PineBridge Latin America Partners
Guido Padovano
Managing Director, Head of Latin America Private Equity,
São Paulo
Mr. Padovano is Head of Latin America Alternative Investments for PineBridge Investments. Based in São Paulo, he has overall responsibility for the firm’s private equity activity in the Latin America region. Between January 1998 and April 2009, Mr. Padovano was responsible for the Merrill Lynch Private Equity (MLGPE) business in Latin America, and concurrently for Europe from 2003 to the end of 2007. During that period he was a member of MLGPE’s worldwide Investment Committee and the Operating Committee. Under his direct supervision, MLGPE invested in co-control situations in Europe (UK, France, and Italy) and in VC, growth capital, shared-control, and sole-control situations in Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina), and oversaw over US $1.2 billion in investments. Among other companies, he served on the Board of Directors of Rexel SA (France), Debenhams PLC (UK), and was Chairman of Cremer SA (Brazil) and Convermex SA (Mexico). Mr. Padovano was a founding partner of Pad Investimento SA, a VC company which he managed between 1985 and 1992. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from USP in São Paulo and an MBA from Stanford University.
Elemer Suranyi
Managing Director, São Paulo
Mr. Suranyi joined PineBridge as a Managing Director responsible for managing deal teams in sourcing, negotiating, monitoring, and exiting private equity investments in Latin America. He also participates as a member in the investment committees, and serves on Boards of the portfolio companies. Prior to joining PineBridge, he spent several years at Citigroup Venture Capital International as the point business person in Brazil. Mr. Suranyi has 22 years of industry experience and was a member of the Board of Directors of Brasil Telecom S.A., Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., Solpart Participações S.A., Telemig Celular Participações S.A., Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A., Telemig Celular S.A., Amazônia Celular S.A., Concessão Metroviária do Rio de Janeiro S.A., and of other companies in the different shareholding chains. Prior to his tenure at CVC, Mr. Suranyi also worked as an advisor at Banco J. Safra, as the Chief Financial Officer for UOL, as an Investment Banker at Merrill Lynch in Brazil and in New York, and also participated in the Brazilian foreign debt negotiations at Citibank in New York. He holds a BSc in Economics from the University of São Paulo and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Gustavo Ubrig
Principal, São Paulo
Mr. Ubrig joined PineBridge as a Principal responsible for sourcing investments in Latin America, coordinating market and company analyses, as well as training and leading deal teams. He also actively works with portfolio companies’ management to assist in improving operations and reporting processes. Prior to joining PineBridge, he was a Vice President of Investment Banking at HSBC, responsible for covering the retail, distribution, electric energy, and real estate sectors and originating and executing equity offerings and M&A advisory for companies in Brazil. Prior to HSBC, he worked for 8 years at Merrill Lynch in Brazil, initially in the Investment Banking Division and then the Private Equity Group. He holds a BA in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
As of 30 June 2011.