Bio

Mr. Sales is a Partner at Patria, and Investment Officer at Patria Infrastructure division. Mr. Sales was the Director of Pátria’s M&A Advisory, and co-CEO of ERSA (Patria’s Infrastructure Fund I), a company that later became CPFL Renewables. Prior to joining Patria, Mr. Sales was a Senior Manager in the energy arm of Vale, a Senior Associate in the Infrastructure department of the Brazilian National Development Bank (“BNDES”). Mr. Sales founded an internet community and market place for entities connected to the Brazilian agricultural industry, sold to Bradesco in 2000. Mr. Sales also worked for 4 years at J.P. Morgan in São Paulo and New York in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance Group. Mr. Sales holds a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (USP).