Anderson Brito is a Managing Director and Head of Global Banking Brazil at UBS BB Investment Bank. Brito joined UBS in 2010 and before that, he held several roles at Bain, Citi and Santander. He has advised on over 100 transactions for over $150 billion including sell-side auctions, buy-side advisory, LDCM, International DCM, ECM, and financings throughout the capital structure for both public and private companies.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Infrastructure Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA).
Mansueto Almeida has served as Chief Economist and Partner at BTG Pactual since 2021. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Federal University of Ceará and a master’s degree in economics from the University of São Paulo.
He has held several positions in Brasília, including General Coordinator of Monetary Policy at the Ministry of Finance in 1996, researcher at IPEA, and economic advisor to the Senate’s Committee on Regional Development and Tourism.
In 2016, he was appointed Secretary for Economic Monitoring and Competition at the Ministry of Finance, and in April 2018, he became Secretary of the National Treasury, a position he held until July 2020. In 2014 and 2015, he worked as a consultant in the private sector.
Andrea Menezes is the former President of Banco Standard do Brasil, Chair of the Board of Directors at Marisa Lojas and Coordinator of the People & ESG Committees, member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Balcão Agrícola do Brasil, member of the DEEP ESG Technical Council, angel investor, IBGC certified board member, Innovation Advisor at Go.New Community, and holds an ESG MBA from Exame Ibmec.
Over 20 years dedicated to the technology and financial sectors. Partner and Vice President at Nava, a Brazilian technology and digital transformation company focused on supporting technological and business evolution. Responsible for the company’s Business Unit of Digital Strategy, Agile Development, and Data/AI, overseeing all P&L, strategy, and operations. With expertise in the financial sector, she leads transformation and innovation projects within the industry. She is responsible for the AI strategy in applications and for scaling high-performance teams to deliver market value. Volunteer mentor in Management & Career and an active participant in social projects.
Fernando (Teco) Sodré, 50 years old, is co-founder and partner at Wesafer, the digital products and services unit of Avantia, startup investor, and leader in AI deeptech products and services for over 12 years. He has served as a visiting professor of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Innovative Business Models at FGV, UFPE/Cin, and Laureate. Currently, he is the Director of Digital Business at Avantia. Teco Sodré has more than 30 years of experience in innovative digital businesses and has led major digital transformation projects for Sebrae Nacional, Magazine Luiza, Azul Linhas Aéreas, Natura, Baterias Moura, Stellantis, Moura Dubeux, and Raia Drogasil.
He holds a degree and a master’s in Computer Science, along with several specializations in innovation and digital business strategies from Harvard Law School and Wharton Business School. For over 20 years, he has been a guest speaker at various public and private institutions across Brazil. Married, a sailor, and father of three children (two humans and one pet).
Mateus Bandeira is a board member of Vibra Energia, Intelbras, and Sabesp, serving as Chair of the Audit Committees at Vibra and Sabesp, Chair of the People Committee at Sabesp, and member of the People Committee at Intelbras. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors at CVC Corp. Additionally, he is CXO Advisor Brazil at Netskope, a global leader in Cybersecurity. He has previously served as CEO of Grupo Oi, Falconi Management Consulting, and Banrisul. He holds a degree from UCPEL, an MBA from The Wharton School, and has completed the OPM program at Harvard Business School.
Alexandre Leão is a Partner at Crescera Capital and serves on the board of portfolio companies including Alura and 77 Sol. Since joining Crescera in 2012, he has played a key role in investments in the education and technology sectors. Additionally, Mr. Leão lectures on Private Equity and Venture Capital at the FGV MBA program.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Macroeconomics and Finance from PUC-Rio, and he is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School PLD program.
Economist graduated from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, specializing in Finance from IBMEC, and holding a postgraduate degree in Business Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. Currently, since July 2018, he has held the position of CEO of Rodobens S/A, a financial services platform leveraged in the automotive retail ecosystem, encompassing Banking, Consortium, Insurance Brokerage, Auto Leasing, and Automotive Retail of leading brands such as Mercedes Benz (trucks and cars), Toyota, and Hyundai.
The executive was a member of the Board of Directors of Estácio Participações S/A, a publicly traded company in the education sector, GNDI Intermédica S/A, a publicly traded company in the health sector, and Ri Happy, Brinquedos S/A, a private company in the toy retail sector. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Via (formerly Via Varejo), a publicly traded retail company, from 2014 to 2018. He served as the President Director of Via in 2014 and 2015, and was the Vice President of Operations at GPA - Grupo Pão de Açúcar, in the same sector, in 2016.
Previously, he held various executive positions. He was the CEO of TAM Linhas Aéreas S/A, a company in the aviation sector, from 2009 to 2012, where he structured the LAN-TAM joint venture, creating LATAM Airlines Group, with a stock exchange swap on the NYSE in 2012. He created, structured, and led the IPO of Multiplus S.A., a company involved in loyalty program coalitions, becoming its CEO in 2010. As Vice President of Finance and Management at TAM, he led the corporate restructuring process during the IPO on Bovespa and NYSE in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
He also worked at CCR - Companhia de ConcessõesRodoviárias as the Financial Director and Investor Relations Director, participating in the initial studies, creation, search for strategic partners, and leading the IPO that inaugurated the Novo Mercado of Bovespa, where he was the first DRI in 2002.
From 2020 to 2023, he was a member and president of the Fiscal Council of GPA. Since 2012, he has been a partner-director at J2L Gestão de Investimentos S/A, a resource management company that provides consulting and advisory services for mergers and acquisitions.
Graduated in Production Engineering from UFRJ, with an MBA in Finance from IBMEC-RJ and various specialization courses in Brazil and abroad. Before joining Santander, he worked at Banco do Brasil SA for over 37 years, holding several executive and leadership positions in the areas of Finance, Capital Markets, and Asset Management. These positions included Managing Director of BB Securities Ltd – London, Fund Management Director and President of BB Gestão de Recursos DTVM SA, and Vice President of Financial Management and Investor Relations. He served as Vice President of ANBIMA from 2018 to 2020 and was part of the Executive Board of Febraban from Jan/2021 to Apr/2021. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Gerdau SA, Metalúrgica Gerdau SA, Seguradora Brasileira de Exportações-SBCE, Elopar, and Banco Votorantim. He also served as Chairman of the Fiscal Council of Ativos SA. At Santander since October 2021, Carlos served as CEO of Santander Asset Management and is currently the Executive Vice President in charge of the Wealth Management division of Santander Brasil and the President of ANBIMA.
Juliana is a partner at Crescera Capital and a member of the Private Equity investment team since 2012, specializing in the consumer, retail, services, and healthcare sectors. She holds a degree in Economics from PUC-Rio, became a CFA® charterholder in 2015, and has a specialization in Private Equity from MIT/LAVCA. Juliana is a member of the Board of Directors of Terra Zoo and Plural Care, as well as a member of the advisory committees of Hospital Care, Grupo Zelo, and Grupo Pulsa. Juliana also contributed as an observer member of the board of Rede Oba and participated in the advisory committees of Rede Oba, Hortifruti, and Enesa. Juliana began her career at Ventor Investimentos, where she worked as a buy-side analyst covering the consumer, retail, healthcare, and oil and gas sectors. She later worked as an investment analyst at the family office Icatu Gestão Patrimonial, focusing on offshore liquid investments.
Partner & CEO of Crescera, Daniel is focused on investments in education and technology. Prior to joining Crescera in 2008, he worked at McKinsey & Co in the PE & VC division, at Docas Participações, and as a Partner at Finance, focusing on M&A, VC, and restructuring. He holds an MBA from Kellogg School and a Specialist Degree in Finance from IBMEC.
Partner at Crescera focused on investments in education. Prior to joining Crescera in 2009, Felipe worked in the Private Equity Division of Gávea Investimentos, covering investments in various sectors including agribusiness, logistics, retail, and utilities. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from IBMEC Business School–RJ.
Fernando has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with a co-supervision of IMPA (National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics). His Ph.D. thesis in the same institution was related to Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Animated Human Characters, and lead to several publications in Journals and Conferences around the world. Fernando also holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the same school. His research projects developed at COPPE/UFRJ and IMPA were awarded by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) and UNESCO.
Senior Managing Partner and Head of Venture Capital at Crescera Capital, Fernando has a great expertise in management, strategy and entrepreneurship. In 2018, Fernando was selected as a feature fund manager at Inside VC Brazil, an annual publication of the Brazilian Venture Capital Association. Fernando is an expert and enthusiast on emerging technologies and innovation, with a track record of over 40 venture capital investments as an angel investor or as a fund manager. He was CEO of BASEOi, the online gaming portal of the Brazilian telecom giant Telemar/Oi Group. He was also an investor at Opportunity Group and advisor for games, aerospace, biotech and communications industries at Axia Ventures from Argentina. Fernando was a board member at ABRAGAMES (Brazilian Game Companies Association) and executive manager at TecGames (game companies incubator at Genesis/PUC-Rio). Fernando was also invited by the Brazilian Government Funding Agency (Finep) to participate in the selection process of companies for its funding programs. Fernando was responsible for the Internet coordination of the Rio de Janeiro bid to the 2004 Olympic Games.
Partner at Crescera focused on investments in the healthcare, retail, and services sectors. Prior to joining Crescera in 2009, Jaime worked as Director of M&A at Citigroup Global Markets, Bradesco Banco de Investimentos, and as an Economist at the IMF. He holds a Master's degree and a C.Phil in Economics from UCLA.
Graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from the São Carlos School of Engineering at the University of São Paulo (USP), holds a master's degree in Quantitative Finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP), and is the author of the book “Econometrics with Eviews - Essential Guide to Concepts and Applications.”
Professor of Machine Learning at the Fundação Instituto de Administração, teaching in MBA and postgraduate courses in Data Mining and Big Data.
Founded an urban logistics startup called 99motos in October 2014, which merged with Rapiddo in 2016 and was sold to iFood in September 2018. Co-founder of two startups focused on Machine Learning: Datarisk (risk analysis) and RadSquare (medical applications).
Laura Guarana has been a partner at Crescera since 2008, playing a significant role in investments within the education sector. Previously, she worked at Banco BBM in the credit division, covering companies in the agribusiness sector, and in the equity research division focused on the mining and steel sectors, in addition to having worked at Grupo CTV in Lyon, France. She holds a degree in engineering and a Master's degree in Finance and Economics from FGV.
Luiz Pretti is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Votorantim Cimentos S.A. and J. Macedo S.A. He was the President of Cargill Brazil and Banco Cargill from 2005 to 2020. Pretti also held the positions of Treasurer for Cargill in Brazil and Latin America and was a member of the global risk committee of Cargill Inc. MN. Additionally, Luiz Pretti is a member of the Board of Directors of Paccar Inc. (U.S.), Amcham, Grupo Martins Atacadista, and Ache Laboratórios Farmacêuticos. In the social sector, he is a member of the Board of the A.C. Camargo Cancer Center and Will-Women Leadership in Latin America. He holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado.
Marcos Rafael Boschetti is the co-founder and CEO of Nelogica, the largest investment and trading tech provider in LATAM. He holds a BsC in Computer Science and a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering (Microelectronics) from UFRGS, along with a MBA from FGV. Marcos has published over a dozen papers in national and international scientific conferences. As an Endeavor global outlier entrepreneur, he has also mentored numerous start-ups and scale-ups throughout his career.
Marilia Rocca is a member of the Board of Directors of Santander Brazil, Inspirali, and the Board of Trustees of Endeavor Brazil. She has held leadership positions in various sectors, including serving as CEO of Hinode, Ticket, and Vice President of TOTVS. She was also a managing partner at Mãe Terra, which was sold to Unilever in 2017. In the nonprofit sector, she co-founded and managed Endeavor Brazil and Fundação Brava. Marilia graduated from EAESP/FGV and holds an MBA from Columbia University, and she has been a Henry Crown Fellow since 2006.
Paulo Silveira holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Computer Science. He is the founder and CEO of Alura, where he helped build the largest technology education ecosystem in Latin America by merging with PM3 and FIAP. Creator of Brazil's leading technology podcast, Hipsters Ponto Tech, he is also an angel investor in 41 startups.
Roberto Campos Neto has been the President of the Central Bank of Brazil since February 2019. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and has extensive professional experience in the financial sector. He held leadership roles for more than two decades at financial institutions in Brazil and abroad, such as Bozano Simonsen, Claritas, B3, and Santander, where he led the Global Treasury for the Americas.
In 2019, he launched the BC# Agenda, a set of strategic and structural actions aimed at promoting competition, inclusion, transparency, education, and sustainability in the national financial system. Key highlights of the BC# Agenda include the creation of the instant payment system Pix, the implementation of Open Banking, which quickly evolved into the current Open Finance, the pilot project of the Brazilian digital currency Drex, and the encouragement and modernization of actions related to microcredit, cooperativism, rural credit, real estate credit, and the development of the green financial agenda.
The BC# Agenda has brought the Central Bank of Brazil important national and international recognition. The most prominent achievement has been Pix and its various awards, recognized as a model of innovation and for its impact on promoting financial inclusion, competition, and transparency. Other initiatives, such as Open Finance and the regulatory sandbox, an innovative project in the financial and payment areas, have also been internationally recognized, as well as the areas of Corporate Risk Management and the Management of International Reserves. The Central Bank has also been awarded for its actions in modernizing and promoting credit cooperativism.
Campos Neto was named Central Banker of the Year 2021 by the British magazine The Banker, part of the Financial Times group. He received the distinction of Central Bank Governor of the Year from the American magazine LatinFinance in 2022 and 2023 and, in those same years, earned an "A" rating from the European magazine Global Finance Magazine in its annual evaluation of more than ninety central bankers for the proper implementation of monetary policy according to each country's economic conditions. In 2024, under his leadership, the magazine Central Banking awarded the Central Bank of Brazil the title of Central Bank of the Year.
He was also recognized as a standout in the Economic Sector of 2022 in the Líderes do Brasil award by the LIDE Group. He received the 2022 Brazilian Personality award from the Spanish Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Spain, and in 2023, the LIDE Rio de Janeiro Business Council awarded him the Rio de Janeiro Regional Leaders Prize, Economic Personality, as well as the Financial Market Innovation Personality of the Year award, granted by the Brazilian Association of Banks (ABBC).
Rodrigo Comazzetto has over 20 years of experience in the financial market and 10 years in managing illiquid funds, with roles at institutions such as Itaúsa, HSBC, and Modal Banks. Currently, Rodrigo is a Partner at Crescera Capital, overseeing the Venture Capital division and serving as the Head of Crescera Venture Fund III. He has invested in ventures like Vindi, in the payments sector, and Konduto, in the anti-fraud sector, both of which have been exited to Locaweb and Boavista, respectively. He is also a board member of several companies and the Vice President of the USP Business Incubator.
Mr. Sergio Rial, with degrees in Economics and Law, an MBA, and several executive programmes at universities in the United States and Europe, has built a distinguished international career as an executive and board member across the financial and agribusiness sectors, from Asia to the Americas.
Since 2023, he has served on the Advisory Board of one of China’s leading universities, the Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS), as an international board member, and is also part of the Advisory Board of FRUX Capital, a major investment fund in Europe headquartered in Madrid.
He is currently Chairman of the Board of Vibra Energia, one of Brazil’s largest companies, formerly known as BR Distribuidora. He also serves on the boards of Brazil Foods (BRF), the country’s largest food company, and Delta Airlines in the United States, where he has been a board member for more than nine years.
Since February 2025, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Cyrela Construtora. Later in 2025, he will also join the board of Orbia, a Mexican-American industrial group, and as of January 2026, he will become an independent advisor of Trafigura, one of the world’s largest global commodity trading platforms, headquartered in Singapore.
He was a partner at Crescera Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm, until May 2025 and currently sits on its Financial Committee as a board director.
On ESG matters, he serves as a global board member of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), one of the world’s largest environmental NGOs, headquartered in the United States, and as Co-Chair of the Latin America Conservation Council (LACC), a business-led initiative for environmental conservation in the region.
Previously, he was both Chairman of the Board and CEO of Santander Brazil until January 2023 and also served on the board of the Santander Group in Spain.
He also chaired the Board of Directors of Ebury Partners in London until 2024, a global fintech providing foreign exchange and cross-border payment solutions that support international trade and digital businesses.
As an executive, he has held senior leadership roles including member of the Global Executive Committee of ABN AMRO in Amsterdam, Senior Executive Director at Bear Stearns in New York, Global CFO and board member of Cargill in Minneapolis, and CEO of Marfrig Foods, one of the world’s largest beef companies.
Virgilio Gibbon has been Afya's CEO since 2016. Under his leadership, the company has become Brazil's largest education and medical practice solutions ecosystem. Gibbon led the company's IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange in 2019 and a series of strategic acquisitions in the years following. Gibbon holds an Economics degree from PUC Rio, with advanced studies at Stanford and Harvard Universities. He has extensive experience in higher education, having worked for more than 15 years in the sector. Prior to joining Afya, the executive held significant positions, including Estácio Participações, TOTVS and Accenture.
