Management

Board of Directors

Fabio Minamisawa Hirota

Mr. Fabio Minamisawa Hirota is the Director of Pátria’s Private Equity Group, and is currently focused on new business efforts. Before Pátria, Mr. Hirota worked for 5 years at TIM Participações, where he held various management positions. Mr. Hirota also worked in the Investment Banking Division of Merrill Lynch. In addition, he worked as a management consultant for over 4 years at Value Partners Management Consulting. Mr. Hirota holds a BA in Electrical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP) and an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business

Daniel Nozaki Gushi

Mr. Daniel Gushi is a Naval Engineer (Polytechnic School of USP), with an Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Kellogg School of Management, Chicago. In 2019, he joined the private equity team at Pátria Investimentos, to develop new investment theses. Since February 2020 he joined Athena Saúde as CFO.

Eduardo Gromatzky

Mr. Eduardo Gromatzky is an economist who graduated from USP in 2005, has an MBA from Columbia Business School. In December 2015, he started his activities as M&A director of the Private Equity team at Pátria Investimentos, where he currently works.

Board of Management

Ricardo Leonel Scavazza

Mr. Ricardo Leonel Scavazza has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Getúlio Vargas Foundation and a MBA in Business Administration and Management, from Northwestern University – Kellogg. Mr. Scavazza has been Managing Partner of Pátria since 2005 and CIO of Private Equity. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Alphaville, Alliar, HOB, Superfrio, SupplierCard, Tenco, Terra Verde, Zatix, Athena Hospitals, BSL, DFS, Bio Ritmo and Elfa.

Fernando Henrique de Aldemundo Pereira

Mr. Fernando Henrique de Aldemundo Pereira holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. He is currently the Portfolio Manager of Health Services at Pátria’s Private Equity Group.He also worked as Head of M&A, supporting Patria investee companies.

Carolina Buendia Gutierrez

Ms. Carolina Buendia Gutierrez is an industrial engineer (Universidad de Los Andes). Currently, she is an Operating Partner at Patria Investimentos. She has a specialization in project evaluation from Universidad del Rosário.

Hiran Alencar Mora Castilho

Mr. Hiran Alencar Mora Castilho has a law degree from PUC Paraná and has a specialization in hospital administration from Florida University.Responsible for all modernization, expansion, and the introduction of governance and good practices in the Santa Rita healthcare group founded in 1959.

Fernando Machado Terni

Mr. Fernando Machado Terni is an electrical engineer (Mauá School of Engineering, SP – Brazil), with an MBA at FGV (Getulio Vargas Foundation, SP – Brazil), an executive MBA at Kellogg (Northwestern University, IL – USA) and executive education at Duke (The Fuqua School of Business, NC – USA). In January 2020, he took over as a board member of Alliar, Bio Ritmo and Athena Healthcare.

Fernanda Garrelhos Miranda

Ms. Fernanda Garrelhas Miranda is a production engineer from USP and École Centrale de Lyon. In addition to being a partner at Pátria, Ms. Garrelhas is the main responsible for M&A projects for Pátria’s investees. Previously, she worked, between 2015 and 2017, in the development of new businesses, focused on the application of Pátria’s V fund.

Marco Antônio Barbosa Candido

Mr. Marco Antônio Barbosa Candido is a mechanical engineer (Technological Institute of Aeronautics), Master in Production Engineering (Federal University of Santa Catarina) and Doctor in Production Engineering (Federal University of Santa Catarina) / University of South Florida). He is a member of the Boards of Directors and other governance bodies of several companies and entities, such as: COPEL, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Curitiba, Grupo Santa Rita, AESC, Expresso Princesa dos Campos, Athena Saúde Brasil S.A. and Grupo Positivo.

Ricardo Barbosa Leonardos

Mr. Ricardo Barbosa Leonardos is an economist and has an MBA from NYU-Leonard Stern School of Business in business administration and international business. He is certified as an advisor by the IBGC-Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance and as a consultant for family businesses by the Family Firm Institute of Boston. He is a portfolio manager authorized by the Securities and Exchange Commission and a certified analyst by APIMEC.

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