Mr. Magalhaes is the founder, Investment Director and CEO of Tarpon Investimentos and responsible for Tarpon’s fund management. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Tarpon and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of BRF S.A., and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Somos Educação S.A. Prior to founding Tarpon, Mr. Magalhães worked as a portfolio manager at Banco Patrimônio/Salomon Brothers, as an associate at JP Morgan/Chase and as an analyst at GP Investments. He was also managing partner of new businesses at Grupo Semco. José Carlos majored in business administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), in São Paulo.
Mr. Castello Branco is an economist who holds a Ph.D. from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV - EPGE) and a postdoctoral degree from the University of Chicago. He is an affiliated professor at EPGE (FGV) and act as director of the center for Studies in Economic Growth and Development at FGV. He was CEO of Petrobras between 2019 and 2021, director of Vale S.A., director of the Central Bank of Brazil and director of other banks such as Banco Boavista and Banco InterAtlântico. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Vale S.A. and a member of the Board of Director of Petrobras, GRU Airport and Invepar, as well as board of Abrasca, director of the American Chamber of Commerce (Rio de Janeiro) and member of the Board of Directors of the IBEF and Board of Trustees of FGV. He was also president of the Brazilian Institute of Investor Relations (IBRE), executive president of IBMEC and vice president of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Bastos has been involved in new ventures in several sectors such as energy, media and the internet. He is Serena´s founder and the CEO. Mr. Bastos has accumulated more than fifteen (15) years of experience with finance and investment analysis. He graduated in Business Administration from FGV-EAESP (School of Business Administration of Fundação Getúlio Vargas) in 1999, and holds an MBA from the F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business (Babson College) in 2006.
Actis partner since 2016, Head of Americas since 2019 and Head of Strategy acting on the energy infrastructure sector since 2021, mr. Michael holds and MBA with distinction from the London Business School, had a scholarship in the Fullbright program in Mexico and has a Major in Finances from the University of Texas at Austin. Also acted as a member of the Administration Council at GME, Energuate, Atlas Renewable, Zuma and Saavi Energia. Member of the Executive Comitee as Head of Strategy at Actis.
Mr. Mufarej built his entrepreneurial career in the financial market na in the education sector. He was an executive and served on the board of directors of major Brazilian companies such as Tarpon Investimentos, Arezzo, BRF and Somos Educação. He is also founder of Renova BR, co-founder of Alicerce Educação, president of the Brazilian Rugby Confederation Council and member of the boards of Tembici and Yale Business School.
Mr. Pedro is founder and manager of Kamaroopin, an asset management focused on private investments with high growth equity. He was one of the founders of Tarpon Investimentos and was responsible for creating Tarpon's Private Equity area in 2006 and held the position of president between December 2012 and August 2013. He also served as president of international operations area and, later, global president of BRF. He is currently chairman of the Board of Directors of Petlove, Consorciei and Zenklub. Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of Arezzo, AGV Logística, BRF, Serena Energia, Cremer and Cia Acqua. Between 2006 and 2010, he served as CFO and Investor Relations Officer at BrasilAgro. Mr. Pedro graduated in Business Administration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas - São Paulo (FGV-SP), having obtained an MBA from the University of Chicago in 2002.
Actis partner acting on the energy infrastructure sector since 2021, and previously having occupied the Director, Principal and Associate positions, mr. Nicolas has a graduate degree in Economy from the University of Los Andes (Colombia) and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Toledo held several executive positions, including Chairman of the Board of Directors of Odontoprev, Vice President of Corporate Management of CCR Group and CFO of Klabin S.A. He holds a bachelor degree in Production Engineering from the Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and in Economics from Faculdade de Economia e Administração (USP). He also attended the "IEP - International Executive Program" course of INSEAD, France.
Mr. Gattass is an economist graduated by PUC-RIO. He was a partner responsible for the equity research team and responsible for Latin American oil and gas coverage at BTG Pactual. Previously, he served as the analyst responsible for the coverage of the oil and gas, electricity and sanitation sectors at UBS and as an assistant analyst for these sectors at UBS and ICATU. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais (Copasa – MG).