Fernando Borges is a Managing Director and Co‐Head of the Carlyle South America Buy Out Group focused on private equity investment opportunities in South America. He is based in São Paulo.
Prior to joining Carlyle in 2007, Mr. Borges was a Managing Director at AIG Capital Partners and CEO of AIG Capital Investments do Brasil, being responsible for managing AIG's private equity activities in Brazil. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Borges was a Director of Bozano, Simonsen's Private Equity division, where he was responsible for managing a private equity fund sponsored by Bozano, Simonsen Group and Advent International.
Mr. Borges has more than 20 years of private equity experience in Brazil, having participated in more than 20 transactions in the region.
Mr. Borges holds a graduate degree from SAIS ‐ School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, the Bologna Center, and a B.A. in International Relations from Universidade de Brasilia.
Currently Mr. Borges serves on the Board of Directors of several Carlyle's portfolio companies in the region including: CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens S.A., Orguel Administração e Participação S.A., Ri‐Happy Brinquedos S.A., Estok Comércio e Participações Ltda. (“Tok & Stok”), and Tempo Participações S.A. . Mr. Borges is currently Chairman of ABVCAP, the Brazilian Association of Private Equity & Venture Capital.
Founding partner of Lions Trust, the first Brazilian fund administrator specialized in the Private Equity and Venture Capital industries.
Authorized by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) to act as a portfolio manager and also as a fund administrator, Mr. Sanchez has more than 13 years of experience in the financial and capital markets, and was responsible for the structuring and administration of more than 40 FIPs, FIEEs and FIC FIPs.
Mr. Sanchez is (i) Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Abvcap-Anbima Private Equity Regulation and Best Practices Code; (ii) Vice-Chairman of Abvcap Board of Directors; and (iii) member of the Regulation Executive Committee of Abvcap.”
Prior to joining Lions Trust, Mr. Sanchez was director at Stratus Group, a Brazilian PE Fund Manager, where he worked more than 3 years as responsible for the structuring and fund administration department.
Prior to joining Stratus, Mr. Sanchez worked at BEM DTVM (a subsidiary of the Bradesco`s Group specialized in third parties funds administration) and also at Bradesco Bank, first at the securities and funds services department (custody, controlling, bookkeeping, foreign investors legal representation) and after at the investment department (structuring investment products and funds for specific types of investors).
Piero Minardi is based in São Paulo and joined Warburg Pincus in 2014. Previously, Mr. Minardi was a Partner in the Private Equity Group at Gavea Investimentos, a private investment company, from 2006 to 2014. Prior to that, he was Head of Private Equity, South America Southern Cone at Darby Overseas Investments, Principal of Private Equity at Baring Private Equity Partners and AIG Capital Partners, and Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at Bunge International/Santista Alimentos. Mr. Minardi has also held senior positions at Banco Pactual, McKinsey & Company and Accenture. He served as Board Director in fifteen Boards of public and private companies. Mr. Minardi is a Board Member of EMPEA (Emerging Markets Private Equity Association) since 2012. He holds a B.S. in mining engineering from Escola Politécnica USP, São Paulo, and an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
CEO and Managing Partner of CRP-Cia. de Participações. Clovis has a degree in Economics and Business Administration and a specialization in Private Equity and Venture Capital. He is responsible for the overall administration of the Funds and CRP. Clovis joined as one of the people responsible for structuring the company and has been CEO since 1996. He has 34 years experience in Private Equity and Venture Capital throughout the investment cycle and has led more than 100 operations and acquired extensive knowledge in various industries. Clovis structured and closed more than ten funds. Was president and also one of the founders of ABVCAP (the Brazilian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association) (2012-2014).
Cristiano Lauretti joined Kinea in September 2009 as Managing Director and Head of Private Equity. Mr. Lauretti has almost 16 years of private equity experience in Brazil, having worked as Managing Director at AIG Capital Partners in Brazil. Mr. Lauretti currently serves on the Board of Directors of Kinea’s portfolio companies: Unidas, Alliar, Grupo Avenida, Eliane Revestimentos Cerâmicos, Uninter Educacional and AGV Logística. Cristiano acted as Chairman of the Board of Cia. Providência and Board Member of Gol Linhas Aéreas, Grupo Multi and Grupo ABC. Prior to joining Kinea, Cristiano worked at AIGCP, Banco ABN Amro, Banco Itaú and Varig.
Cristiano holds a B.A. in Industrial Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (Poli-USP).
Since 2008, Eduardo Farhat has served as a Managing Director, overseeing infrastructure activities in Brazil for Darby Private Equity. Mr. Farhat is responsible for all investment activities (origination, analysis of opportunities, due diligence, value creation and monitoring and exit) of Darby’s Infrastructure Funds and is a member of its investment committee. Darby made several investments across various infrastructure sectors, including power generation and logistics & transport, successfully exiting several of them.
Mr. Farhat has 20 years of private equity experience and either was responsible for or had direct involvement with more than a twenty investments. Prior to joining Darby, Mr. Farhat was Managing Director for AG Angra, a private equity fund manager with focus on infrastructure investments in Brazil and, previously, a director with Southern Cross, a Latin American private equity fund manager. Mr. Farhat started his career at McKinsey, where he worked in several geographies, mainly in Latin America, Scandinavia and Iberia. Mr. Farhat also worked as Managing Director at KPMG, responsible for corporate restructuring services in Brazil, and as Planning Director for Vicunha’s Group, focusing on turnarounds and divestments of its textile division.
Eduardo Farhat is Brazilian. He attended the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica where he earned a Degree in Mechanics Aeronautics Engineering (Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil) and the MBA program at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France). Eduardo is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.”
Humberto Matsuda is the managing partner for Early Stage investments at Performa Investimentos. Humberto holds a MBA degree in Finance, Marketing and Investor Relations from Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Contábeis, Atuariais e Financeiras (FIPECAFI) and a bachelor degree in Law from the Sao Paulo Estate University (Faculdade de Direito do Largo Sao Francisco – USP). Currently, he is a Board Member at the ABVCAP (Brazilian Venture Capital Association) as well at other companies, and is a mentor at several acceleration programs in Brazil, other Latin American countries and also in the US. Since 2007 he focuses on managing Venture Capital investments, in special, in innovation driven businesses.
Leonardo Pereira works as the Head of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds at BNDES´ Private Equity Division. Currently, his team is responsible for launching the concept of new investment funds to strengthen Brazilian access market. He is also in charge for the design and implementation of BNDES’s new funds aimed to foster investments in infrastructure and in new ventures through seed capital and corporate venturing vehicles. Leonardo is also a board member of Brazilian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (ABVCAP). Previously. he held a position as the Head of Trade Financing Department at BNDES´ Export Credit Division, where he has managed to structure capital goods and services´export financing deals to 11 countries in Latin America and Africa. Prior to joining BNDES, he held management positions in a telecommunication carrier Embratel. Leonardo Pereira holds an Industrial Engineering Degree from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a Master in Business Administration from PUC-RJ.
Marco D’Ippolito is a Senior Partner and COO at Patria Investimentos, dedicated to fund raising, investing and portfolio management. Mr D’Ippolito is Chairman of the Board and Board Member with different portfolio companies with the Private Equity group. Before joining Pátria in 2005, Mr. D’Ippolito worked for a Brazilian family office as private equity portfolio manager between 2002 and 2005. Prior to that, Mr. D’Ippolito participated on the start-up, development and sale of an IT private company in Brazil. Mr. D’Ippolito holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) and an MBA from Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais (IBMEC). D’Ippolito provides mentoring for Endeavour, NGO that advocates for entrepreneurship.
Marina Procknor is partner at Mattos Filho Advogados. Marina practice focuses on a wide variety of cross-border transactions, including private equity, joint ventures, structured finance and securitizations. She represents financial institutions, sponsors and investors in the formation and capitalization of a broad range of investment vehicles, and related financing, acquisition and disposition transactions, including hedge, private equity, real estate, distressed assets, among others. In 2013, she was listed in the Latin Lawyer as one of the most inspiring women in the Latin American legal profession. She sponsors social business and impact investment initiatives in Brazil through her pro bono work with Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Mario Malta joined Advent International in 2003 and is a Managing Director. He has worked on 13 Advent investments, including Balcão Organizado de Ativos e Derivativos (Cetip), Cataratas do Iguaçu S/A, Dufry South America (formerly Brasif), International Meal Company (IMC), LifeMiles B.V., Proservvi Banco de Serviços, RA Participaçoes and Terminal de Contêineres de Paranaguá (TCP). Mario is also a Board Member of Cataratas do Iguaçu S/A, Lifemiles B.V., and TCP. Previously, he worked for Citibank in its Credit Risk Analysis Unit, focusing on the telecommunications and media sectors. Mario received a BA in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (EAESP – Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo) with majors in Corporate Finance and Corporate Strategy.
Joined GP Investimentos in 2002 where he worked as analyst and associate in private equity funds. Since June 2006th , Propheta is exclusively dedicated to BRZ Investimentos working as managing partner of long-term area prospecting, running and monitoring companies and projects. In addition, he is member of the Board of Directors of Amata, LOGZ Logistica Brasil, Magnesita, America Latina Logistica and Regina Festas. Prior to joining GP Investimentos, he worked at the consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton do Brasil and at the banks CCF Brasil and Brascan. As a Senior Consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton (2001-2002), he participated in several projects of strategic scope and/or operated leading companies in the infrastructure sector. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of companies such as Equatorial Energia, IG, Lupatech, among others. Ricardo Propheta has a degree in Production Engineering from the Escola Politécnica da USP.