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. 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.
Founder, board member and CEO of Camino Education. Previously, he was chairman, CEO and vice-chairman of Somos Educação, managing partner and member of the investment team at Tarpon Investimentos, and partner in the corporate and capital markets area at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, as well as international lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York. He was an advisor to Tarpon Investimentos, Serena Energia, Morena Rosa and AGV Logística. He is a doctoral candidate in Education at Johns Hopkins University, has a master's degree in Technology applied to Education from Columbia University, a master's degree in Law from Columbia University, a specialization in Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor's degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and in Economics from the University of São Paulo. He sits on the board of directors and executive committee of third sector associations focused on education, including the Lemann Foundation's Nova Escola Association, the PROA Institute, SempreFEA and Parceiros da Educação.
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.
Graduated in Mechanical and Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo - USP (1986). Began his career in the financial market in 1986. He worked as Commercial Director at Crédit Commercial de France Bank (1989-1997), Commercial Director at Lloyds Bank (1997-1999) and Executive Vice President at Itaú/BBA (1999-2019). In 2019, he founded Gaju Investmentos Ltda. He is currently: (i) Senior Advisor at Morgan Stanley Brasil; (ii) Member of the Board of Direcional Engenharia (DIRR3) and JHSF (JHSF3); (iii) Member of the Board of COPERSUCAR S.A.; (iv) Chairman of the Board of Fulwood Logistica; (v) Member of the Board of Gerdau S.A. (GGBR4); (vi) Member of the Board of CIVI-CO Hub de Impacto Social; and (vii) Member of the Board of MASP (Museu de arte de São Paulo) since Sept. 2014.
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of OceanPact, and currently a member of the Board of Directors of Hidrovias do Brasil. He spent most of his career at Ultrapar, a company in the oil and gas sector, and served as Managing Director of Ultracargo, a company in the logistics sector. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Odontoprev, a member of the Board of Directors of Famasa, CFO of Klabin S.A. and Vice Chairman of CCR S.A. He has a degree in Production Engineering and Economics from USP. He attended the "IEP - International Executive Program" course at 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).