Alexandre Coutinho Bio

Alexandre Coutinho is Patria’s Partner and Head of Credit Brazil. Mr. Coutinho was responsible for raising a R$1.2 billion closed-end credit fund in 2017 and 2018 with household investors such as the IFC, IDB, BNDES, a major Middle Eastern pension fund, and relevant Brazilian pension funds. Before joining Patria in 2016, Mr. Coutinho was an MD at Credit Suisse Brazil as the credit portfolio manager and COO of its Asset Management branch. He was also a credit portfolio manager at Gávea Crédito, a subsidiary of JP Morgan, and had professional experiences at Deutsche Bank, Spinnaker Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Coutinho holds a degree in Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica and has an MBA from Columbia University.