Functional Skills

Business Planning
Market Research
Financial Modeling
Financial Due Diligence
Valuation

Sector Experience

Telecom
Financial Services
Energy
Aerospace & Defense
Transportation & Logistics

Languages

English
Spanish
Portuguese
French
20
years

Years of Experience

3/21

Member Since


Experience

 
Independent Strategy Consultant Management Consulting
Freelance consultant
02/2020 - Present
Leads and executes projects focused on strategy and investment assessment for clientes located in Europe, North America and Latin America.

Cenit – Transporte de Hidrocarburos Finance
Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
11/2017 - 11/2019
Cenit owns and operates one of Latin America’s largest Oil & Gas pipeline infrastructure, generating annual revenues of +$US1.5bn. It is 100% owned by Ecopetrol, a New York Stock Exchange listed company.

• Lead the annual budgeting and medium-term financial planning processes
• Prepare monthly presentations to the Executive Committee on the financial, commercial and operational results
• Lead identification and monitoring of cost optimization initiatives
• Lead team of 13

Cenit – Transporte de Hidrocarburos Corporate Strategy & Development
Corporate Strategy Manager
02/2017 - 10/2017
• Lead the definition of the long-term Corporate Strategic Plan, including market and company assessment, financial modeling, workshop facilitation for idea generation with top management, and presentation to Executive Committee.
• Lead the structure of the 3-year investment portfolio ($US250m/year) encompassing all areas of the company
• Drive the evaluation -financial, operational and legal- and approval processes for new investment opportunities
• Lead team composed by 4 direct reports

Avianca Corporate Strategy & Development
Corporate Strategy Manager
03/2016 - 02/2017
Avianca is the second largest airline in Latin America, with presence in more than 26 countries and annual revenues exceeding $US 3bn.

• Lead the identification, design and execution of strategic projects through the definition of methodologies, preparation of work plans and coordination of multifunctional teams, including people from IT, Finance, Marketing, Customer Service, Operations and Commercial
•Lead team composed by 2 direct reports

Orange Communications (Switzerland) Corporate Strategy & Development
Corporate Strategy Manager
04/2012 - 02/2016
Orange Switzerland is a large telecommunications operator with +$US1.5bn in annual revenues. Previously owned by France Télécom.

• Lead the definition of the Corporate Strategic plan and the design, implementation and control of high impact projects
• Scope of the projects included business strategy, distribution channels, pricing, churn, investment assessment, M&A
• Lead cross-functional teams composed of 3 to 5 members from diverse areas – Finance, IT, Operations, Marketing

Arthur D. Little Management Consulting
Consultant - Project Manager
03/2004 - 03/2012
• Spent 8 years in the company achieving the Project Manager position
• Advised large companies and governments in 8 countries, e.g., Portugal, Russia, Hungary, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sweden
• Led projects focused on strategy definition, investment assessment, financial transaction support – applying multiple methodologies on market, industry and company assessment, strategy, financial valuation, and scenarios analysis