Bio

Carlos Brandão is a Managing Director of the IG4 Operations Team. Throughout his career, he has had experience in different industries, such as utilities (generation, transmission, and distribution), retail and telecommunications companies, always acting in key and strategic roles. His last professional role was as Oi’s (one of the biggest telecommunications companies in Brazil) CFO, where he was the leader of the company’s restructuring process in the largest and most complex cross-border debt restructuring in Latin America at that point. The results of this project include the rebalancing of its capital structure, the implementation of a capital increase and new governance through a dispersed shareholder base due to the conversion of debt into equity and an independent professional board, the construction of a new strategic plan and the sale of a problematic asset in Angola. He was also a member of the Management, Risk, Cost and Quality Committees. From 2015-16 he was responsible for managing the company’s international asset portfolio, dealing with partners and stakeholders from different countries in Africa and Asia. Prior to that, from 2011-2014, he was the chief strategy officer where he coordinated the company’s bid strategy for the spectrum auctions. At that time, he was also responsible for the design of the company’s corporate strategy. With diversified experience in mergers and acquisitions, debt and operational restructuring and corporate strategy, Carlos also worked on projects of this nature during his time at Energisa, Furnas and Sendas (2001-2004). Carlos holds a business administration degree from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Specialization in statistics also from UFJF and an MBA from IBMEC.