Paulo Mattos is Co-Founder, Managing Partner and CEO at IG4 Capital. Prior to founding IG4 Capital, Paulo was a Partner at RK Partners, a leading advisory firm specialized in debt restructuring and operational turnarounds, and a Managing Director at GP Investments, a leading alternative investments firm in Latin America.

At GP Investments, Paulo was the Head of Infrastructure and Telecommunications investments and served on the Investment Committee (2012-2016). He was the founder of BR Towers S.A., the first large independent Brazilian cellphone tower company, where he served as Chairman (2012 to 2014), which was subsequently sold to American Tower Corporation.

Before joining GP Investments, Paulo was an Executive Vice President of Business Strategy, Wholesale and Regulatory at Oi S.A (2009-2012), the largest telecommunications company in Brazil at that time. While at Oi he served on the Executive Committee, Financial Risk Committee and Operations Committee. Paulo also worked at the Brazilian Development Bank, BNDES, as a Superintendent-Director, in addition to being a member of the Credit & Investment Committee and Head of the Managerial Committee (2007-2009).

Currently, Paulo is the Chairman of Iguá Saneamento S.A. (2017-), one of the main private water and sanitation companies in Brazil, and Board Member of OPY Health S.A. (2019-), a healthcare company that provides infrastructure and logistics for hospitals and medical services operators, where IG4 Capital is the controlling shareholder.

Paulo is a venture capitalist through Capital Lab Ventures, a proprietary capital investment platform that he co-founded, focused on Telecommunications, Media and Technology – TMT.

Moreover, he is co-founder and Board Member at Instituto Iguá, a non-profit social organization focused on fostering new technologies and education for a sustainable access to water and sanitation. He is also member of the Fiscal Board of the Associação Universitária Interamericana – AUI, a non-profit educational group that operates schools in Brazil.

Paulo holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Law from University of São Paulo (USP), was Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Yale University and is Visiting Fellow at the King’s College London. He is permanent member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning – CEBRAP and former associate professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation – FGV, leading think tanks in public policy and business administration.

Gustavo Buffara serves as Managing Director and CFO at IG4 Capital and is one of founders of the firm. He also serves as a member of the Board of Iguá Saneamento S.A. and a member of the Governance, Risk and Compliance Committee as well as the Audit Committee since 2017. Prior to founding IG4, he served as Senior Director and Managing Director at RK Partners, an advisory firm specialized in debt restructuring and operational turnarounds (2016-2017).

Prior to joining RK Partners, he was a Deputy Director at GP Investments, where he was responsible for infrastructure and telecommunications investments in Brazil (2012-2016). He was also part of the initial GP Investments team involved in the BR Towers transaction, responsible for structuring and executing the 100-day plan with C-level executives.

Previously, he was a Senior Consultant at Bain and Company in São Paulo, conducting strategy projects for multinationals across different industries/sectors including financial services, credit and debit cards, insurance, airlines and oil & gas. In this role, he led projects in Brazil, Chile and Africa (2010-2012). Prior to this, Mr. Buffara was a Strategy, M&A and Regulatory Executive at Telefonica (2004-2010). He also served temporarily as a Competitive Intelligence Strategist, as part of the staff to the Global COO in Spain (2008–2009), covering the Latin American and UK/German markets.

Mr. Buffara has an MBA from IMD in Switzerland and a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from EAESP-Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Felipe Fingerl is a Director at IG4 Capital and one of the founders of the firm. He is currently serving as CFO of Iguá Saneamento S.A. Prior to founding IG4, Felipe was a Director at RK Partners, an advisory firm specialized in debt restructuring and operational turnarounds, where he analyzed investment opportunities (2016-2017).

Prior to RK, he was an Associate at GP Investments (2012-2016), conducting analyses for investments in the infrastructure and telecom sectors. Before joining GP Investments, Felipe was part of the Latin America Equity Capital Markets division of J.P. Morgan in Brazil and NY. Prior to that, he was part of the Investment Banking team at Banco Modal, where he participated in M&A and capital markets transactions.
Mr. Fingerl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Andre Mastrobuono is a Managing Director, Head of IG4 Operations and a member of the Investment Committee of IG4 Capital Private Equity Fund II. Prior to joining IG4, he was the CEO of Urbplan (2014-2017), a real estate development company which was in distress when he joined and where he spearheaded its turnaround. Before Urbplan, he served as the CEO of San Antonio International (2010-2013), a Latin American oil & gas services company which was also in distress when he joined.

In 2009, he was the CEO of Santelisa Vale, an ethanol, sugar and bioenergy company. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Parmalat Brasil (2008-2009), the Brazilian arm of an Italian dairy and food corporation, which is where he began his professional experience with special situations. At all these companies, except for Santelisa Vale, Andre was appointed by a private equity firm that was the controlling shareholder.

Prior to this, Andre served as CEO of Telemig Celular (2006-2008), which was subsequently acquired by Telefonica, and as General Director at Vivo (2002-2006). Andre was also an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company (1996-2002). He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of several companies, including Aegea Saneamento (2014-2018), Urbplan SA (2013-2017), LDC-SEV Bio ENERGIA SA – Biosev (2009-2010), and at ACEL – Associação da Empresas de Telefonia Celular (2007-2008), as Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Mastrobuono holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of São Paulo.

Helcio Tokeshi is a Managing Director and Chief Economist, as well as a member of the Investment Committee of IG4 Capital Private Equity Fund II. Prior to joining IG4, he served as Secretary of Finance for the State of São Paulo (2016-2018). Prior to this, he was a Partner at GP Investments (2014-2016), where he focused on investments in the infrastructure space.

Before GP Investments, he was a Managing Director at EBP (Brazilian Project Structuring), a company dedicated to the design, structure and implementation of infrastructure projects in partnership with BNDES and the Brazilian government (2009-2013). Prior to EBP, Helcio worked at McKinsey, starting as an Associate and progressing to Associate Principal (1999-2004 & 2006-2008). Additionally, he also served as Secretary for Economic Monitoring at the Ministry of Finance (2004-2006) and worked as an Economist at the World Bank, based in Washington, D.C. (1997-1999).

Mr. Tokeshi has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo, a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and doctoral studies in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Pablo Kuhlenthal is a Managing Director and Head of IG4 Capital’s Santiago office, overseeing sourcing and investments for Latin America ex-Brazil. Previously, Pablo was the founder and CEO of BauMax SpA, the first fully automated circulation plant for the precast industry in Latin America, and he continues to serve as a board member. Prior to founding BauMax, Pablo worked in private equity at Corso (2012-2014), the family office of Teresa Solari, where he managed US$80 million in retail, agribusiness, energy and infrastructure investments. Pablo has also worked as a Professor of Private Equity & Venture Capital at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2013-2014), as a consultant at McKinsey & Company (based in Santiago), where he worked on projects in the financial services, tourism, mining and airline industries, among others (2010-2012), and as VP of Finance at Bancard Inversiones, the family office of Chilean president Sebastián Piñera (2006-2009).

Pablo is a partner and board member of Capitaria Group, a leading fintech project based in London and with operations in Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Colombia. He is also a board member of Sixbell, a regional IT Integrator in the data and communications sectors serving the leading telecom operators, banks and retailers in Latin America

Mr. Kuhlenthal holds an MBA from IMD in Switzerland and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Felipe Tonetti is a Vice President at IG4 Capital. Before joining IG4, Felipe worked in M&A at BRF (2016-2017), one of the largest food companies in the world. Prior to that, he worked in Strategic & Financial Planning at Beleza Natural (2014-2016), a beauty products and services company as well as a GP Investments portfolio company. Previously, Felipe also was a member of the Private Equity team at GP Investments (2012-2014), where he worked on investment opportunities in the real estate, consumer services, education sectors, among others.

Mr. Tonetti holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of São Paulo.

Fernando Rodrigo is a Senior Associate at IG4 Capital. Prior to joining IG4, Fernando worked at Ambev (2016-2018), most recently as Cash Flow & Capex Manager for Latin America North (Brazil & the Caribbean).

Previously, Fernando worked in private equity, first as an Associate at Enfoca (2013-2014), a leading Peruvian investment firm, and then as a Senior Associate at Arlon Group (2015-2016), a firm focused on mid-market investments in the food & agriculture sector. Prior to this, Fernando worked as an investment banker in the United States, first as an Analyst at Credit Suisse (2007-2009) and then as an Associate at Pan American Finance (2010-2011). He began his career as an Analyst on the International Equities Sales Trading desk at Goldman Sachs in New York City (2006-2007).

Mr. Rodrigo holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Government from Harvard College.

Rafael Machado is a Senior Associate at IG4 Capital. Prior to joining IG4, he was an Analyst at RK Partners, an advisory firm specializing in debt restructuring and operational turnarounds (2015-2017).

Prior to that, Rafael was an Engineering Trainee at Caterpillar Inc. (2013-2014), participating in cost efficiency projects. He was also a Summer Trainee at Itaú BBA, conducting projects within the Corporate Banking Division.

Mr. Machado holds a Bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and studied Finance and Business at Missouri University of Science and Technology and Polytechnic University of Madrid, as part of the Engineering degree.

Mateus Renault is an Associate at IG4 Capital and is currently seconded to Iguá Saneamento S.A. Prior to joining IG4, Mateus was a Summer Associate at Somos Educação, a Tarpon Investimentos portfolio company (2017).

Prior to that, Mateus worked as a Turnaround Specialist at Banco Votorantim (2014-2016), as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs (2013-2014) and as an Equity Research Analyst at Espirito Santo Investment Bank (2011-2013).

Mr. Renault holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Brasilia (UnB).

Beatriz Dauzacker is an Analyst at IG4 Capital and is currently seconded to Iguá Saneamento S.A. Prior to joining IG4, she was an Analyst at New York Bay Capital, an M&A advisory boutique for small and mid-sized companies (2017). Previously, she worked in the commercial department at Citibank Corporate Bank, providing support to large companies with regards to their financing demands (2015-2016).

Ms. Dauzacker has a Bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from PUC-Rio, having studied part of her major at the University of Darmstadt, Germany.

Vítor Marques is an Analyst at IG4 Capital. Prior to joining IG4 Capital, Vitor worked at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, one of the world’s largest investors in emerging market corporations. Vítor was member of the Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services team between 2017 and 2019, providing support to the portfolio and new business teams.

Vítor holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP) with a dual concentration area in Corporate Finance and Strategy and Management.

Eduardo Yabiku is an Analyst at IG4 Capital. Prior to joining IG4, he worked at Accenture Strategy (2018) on projects related to the Corporate Finance Strategy practice in several sectors. Prior to Accenture Strategy, he worked at Cypress Associates (2017-2018), a leading M&A advisory firm in São Paulo, where he participated on deals in the education, transportation and financial services sectors.

Mr. Yabiku holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo.

Flávia Andraus Is General Counsel and Compliance Officer at IG4 Capital. Before joining IG4 Capital, Flávia was a partner at Sergio Spinelli Sociedade de Advogados, a Brazilian boutique corporate law firm focused on special situations, distressed assets, structured finance, M&A, capital markets and private equity transactions, in addition to corporate governance and corporate disputes (2018-2019).

Prior to this, Flávia was the General Counsel of Urbplan Desenvolvimento Urbano S.A. (2014-2017), a real estate development company which was then a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group and which was in distress when she joined, which gave her the opportunity to support and sustain the company’s turnaround. Before Urbplan, Flávia served briefly as General Counsel of Eldorado Brasil Celulose S.A., the largest and most modern pulp mill in the world, and as General Counsel of San Antonio International (2009-2012), a Latin American oil and gas services company which was then a portfolio company of GP Investments and which was also in distress when she joined. Prior to Eldorado, Flávia served as the Financial Legal Manager of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) (2005-2007), one of the most efficient integrated steel-producers in the world.

Prior to CSN, Flávia served as Senior Counsel at Tauil & Chequer Advogados Associados a Thompson & Knight LLP (2008-2009), as a Senior Associate at both Navarro Advogados (2007) and at Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados, (2000-2005, and 1997-1998), as an international associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York, (1999-2000), and as an associate at Clyde & Co Consultores S.C. Ltda., the then Brazilian branch of the British law firm (1996). Additionally, Flávia also worked as an Associate at the International Trade Center – UNCTAD/WTO, the commercial branch of the WTO for developing countries, in Geneva, and at Gide, Loyrette & Nouel, in France (2005).

Mrs. Andraus holds an MBA in corporate finance from IBMEC, a LL.M. from Université de Droit Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) and a J.D. in Law from the University of São Paulo.

Andre Mastrobuono is a Managing Director, Head of IG4 Operations and a member of the Investment Committee of IG4 Capital Private Equity Fund II. Prior to joining IG4, he was the CEO of Urbplan (2014-2017), a real estate development company which was in distress when he joined and where he spearheaded its turnaround. Before Urbplan, he served as the CEO of San Antonio International (2010-2013), a Latin American oil & gas services company which was also in distress when he joined.

In 2009, he was the CEO of Santelisa Vale, an ethanol, sugar and bioenergy company. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Parmalat Brasil (2008-2009), the Brazilian arm of an Italian dairy and food corporation, which is where he began his professional experience with special situations. At all these companies, except for Santelisa Vale, Andre was appointed by a private equity firm that was the controlling shareholder.

Prior to this, Andre served as CEO of Telemig Celular (2006-2008), which was subsequently acquired by Telefonica, and as General Director at Vivo (2002-2006). Andre was also an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company (1996-2002). He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of several companies, including Aegea Saneamento (2014-2018), Urbplan SA (2013-2017), LDC-SEV Bio ENERGIA SA – Biosev (2009-2010), and at ACEL – Associação da Empresas de Telefonia Celular (2007-2008), as Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Mastrobuono holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of São Paulo.

Otavio Silveira is a Managing Director at IG4 Operations. Previously, he served as CEO of Iguá Saneamento S.A. (2013-2017) and was instrumental in the successful transaction executed by IG4 Capital as well as the transition to a new management team. Otavio is also a member of the Analysis, Risk & Environmental Planning and Operations Committees at Iguá Saneamento. Before Iguá Saneamento, Otavio was CEO of Dreen Brasil Investimentos (2005-2014), a renewable energy company in which Otavio had been involved since its inception. The company developed greenfield wind and hydro projects, participating in successful auctions for the sale of energy to the grid; during this period, Otavio was chosen to serve as Chairman of Abeeólica, the Brazilian Wind Association. Previously, Otavio was a Director of Planning at Intervias (1999-2004), a highway concession company in São Paulo. 

Mr. Silveira has an MBA in Business Administration from Getúlio Vargas Foundation, an MBA in Economic Engineering from Dom Cabral Foundation and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is also a member of IBGC (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa) as of January 2018.

Carlos Brandao is a Managing Director and part of IG4 Capital Operations team. Brandao had a career with experience in different industries, such as utilities (generation, transmission and distribution), retail and telecommunications companies, always acting in key and strategic roles.

His last professional role was as Oi’s (one of the biggest telecommunications company in Brazil) CFO, where he was the leader of the company’s restructuring process in the largest and most complex cross-border debt restructuring in Latin America until then. The results of this project includes the rebalancing of its capital structure, the implementation of a capital increase and new governance through a dispersed shareholder base due to the conversion of debt into equity and an independent professional board, the construction of a new strategic plan and the sale of a problematic asset in Angola. He was also a member of the Management Committee, the Risk Committee, the Costs Committee and the Quality Committee. From 2015-16 he was responsible for managing the company’s international asset portfolio, dealing with partners and stakeholders from different countries in Africa and Asia. Prior to that, from 2011-2014 he was the chief of the strategy officer where he coordinated the company’s bid strategy for the spectrum auctions. At this time he was also responsible for the design of the company’s corporate strategy.

With diversified experience in mergers and acquisitions, debt and operational restructuring and build up of corporate strategy, Mr Brandão also worked on projects of this nature during his time at Energisa, Furnas and Sendas (2001-2004)

Mr. Brandao holds a business administration degree from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Specialization in statistics also from UFJF and Master in business administration from IBMEC

Rogério Bolzani Caldas is an executive officer at IG4 Operations and currently CFO of Opy Healthcare, an IG4 Capital portfolio company. Throughout his career, Rogério has held executive roles in finance, strategy and business development at a range of companies, including multinational, family, publicly traded and private companies, and across a range of sectors including retail, media and telecommunications. 

Prior to IG4 Operations, Rogério was the CFO of Shoulder (2018-2019), a fashion retail company, where he spearheaded the company’s financial and operational turnarounds, and was responsible for expanding profit margins and cash flow. 

Prior to Shoulder, Rogério worked for Casa Pernambucanas (2013-2018), where he occupied roles as Controller, Head of Strategy and Senior Advisor to the Bard. Previously, Rogério served as Strategy and Business Development Manager at Grupo Abril (2012-2013). During this period, he led workstreams focused on M&A, financial restructuring and expansion, conducted internal consulting projects and was responsible for structuring the 5-year strategic plan.

Rogério began his career at Grupo Telefonica (2006-2012), where he was an executive in Strategic Planning and Regulatory Strategy and served on the staff of the Vice-President of the Corporate segment. 

Rogério holds an MBA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electric Engineering from the University of São Paulo.

Loy Pires is a member of IG4 Capital Investment Committee. Before joining IG4, Loy was an IFC executive having served as Global Client Head in Washington DC, where he reported directly to IFC  Chief Operating Officer & Vice President and, prior to that, as IFC Brazil Country Head. Loy also served other senior positions within the organization as IFC Asia Regional Manager, Head of IFC in Mumbai, and IFC Eastern Europe CIO, totaling 23 years of experience in the emerging markets. Before IFC, Loy held positions in strategic consulting, business development and audit.

Mr. Pires holds a Bachelor degree from the University of Mumbai, an MBA from the University of Michigan and is a UK Chartered Accountant.

Andre Mastrobuono is a Managing Director, Head of IG4 Operations and a member of the Investment Committee of IG4 Capital Private Equity Fund II. Prior to joining IG4, he was the CEO of Urbplan (2014-2017), a real estate development company which was in distress when he joined and where he spearheaded its turnaround. Before Urbplan, he served as the CEO of San Antonio International (2010-2013), a Latin American oil & gas services company which was also in distress when he joined.

In 2009, he was the CEO of Santelisa Vale, an ethanol, sugar and bioenergy company. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Parmalat Brasil (2008-2009), the Brazilian arm of an Italian dairy and food corporation, which is where he began his professional experience with special situations. At all these companies, except for Santelisa Vale, Andre was appointed by a private equity firm that was the controlling shareholder.

Prior to this, Andre served as CEO of Telemig Celular (2006-2008), which was subsequently acquired by Telefonica, and as General Director at Vivo (2002-2006). Andre was also an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company (1996-2002). He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of several companies, including Aegea Saneamento (2014-2018), Urbplan SA (2013-2017), LDC-SEV Bio ENERGIA SA – Biosev (2009-2010), and at ACEL – Associação da Empresas de Telefonia Celular (2007-2008), as Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Mastrobuono holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of São Paulo.

Paulo Mattos is Co-Founder, Managing Partner and CEO at IG4 Capital. Prior to founding IG4 Capital, Paulo was a Partner at RK Partners, a leading advisory firm specialized in debt restructuring and operational turnarounds, and a Managing Director at GP Investments, a leading alternative investments firm in Latin America.

At GP Investments, Paulo was the Head of Infrastructure and Telecommunications investments and served on the Investment Committee (2012-2016). He was the founder of BR Towers S.A., the first large independent Brazilian cellphone tower company, where he served as Chairman (2012 to 2014), which was subsequently sold to American Tower Corporation.

Before joining GP Investments, Paulo was an Executive Vice President of Business Strategy, Wholesale and Regulatory at Oi S.A (2009-2012), the largest telecommunications company in Brazil at that time. While at Oi he served on the Executive Committee, Financial Risk Committee and Operations Committee. Paulo also worked at the Brazilian Development Bank, BNDES, as a Superintendent-Director, in addition to being a member of the Credit & Investment Committee and Head of the Managerial Committee (2007-2009).

Currently, Paulo is the Chairman of Iguá Saneamento S.A. (2017-), one of the main private water and sanitation companies in Brazil, and Board Member of OPY Health S.A. (2019-), a healthcare company that provides infrastructure and logistics for hospitals and medical services operators, where IG4 Capital is the controlling shareholder.

Paulo is a venture capitalist through Capital Lab Ventures, a proprietary capital investment platform that he co-founded, focused on Telecommunications, Media and Technology – TMT.

Moreover, he is co-founder and Board Member at Instituto Iguá, a non-profit social organization focused on fostering new technologies and education for a sustainable access to water and sanitation. He is also member of the Fiscal Board of the Associação Universitária Interamericana – AUI, a non-profit educational group that operates schools in Brazil.

Paulo holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Law from University of São Paulo (USP), was Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Yale University and is Visiting Fellow at the King’s College London. He is permanent member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning – CEBRAP and former associate professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation – FGV, leading think tanks in public policy and business administration.

Gustavo Buffara serves as Managing Director and CFO at IG4 Capital and is one of founders of the firm. He also serves as a member of the Board of Iguá Saneamento S.A. and a member of the Governance, Risk and Compliance Committee as well as the Audit Committee since 2017. Prior to founding IG4, he served as Senior Director and Managing Director at RK Partners, an advisory firm specialized in debt restructuring and operational turnarounds (2016-2017).

Prior to joining RK Partners, he was a Deputy Director at GP Investments, where he was responsible for infrastructure and telecommunications investments in Brazil (2012-2016). He was also part of the initial GP Investments team involved in the BR Towers transaction, responsible for structuring and executing the 100-day plan with C-level executives.

Previously, he was a Senior Consultant at Bain and Company in São Paulo, conducting strategy projects for multinationals across different industries/sectors including financial services, credit and debit cards, insurance, airlines and oil & gas. In this role, he led projects in Brazil, Chile and Africa (2010-2012). Prior to this, Mr. Buffara was a Strategy, M&A and Regulatory Executive at Telefonica (2004-2010). He also served temporarily as a Competitive Intelligence Strategist, as part of the staff to the Global COO in Spain (2008–2009), covering the Latin American and UK/German markets.

Mr. Buffara has an MBA from IMD in Switzerland and a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from EAESP-Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Helcio Tokeshi is a Managing Director and Chief Economist, as well as a member of the Investment Committee of IG4 Capital Private Equity Fund II. Prior to joining IG4, he served as Secretary of Finance for the State of São Paulo (2016-2018). Prior to this, he was a Partner at GP Investments (2014-2016), where he focused on investments in the infrastructure space.

Before GP Investments, he was a Managing Director at EBP (Brazilian Project Structuring), a company dedicated to the design, structure and implementation of infrastructure projects in partnership with BNDES and the Brazilian government (2009-2013). Prior to EBP, Helcio worked at McKinsey, starting as an Associate and progressing to Associate Principal (1999-2004 & 2006-2008). Additionally, he also served as Secretary for Economic Monitoring at the Ministry of Finance (2004-2006) and worked as an Economist at the World Bank, based in Washington, D.C. (1997-1999).

Mr. Tokeshi has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo, a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and doctoral studies in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.