A team of experienced and engaged business-oriented professionals

As a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group “BCG”, a world-leading strategy and management consultancy company, his work focused on key sectors, namely O&G, Telecom, and Public Sector where he supported numerous projects. In addition to his consulting role, he supported the company’s business development efforts in the country and was a member of the local recruiting team, where he helped design and implement the local and international recruiting strategy as well as lead the social responsibility efforts in Luanda.

Prior to that, he held a position in the Risk and Quantitative Analysis team at BlackRock in their London office where the team was responsible for enterprise-wide governance, risk and control self-assessments, and communication of the firm's corporate and operational risk profile. He also developed and communicated EMEA's risk appetite & profile statements, risk scenarios, and carried out annual reverse stress tests.

At the start of his career, he also had experience at both Barclays Global Investors as part of the Risk team and at Lehman Brothers as a member of the Internal Audit team.

He has a degree in Business BSc (Hons) from the University of Bath (United Kingdom). He is fluent in Portuguese and English and can speak some Spanish and French.

Before joining Hemera Capital Partners, he was a Director at QWC LTD, supporting banking institutions in managing their portfolio of Non-Performing loans.

Prior to that he Co-founded and was the Head of Real Estate and Private Equity funds of Odell Global Investors, the first Angolan asset management firm incorporated under the country’s new legal framework.

In 2012, he joined the investment banking division of ATLANTICO, leading teams in M&A and Structured Finance deals over various sectors, such as Real Estate, Financial Institutions, Agribusiness, Energy, Healthcare.

He started his career as a member of the European Valuation Center team of Willis Towers Watson in Portugal, where he was involved in actuarial pension scheme analysis for UK based companies.

Mário holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Brookes Business School of Oxford Brookes University, Postgraduate studies in Banks and Insurance Companies Management and a Degree in Finance, both from ISEG - University of Lisbon.

He is fluent in Portuguese and English.

During his career Ruben was able to developed skills in financial structuring, negotiation, project management and financial modelling, in a different array of mandates.

Until December 2019 he was acting as Associate Partner at KPMG Deal Advisory in Brazil. Based in the Rio de Janeiro office, he was engaged in several transactions in Brazil and other countries in Latam. Before that he spent many years in the Lisbon office in Portugal, from where he covered the portuguese market and other associated markets that led to his participation in deals in Angola, South Africa, Turkey and India.

Rúben as a Degree In Finance from ISCTE Business School (Portugal) and an Executive Master in Finance also from ISCTE Business School (Portugal).

Rúben is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Antonella has several years of experience in investment banking, having developed projects in Corporate Finance (M&A and Valuation), as well as Structured Finance in different sectors and markets (lusophone countries).

She started her career as an investment banking analyst in Portugal at ATLANTICO Europe, and later joined the team in Angola, assuming managing positions, leading teams in different projects. She was involved in some of the most relevant Investment Banking deals in Angola.

Before joining Hemera Capital Partners, she was Investor Relations of ATLANTICO, being responsible for the communication with shareholders and for the preparation of the bank for a future Private Placement and IPO, coordinating internal and external teams.

Antonella holds a Master in Business Administration with a Major in Finance and a Degree Business Administration, both from CATÓLICA Lisbon, School of Business & Economics (Portugal). She is fluent in Portuguese, English and German.

Before joining Hemera Capital Partners, he was Deputy Director of Investment Banking at Banco Económico, S.A. He worked in the Advisory, Structured Finance and Capital Market Areas.

Prior to that, he was a senior analyst at the Investment Banking Division of Banco Millennium Atlântico, where he was involved in several projects in different industries, structuring and setting up bank syndicates, and Leveraged Buyout operations. He started his career as a commercial assistant for large companies at Banco Millennium Atlântico.

Manuel holds a Master's degree in Financial Management from the Instituto Superior de Gestão (ISG) in Lisbon and a degree in Business Management from the Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa.

He is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Her career has started in Portugal at Teixeira de Freitas Rodrigues & Associados, then moved to FBL Advogados and, before joining HCP, she was a Senior Associate at Dentons Lead. She has been actively involved in advising national and foreign institutions such as banks, assets managers and other financial intermediaries on regulatory, legal and governance matters, being also involved in financing transactions and in providing legal advice in structuring projects to be financed by development finance institutions.

In 2018, Nair joined the legal department of Standard Bank Angola, as Legal Manager of Corporate and Investment Banking, being responsible for the legal assistance to Investment Banking, Transactional Products and Services, Capital Markets and other business areas.

In 2017, she led the Unit on Communication, Cooperation and Financial Inclusion of the National Council on Financial Stability (CNEF), a currently extinct public advisory body, taking on duties of legal advisory, team coordination and management of the cooperation initiatives between the different regulatory and supervisory bodies of the Angolan financial system, in particular the Ministry of Finance, the National Bank of Angola, the Capital Market Commission and the Angolan Insurance Regulation and Supervision Agency. She was also part of the working group promoting the first National Risk Assessment in Angola in connection with money laundering and terrorist financing risk.

Nair holds a Law Degree from Lusiada University of Lisbon and executive trainings on Banking, Compliance and Capital Markets fields.

Before joining Hemera Capital Partners, he led the Department for Macroeconomic Policy and Management of the Studies and Statistics Office at the Ministry of Finance of Angola, a very relevant department in the design of the country’s economic and fiscal policy, which amongst other tasks also had the responsibility to draw up the country’s Budget Report.

Prior to that, he led the Research team as part of the Treasury and Markets Department at Banco Millennium Atlantico, having contributed to the area’s restructure at Atlantico.

In parallel he has been lecturing a range of subjects within the Economics and Management course at the Universidade Católica de Angola, mainly focusing on Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Public Finance and Industrial Economics.

Previously he also worked as an auditor at KPMG, and lectured History of Economic Thought and Currency and Credit in the Economics course in 2011 at the Instituto Superior de Ciência e Relações Internacionais.

Additionally, he has published several articles in a range of newspapers and magazines on social and economic issues, and participated in the 2018 Angola Economic Report prepared by the Center for Studies and Scientific Research of the Universidade Católica de Angola.

Jânio has a master's degree in Intermediaries and Financial Markets from the University degli studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, in Italy. Before, he graduated in Economics, with distinction, from the Universidade Católica de Angola.

He is fluent in Portuguese, English and Italian.

She began her career at a Miami-based Real Estate Brokerage Firm, supporting Brokers’ transactions by performing property cash flow analysis and valuation, as well as local market research, reporting on key economic and demographic trends in assigned commercial and residential real estate markets.

In the past few years, Joana relocated to Angola, where she worked at an Angolan Real Estate Firm, being responsible for the Consultancy and Appraisal Department, carrying out Real Estate Market and Feasibility Analysis, as well as appraising a wide range of properties located throughout several Angolan provinces, thus building extensive local market knowledge.

She holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Management completed at Catholic Portuguese University, in Portugal and two Master’s Degrees from Florida International University, in the U.S.A. - a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in International Real Estate.

Joana is a Certified Appraiser of R.E. Investment Funds.

She is fluent in Portuguese and English and can speak some Spanish.

As an Accounting Technician at Banco Millennium Atlântico, she was responsible for overlooking the elaboration and maintenance of accounting scripts for new banking products as well as for the parametrization of the accounting system ensuring that all Banking transitions carried out automatically were correctly logged. She led a support team responsible for ensuring that all accounting operational processes involving the Bank´s network ran smoothly. She also led the team responsible for Operational Control and Bank Reconciliations, whose mission was to ensure the compliance of all operations in the accounting and operational sphere.

In 2016, as a result of the merger between Banco Millennium Angola and Banco Privado Atlântico, she was part of a migration team with members from both institutions, whose responsibility was to ensure that the successful migration and integration of accounting systems and information.

In 2013, she joined the Accounting department of Banco Millennium Angola, in the Operational Control unit, where she was responsible for, bank reconciliations, portfolio validation, among other tasks. Furthermore she led the tax team responsible for all the Bank's tax obligations.

Her first work experience was at AAA Seguros, S.A where she worked for 3 years as an accounting technician. She was responsible for controlling claims while also performing other activities to the Accounting Department.

She has a degree in Accounting and Administration from the school of Economics at the Agostinho Neto University in Angola.

Fluent in Portuguese.

As a Securities Fund manager at Odell Global Investors he was exposed to securities funds (one open-ended and one closed), managing securities and analysing all potential securities investments available in the local market.

Prior to that, he worked at Ernest & Young Angola, where he was part of the assurance team as junior auditor, covering different sectors such as Oil and Gas, Import & Export Industry and Construction.

Márcio holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Nova Southeastern University (USA) and a degree in business administration from Nova Southeastern University (USA).

He is fluent in Portuguese and English.

Before joining Hemera Capital Partners, she was a Consultant at Deloitte, where she acquired specialized knowledge, particularly in projects related to real estate taxation, telecommunications, definition and implementation of a new organizational structure, implementation of communication and change management initiatives.

Naima has a Geology Degree specialized in Natural Resources from University of Lisbon (Portugal) and University of St. Andrews (Scotland).

She is fluent in Portuguese and English.

Before joining Hemera Capital Partners, he was an investment banking analyst at Banco Económico, participating in the analysis of several projects, including structured finance projects in sectors such as agriculture, extractive and manufacturing industry, telecommunications and construction.

In the recent years, he has developed trading skills, as a broker being responsible for managing client's portfolio of Banco Económico. Arlindo holds the trading certificate from Angolan Securities and Exchange Commission (CMC) and Angolan stock exchange (Bodiva).

Arlindo has a degree in Business Management from the Polytechnic Institute of Science and Technology of Namibia.

Arlindo is fluent in Portuguese and English.

As a Fund Analyst at BAIGEST, Investment Fund Management company in Angola, Hélio performed profitability analysis of funds of new funds, managed new subscriptions, was responsible for preparing funds’ prospectus, monitoring of new products in the market, as well as monitoring the audit processes of the different investment funds under management. Additionally he took part in the structuring of and management of three investment funds.

He began his professional career in 2018 as treasurer at the Vernon Group, where he was responsible for payments to suppliers, accounting entries and daily cash closing. From 2019 to 2021, he was responsible for the Planning, Control and Reporting Department, being responsible for the preparation of the annual budget and respective budgetary control, preparation of management control reports and supervision of the strategic plan of the Group's companies.

Hélio holds a Bachelor degree in economics from ISPTEC in Angola and has training in trading in regulated markets by Academia de Valores Mobiliários in partnership with the Angolan Securities and Debt Exchange.

He is fluent in Portuguese. English and Spanish.

As Maintenance Supervisor at Pumangol, he was responsible for the maintenance of fuel supply pumps. In addition to being a Supervisor, he also participated in the recruitment and continuous training of technicians in the specialties of HVAC, electricity and industrial automation. 

Prior to that, he was Maintenance Manager at Grupo Zahara, where he managed the maintenance of part of the stores of brands such as Kero, Nosso Super and Shopping Xyami. 

Early in his career, he acquired experience as a technician and later Maintenance Supervisor at H. Seabra, a company specialized in the conception, design, execution and management of Industrial Cold installations. 

José completed a Mechanics course at the Industrial Institute of Luanda and attended complementary courses in HVAC, electricity and industrial automation at the National Institute of Petroleum.

He is fluent in Portuguese and English and speaks some of the local dialects.

At HCP, Ridaura is responsible for the assistance and monitoring of legal issues in the corporate domains and support to the activity of the business areas. Identification of legal risks associated with commercial or strategic operations.

Ridaura is a lawyer registered at the Angolan Bar Association since 2014, has forensic experience in Civil and Labor Litigation including monitoring of international arbitration proceedings and Ad Hoc; general legal advice on commercial and corporate law, she also has experience in the follow-up of Administrative, Customs and Tax Litigation cases.

She initiated her career in the FBL Advogados law firm, with passage in the LG Advogados & Associados law firm, and before integrating HCP, she was an Associate in ALC Advogados, member of the Morais Leitão Legal Circle network, an international network of law firms, where she advised, in particular, commercial companies acting in the Insurance, Oil and Gas, Education, Construction, Importation and Maritime Transportation of Goods areas, among several lines on a global scale.

She has a degree in Law from Universidade Lusíada de Angola since 2013, has advanced training in Lusophone International Arbitration and a postgraduate degree in Stock Exchange and Insurance Banking Law from Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.

Sani Rodrigues began her professional career as an Administrative Assistant working alongside the executive team in a Multinational company, having acquired over 6 years of experience in the areas of accounting, marketing and finance.

During this period, she led the company's organization and development actions and was a relationship manager with customers and suppliers, where she contributed to winning new contracts. She specialized in the field of Economics in Portugal. She is fluent in Portuguese.

Before joining in Hemera Capital Partners, he worked as an Audit Assistant at SOARES & NUNES - SOLUÇÕES, LDA, an Angolan consultancy that provides services in Audit and Taxation.

Felisberto started his career as an Accounting Technician at NEWACO GRUPO, S.A, an Angolan company that operates in the commercialization and distribution of food products, where he worked for 3 years having carried out a number of tasks from analyzing, classifying and registering accounting documents through to assisting Audit processes.

He graduated in Accounting and Audit from the Faculty of Economics of Agostinho Neto University, in Angola.

Portugues is his mother tongue and he is also fluent in english.

Before joining Hemera Capital Partners she was the Head of management and finance Administrative Services for over 3 years in Socolas, an Angolan Glue Industry company with more than 50 years operating in Angola. On that role she supervised Backoffice services, while reporting directly to the CEO.

For 2 years she worked as corporate client commercial assistant for BAI Bank, where she performed all of the regular banking branch activities.

At the start of her career, she worked on sales for a pharmaceutical distributor and just a few months after joining she turned into the backup of the deputy head of operations. On that role she had to oversee the public bids, client management and ensure continuity of internal and external stocks.

She’s holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting Tax and Audit from Lusófona University in Lisbon - Portugal.

She is Fluent in Portuguese.

Nazaré has more than 14 years of professional experience, 10 of which in the banking sector where she was responsible for the management of top Executives.