Gianni Casanova Bio

Gianni Casanova is a partner at Landmark Capital (now part of Alantra Group) and the Country Head for Brazil. Prior to Landmark, he was a principal at IB Partners and the Corporate Development Manager for ITC Ventures, a technology private equity fund. Mr. Casanova has ample experience in corporate finance and has advised in numerous transactions, including the sale of agricultural assets on behalf of Clean Energy Brazil plc (AIM listed company) to Tonon Bioenergía, the acquisition of Quesada Farmacéutica on behalf of Eurofarma Laboratorios and the strategic alliance of Bradesco with Banco de Chile for the management and distribution of mutual funds in Chile and Brazil, including the Verde Amarelo (US$160 million) and Brasil Inversión (US$ 80 million) mutual funds. Mr. Casanova holds a B.Sc. degree in International Finance and Economics from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.