Quest Investimentos
The Company
Team
ECONOMICS AND STRATEGY
- Luiz Carlos Mendonça de Barros
- Founding Partner, Strategist and CEO
- Served as Minister of Telecommunications, CEO of BNDES (National Economic and Social Development Bank) and director of the Brazilian Central Bank
- Former partner of Banco Matrix and Banco Planibanc
- PhD in Economics - Unicamp and a BA in production engineering from USP
- Paulo Pereira Miguel
- Managing Partner responsible for Economic Research and Risk Management
- Former head of Treasury Products at Banco Itaú, economic and research director at Banco Boavista/Interatlântico
- BA & MA degrees - Economics from USP and a Master in Business – INSEAD
- Fábio Maciel Ramos
- Economist at Quest since May/2005
- Former consultant for macroeconomic and industry research at LCA Consultores (2003/2005)
- Former consultant for macroeconomic and industry research at MCM Consultores (2001/2003)
- MA degree in Economics at IBMEC/SP
- BA degree in Economics from USP
- Marina Helena Cunha Pereira Santos
- Economist at Quest since March/07
- Economist at Banco Bradesco (2005/2006)
- Economist at BKL Corretora (2004)
- BA & MA degrees in Economics from Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT - MACRO FUNDS
- Marcelo Villela de Araújo, CFA
- Managing Partner and CIO
- Responsible for the overall investment strategy
- Former head of emerging markets at Banco BBA Creditanstalt and Banco Boavista/Interatlântico
- MA degree in Management and Finance from USP
- BA in Electric Engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica (RJ)
- Ana Paula Soler Moreno
- Portfolio Manager responsible for the Internacional strategy
- Former Senior Economist at Banco Santander Brasil
- Senior Trader of International Fixed Income at Banco BBA Creditanstalt
- MA degree in Economics and BA degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas - EAES
- Bruno Russi, CAIA
- Foreign Exchange & Local Fixed Income Trader
- Former intern of the trading desk at Ritchie Capital Brasil (2003/2005) and Banco HSBC (2005)
- BA in Production Engineering from USP
- MA student in Economics at IBMEC/SP
- Felipe Diniz Niemeyer, CFA
- Local & international fixed income Trader at Quest since Jun/2005
- Former intern of the international trading desk at Banco Bulltick (2005)
- BA in Economics from IBMEC-SP
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT - EQUITY FUNDS
- Fabio Spinola Vianna
- Managing Partner and responsible for the equity strategy
- Porfolio Manager of fixed income and multistrategy funds at Credit Suisse Asset Mgt
- Former head of international fixed income proprietary desk at Banco Garantia and Credit Suisse Brasil
- Auditing and Business consultant at Price Waterhouse
- BA degree in Business Administration from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- José Rocha
- Equity Trader at Quest since June 2008
- Internacional Fixed Income and Relative Value at Credit Suisse Brasil between 2007 and 2008
- Currency trader at Credit Suisse Brasil for 2 years
- Fixed Income Back office analyst between 2003 and 2005
- Product Controller at Credit Suisse Brasil from 2000 until 2003
- BA degree in Aeronautic Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA)
- Rodrigo Mello
- Local Equity Trader at Quest since Oct /2007
- Local Derivatives trader at Fiducia Asset Management between 2005 and 2007
- BA degree in Business Administration from IBMEC-RJ
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT- TRADING FUNDS
- Luiz Alberto Marques
- Portfolio Manager responsible for the onshore multistrategy funds
- Former Portfolio Manager at GP Asset (now BRZ Investments) – Araras, Petropolis and Iporanga Funds
- Director of Treasury Department at Banco BCN/Interatlântico
- Head of Treasury Department at Banco Planibanc
- BA degree in Business Administration from IMES-SP and Executive MBA in Finance from IBMEC
- Leonardo Monoli
- Fixed Income trader at Quest since june 2008
- Former Fixed Income trader at BRZ Investimentos between 2005 and 2007
- Worked at many banks and companies at the Treasury: Telefonia, Banco Bilbao Viscaya, Boavista Interatlantico, BES and Banco Cidade
- BA degree in Business Administration at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado- SP, MA degree in derivatives from Universidade São Paulo and in Finance by Ibmec-SP
- Gilberto Almeida
- Equity trader at Quest since June 2008
- Former Equity Trader at Fidúcia in 2007
- Equity trader for the long-short and equities funds at BRZ Investimentos for 2 years
- Intern at BankBoston Asset Management
- BA degree in Business Administration from IBMEC-SP
RISK MANAGEMENT
- Gustavo Cardoso
- Risk Manager at Quest since Apr/2001
- Former intern at Banco Itau (1998/1999) and Lloyds (1999/2000)
- BA degree in Economics from Pontifícia Universidade Católica (SP)
- Specialization in capital markets from USP
- Leonardo Kubota
- Risk analyst at Quest Investimentos since feb/08
- ME degree candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Escola Politécnica da USP
- BA degree in Naval Engineering at Escola Politécnica da USP
- BA degree in Mechanical Engineering at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen (France)
EQUITY RESEARCH TEAM
- Luiz Henrique Guerra
- Buy-side equity analyst at QUEST since february/2007
- Buy-side equity analyst at GP Asset in telecom, media, food, utilities, real estate, bank and retail during 2006
- Master in economics at USP in 2004 and 2005
- Sell-side equity analyst at Merrill Lynch in telecommunication and media from 2001 to 2003
- Lawyer at Demarest & Almeida Advogados in regulated industries in 2000
- BA in Law – PUC/SP and Business Administration – FEA/USP
- Paschoal Paione
- Buy - side equity analyst at Quest since April/2008
- Comodities Analyst at Votorantim Asset Management and ABN Asset Management between 2005 and 2008
- Master in Economics from Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
- BA in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas- EAESP- FGV
- Carolina Rocha
- Buy - side equity analyst at Quest since August/2007
- Buy - side equity analyst at Direcional Adm de Recursos from 2004 until 2007
- BA degree in Economics from PUC (RJ) and MBA in Finance from IBMEC – RJ
- Paulo Weickert
- Buy - side equity analyst at Quest since April/2008
- Buy- side equity analyst at Santander Asset Management between 2007 and 2008
- Asset distribution, Pension Funds and Strategical Analysis analyst at Santander from 2004 untill 2007
- BA in Mechanic Engineering from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
- Candidate to the CFA Chartered Financial Analyst Level III
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTOR RELATIONS
- Walter Maciel Neto
- Managing Partner responsible for Business Development, Investor Relations, Administration and Compliance
- Former CEO of Trend Bank
- Formerly responsible for equity sales and distribution at Banco Garantia and Credit Suisse Brasil
- Trader at Banco Safra´s equity trading desk
- BA degree in Economics from Pontifícia Universidade Católica (RJ)
- Vinicius Rocha Langoni
- Sales at Quest since February 2006
- Former buy side equity analyst at Brasilprev between 2004 and 2006
- Worked at UBS Investment Banking Division in Brazil in 2002
- Sell side equity analyst at corretora Fator between 2000 and 2001
- Worked at Banco Inter American Express Bank Asset Mgmt division between 1998 and 2000
- BA degree in Economics from USP
- Lina Claudia Buares
- Administrative Manager at Quest since Aug/2003
- Former administrative analyst at ClickInvest (1999/2002), Banco Síntese (1994/1999), Santa Clara Corretora de Mercadorias (1990/1994) and Socopa (1988/1990)
- BA degree in Business Administration from UNIP
CONTROLLER AND BACK OFFICE
- Cláudio Takeshi Fujishige
- Managing Partner and responsible for Back Office & Accounting since Dec/2001
- Former back office analyst at Banco Matrix (1994/2001)
- Manager of the local money market department at Citibank Group SA (1989/1994)
- BA degree in Data Processing from Mackenzie
- Specialization in System Analysis from FAAP
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