Fernando has around 15 years of experience in corporate finance advisory specially in the agribusiness, renewable energy, and infrastructure sectors, having joined CZ in 2011. During this period, Fernando has worked with many CZ clients globally, including sugar and ethanol producers/refineries, agricultural producers, renewable energy companies, logistics operators and agribusiness players. He has accumulated expertise across a wide range of financial advisory services, especially in (i) debt raise transactions through CRA issuances in the Brazilian capital markets having successfully concluded several transactions since 2013, (ii) cogeneration joint-ventures to produce renewable energy from sugarcane bagasse and (iii) complex special situations deals. Fernando also led and concluded several M&A and debt restructuring processes.
In 2023, Fernando was appointed as head of corporate finance Brazil and is currently covering CZ’s corporate finance initiatives in Brazil on multiple sectors such as sugar & ethanol, agribusiness, energy, infrastructure, and food & beverage. Fernando holds an MBA in Finance from Insper and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Universidade de São Paulo.
