BRAVA
Team
André Tavares
andre.tavares@brava.com.br
+55 (11) 5412-0020
Graduated from Fundação Getulio Vargas with a B.A. in Business Administration, André is the founder and CEO of BRAVA. Prior to founding BRAVA, André worked for 7 years at Citigroup’s Investment Banking Division in São Paulo and in New York, and was a partner at BR Partners for 4 years. During his more than 15 years in the financial market, André has been involved in over 40 M&A transactions, debt restructurings and debt and equity offerings (IPOs and Follow-Ons).
Thomas Birkefeld
thomas.birkefeld@brava.com.br
+55 (11) 5412-0024
Graduated from HHL Leipzig School of Management, with a MBA from INSEAD and an Executive Finance degree from Chicago’s Booth School of Business, Thomas is a partner at BRAVA. Prior to joining BRAVA in 2020, Thomas worked for 9 years at Citigroup in Brazil and Germany, where he was a Director in the M&A department and advised clients in the financial services, healthcare and chemicals industries, among others. Thomas started his career at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in Germany, in Asset Management and Investment Banking, respectively. He also worked for the Private Equity firm Emerging Capital in Brazil. With more than 15 years of experience, Thomas has been involved in several complex, domestic and cross-border M&A operations as well as equity and debt capital markets situations.
Carlos Baú
carlos.bau@brava.com.br
+55 (11) 5412-0019
Graduated from Fundação Getulio Vargas with a B.A. in Business Administration, Carlos is a partner at BRAVA. Prior to joining BRAVA, Carlos worked in the Investment Banking division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and in the Strategic Planning department at Esporte Interativo.
Daniel Capelli
daniel.capelli@brava.com.br
+55 11 5412-0010
Graduated from Fundação Getulio Vargas with a B.A. in Business Administration, Daniel joined BRAVA in 2019.
Henrique Matuoka
henrique.matuoka@brava.com.br
+55 11 5412-0010
Graduated from Fundação Getulio Vargas with a B.A. in Business Administration, Henrique joined BRAVA in 2019.