fmasuela

Senior Finance & Strategy Executive

• 29+ years of experience in large Investment Banks, such as HSBC, Santander, Bank ABC (Arab Banking Corp), ItauBBA and ABN Amro, holding senior positions to advise large local and multinational conglomerates in strategic transactions (M&As, IPOs, Structured Debt, Credit Markets, Risk Management & Hedging, Project & Acquisition Finance etc), as well as Private Banking and Transaction Banking (cash management, trade finance, FX).
• Effective and permanent member of the Credit Committee, with authority to approve credit limits of up to USD 100 million.
• Leadership skills and Execution Discipline: in the last 10 years I have led highly qualified teams within Corporate & Investment Banking, with expressive and growing results (CAGR 20%+).
• ESG Champion for HSBC Brazil Wholesale Banking.
• Solid background in Corporate Finance, Structured Debt, M&A and IPOs, Debt and Equity Capital Markets, Acquisition Finance, General Banking Products, Financial Risk Management and Corporate Governance.
• International professional experience in major financial centers (New York – 1 year) and Madrid (6 months).
• Strong experience in Corporate Governance, being Advisory Board Member of a number of scale-ups & family companies.

Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $150,000

Hourly rate: $0

Nationality: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Residency: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Experience

CFO – Chief Financial Officer

BlockBR Digital Assets

2022 - 2023

Responsible for the financial area (Treasury &, FP&A), as well as the main focal point regarding sustainable funding strategy with investors (equity / M&A), senior advisor of the reference shareholder (founder), focal point regarding Corporate Governance within the Board of Directors. A blockchain-based infrastructure solution provider for real world assets tokenization. Developed all the necessary financial and administrative structures and procedures for a new investment round, through pre-Series A of US$ 20 million within Venture Capital funds. In parallel until Series A, led 3 investment rounds as private placement with local investors.

Executive Director & Head of Multinationals

HSBC Brazil S/A

2019 - 2022

Head of the Global Corporate Clients business coverage, in addition to coordinating the entire strategy for Latin America. Team with 8 direct reports, 6 of which highly qualified Senior Bankers. Over the period, more than 170 new large customer relationships were established and accumulated results of more than USD 100 million, structuring and advising clients in highly visible and strategic transactions, such as: Bookrunner on Raízen's IPO (biggest global renewables IPO in 2021). Transaction value of USD 1.3 billion. Led the financing for the acquisition of the RLAM Oil Refinery by the United Arab Emirates Mubadala. Transaction value of USD 2.0 billion. Bookrunner in the Follow-on of AES Brasil, transaction value of USD 350 million. Debt structure of EUR 250 million for State Grid and USD 200 million for Iberdrola. Several mandates for Cash Management, FX and Trade Finance, such as bank guarantees, export / import finance, cash management high-tech solutions etc.

Director / Senior VP

Banco Santander (Brasil) S/A

2011 - 2019

Head of Multinational Client coverage team, within the Large Corporate segment. Also responsible for coordinating teams across Latin America / regional strategy. Team management with 17 direct reports, 11 of which highly qualified Senior Bankers. I was a permanent member of the Credit Committee, with an authority of USD 100 million. USD 6 billion diversified credit portfolio management. Over the period, several outstanding transactions were structured, advised and executed.

Private / Senior Banker

Banco Itau BBA S/A

2000 - 2011

Advisory to large companies within Wholesale Banking Division – Corporate & Investment Banking, as well as in Private Banking (key multi-family offices). Average growth in the customer portfolio of around 40%, with emphasis on the years 2007 (45%+), 2009 (70%+) and 2010 (40+%). Credit portfolio management of USD 450 million.

Credit Analyst & Banker

Banco ABN Amro

1997 - 2000

Started as a trainee in Credit Department and soon became a Credit Analyst. After 1 year, promoted to Relationship Manager, already managing a corporate client portfolio.

Skills

business-development

finance

fintech

sales

strategy

treasury

english

portuguese

spanish

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