Experienced professional with a solid career in the Brazilian financial services industry.Strong business development and team management skills, creative problem solver, bridge builder, and an extremely hands-on professional. Solid skills in finance, accounting, tax, operations, compliance and governance. Worked in complex cross border deals, and mergers & acquisitions transactions. Extensive experience in the Brazilian and offshore fund industry having led teams of 100 plus persons and having had oversight of assets in excess of R$ 15 billion in multiple investment strategies.Rudge started his career at Banco Pactual in 1990, where he was an associate partner responsible for several areas within the operations department (from 1990 through 1998), including for implementing the bank’s international expansion to the US and the UK. Was a founding partner, CFO/COO, member of the Executive Committee at JGP Asset Management, responsible for finance, operations, legal, tax, compliance and human resources (from 1998 through 2008). Was a partner, CFO/COO, member of the Executive and Compliance/Governance Committees at Gávea Investimentos Ltda, responsible for finance, operations, legal, tax, compliance/governance, technology and human resources (from 2008 through 2016). While at Gávea Investimentos, Rudge had a leading role in negotiating its sale to the asset management arm of JP Morgan in the US. Once the sale became effective, Rudge was responsible for transitioning Gávea Investimentos to within the JP Morgan group, which included implementing an extensive range of controls, as well as compliance and governance processes throughout the firm. From 2016 through 2022, Rudge lead a Fund Administration project and was a partner at a fintech company where he was responsible for Fund Administration, Fund Structuring and Origination. More recently, since late 2022, Rudge lead an international single family office, where he completely restructured the business, streamlined existing processes and implemented new control and governance processes, relocated the team, reduced expenses, and implemented tech solutions capable of providing real-time NAV and P&L.