliver first class end-to-end Market Entry Assistance and managing the process from idea generation to full implementation. Years later, our original Market Entry initiative gained the status of a major growth driver for the whole Firm and started amalgamating other areas of KPMG in Brazil, particularly International Tax & Legal, Deal Advisory and People & Change practices forming a wider multidisciplinary team that positioned KPMG to play in a coordinated one-stop-shop fashion The Brazil Market Entry team was a model for similar initiatives in China, South Africa, Mexico, Eastern Europe and other high growth economies and/or emerging markets. We got connected with KPMG International's "High Growth Markets & Investment Corridors" practice strengthening our reach and participating in cross-fertilization initiatives

Associate Partner (Sócio Diretor) at KPMG's Financial Advisory Services practice in Brazil.I lead and worked shoulder to shoulder with my team on developing detailed and structured business development plans, building a sustainable pipeline of business by ‘harvesting’ existing client base, ’hunting’ down opportunities by proactively targeting new relationships and properly responding to requests for assistance; creating and maintaining a global network of contacts to enable rapid hand-off, collaboration and resourcingOversaw projects from concept through to execution, engaging with clients, delivery teams and Firm’s functional and sector leaderships. Typical engagements covered strategy formulation, problem solving, assistance to business and investment decisions and project management, including the development of growth platforms, partner/ investor/ target identification, feasibility analysis, strategic planning, business model innovation, transformation programs, project governance and transaction assistance considering the whole deal cycle to joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and divestments. Having developed a deep understanding of KPMG service offerings, I often combined them into multi-disciplinary solutions – for both private and public sectors, multilaterals, NGOs and not-for-profitHired with a mission to support KPMG's leadership to consolidate the Financial Advisory Services (FAS) practice in Rio de Janeiro. In six years, we transformed a team of approximately five professionals delivering basically Corporate Finance and Due Diligence into a comprehensive unit with more than 25 professionals covering the whole deal cycle, including Strategy, Corporate Finance, Due Diligence, Structured Finance and Valuation work.My KPMG story started in 2002 in the position of Associate Director (Gerente Sênior). Promoted to Associate Partner (Sócio D) in 2006.

At Deloitte, started my consulting career working as part of a distinct team assembled to assist foreign investors and the Federal Government during the massive privatisation program deployed in the 1990s in BrazilConsidered a high performer, took part in Deloitte's Global Development Program (GDP) and was transferred to the U.S. to work in New York (Tri-State Office). In the U.S., had the opportunity to work in complex and large IPO engagements, Post-Deal M&A work and special assurance services for Not for Profit organizations. At this time, got involved with Deloitte’s Brazil Desk, developing expertise in advising clients in investing in Brazil, prior to the BRICS hype. Key projects included:• End-to-end preparation of Bunge Ltd. successful Initial Public Offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)• Advisory for George Soros’s Open Society Foundations and its Funds • Advice for several potential investors with interest in Brazil