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Greater Boston, United States

Boutique consulting firm focused on providing strategic advice and customized solutions for US, Latin American, and Brazilian direct investment programs: ❖ Build consensus among key stakeholders of shared vision, long term goals, and ensuing annual budget design and execution strategy. ❖ Formal investment policy statement with clearly identified goals, governance instruments, metrics, and appropriate monitoring and reporting - e.g., financial planning, budgeting, and design of financial policies and internal controls.❖ Develop, coordinate, and implement internal processes and remuneration strategies that foster accountability, the desired culture, aligning stakeholders with organizational values and vision, and a culture of continuous improvement.❖ Inception of a continuous risk assessment program: financial, regulatory, and reputational. ❖ Business strategy, corporate governance, investor governance, finance operations, business intelligence reports, and financial reporting. ❖ Investment office design and governance, benchmarking, and continuous improvement programs.

Greater Boston, Ma

Demonstrated commitment to social impact by providing career coaching and advice to 1,600+ unemployed individuals, leveraging strong interpersonal skills and communication skills to provide caring and empathetic customer service and assistance by effectively communicating with people of diverse ethnic, educational, cultural, and economic backgrounds.

United States

As Global Head of Finance and Operations (2014 to 2016), spearheaded the inception of an investment firm that, in less than 12 months, had 50+ employees and seven offices on three continents: ❖ Crafted benchmarks and key risk and performance indicators for each business unit, consolidating the data in an organization-wide executive dashboard. ❖ Leveraged technology to integrate operations and manage the finance, middle and back-office departments.❖ Implemented data-driven analytical tools and monitoring reports to support executive decision making and risk analysis with timely actionable information and insights.❖ Structured and managed back-office operations – including IT, information systems, payroll, banks, and external advisors - to provide high quality financial service delivery to support all departments and portfolio companies and investees.❖ Monitored business trend forecasts, adjusting budgets and operational plans to maximize growth and partnership opportunities. ❖ Implemented a performance-oriented, participative budgeting process, identifying process owners and incentivizing entrepreneurial mentality.As Managing Partner of Boston-based Leste Capital Partners (1/2017 to 12/2020) and interim CEO of a portfolio company:❖ Leveraged strong analytical and problem solving skills to assess the company's marketing strategy and customer service orientation, delivering revenues 91% above budget and reducing client acquisition costs by 70% in one year.❖ Built a robust budgeting process supported by strong data driven business intelligence, clear KPIs, and detailed execution-oriented deliverables.❖ Overhauled the finance department of a medical device investee after diagnosing faulty operational accounting services such as billing, accounts payable, payroll, and purchasing policies. ❖ Partnered with a new outsourced HR and payroll administration company to implement a 401k administration policy as part of a new employee retention strategy.

Brazil

Orchestrated the investment bank’s debut in the private equity space by developing the business unit from the ground up: ❖ Fundraised a total of $ 750 million from a variety of local and foreign investors, delivering an overall ROI of 22% p.a.❖ Designed a deal flow strategy that fostered the engagement of every investment team member from deal origination to investment exit. ❖ Supervised over 30 M&A transactions by portfolio companies.❖ Oversaw the USD 997 million IPO of a portfolio company at the NYSE and co-led the roadshow meetings with 100+ potential investors.

Brazil

Invited to join an asset management firm with the proposal of running its illiquid investments’ business strategy. Fundraised and managed a $134 million growth private equity fund, developed and mentored the investment team, returning 18% p.a. to each investor.