People
Our team is composed of passionate scientists, forward-thinking executives committed to the cause and shareholders with a successful track record.
CEO & Founder

Bernardo Strassburg
Founder and Executive Director of the International institute for Sustainability, Professor at PUC-Rio.
Co-developed Brazil’s National Restoration Plan, is a Scientific Board Member of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration; Led the development of the new global restoration target for the UN CBD and associated global priority regions for restoration.

Thiago Picolo
Co-Founders

Marcelo Medeiros
Founding partner at Lanx Capital, with a successful track record leading three private equity firms, including Cambuhy Investimentos in 2011. Member of the Board of Directors of Votorantim S.A, Eneva S.A and Alpargatas S.A, Marcelo was also a partner at Banco Garantia and served and managing director at Credit Suisse.

João Moreira Salles

Marcelo Barbará
Founding partner of two investment companies Lanx Capital and Cambuhy Investimentos, with investments spanning across public/private companies, venture capital, startups and real state. Previously, Marcelo was a partner at Banco Garantia, and served as managing director and head of fixed income for Latin America at Credit Suisse.

Ricardo Rodrigues
Full professor of the biological science department at ESALQ/USP, is a Board member of some of the leading environment and restoration organizations in Brazil with more than 30 years of experience in restoration. Ricardo has the largest track record in Brazil’s forest restoration (25k +ha) and operates a premier nursery of tropical trees in Brazil.
Team

Álvaro Iribarrem

Renata Barbieri
she led digital and corporate/cultural transformation projects (JV and M&A). Graduated in Business Administration (UFRJ) and Law (UNIRIO), with specialization at HBS.

Mauricio Penteado

Mariana Barbosa
Mariana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from PUC/SP, and a Master’s degree from the University of California – Berkeley (LL.M) and the School of Environmental Management at the University of Oxford (MSc in Environmental Change and Management). She has worked in the Environmental area of some of the largest law firms in Brazil, working on carbon projects, forestry projects, agricultural projects, as well as complex processes to repair socio-environmental impacts, among other topics related to the use of natural resources and environmental protection.

Roberto Waack

Ricardo Rodrigues
Full professor of the biological science department at ESALQ/USP, is a Board member of some of the leading environment and restoration organizations in Brazil with more than 30 years of experience in restoration. Ricardo has the largest track record in Brazil’s forest restoration (25k +ha) and operates a premier nursery of tropical trees in Brazil.

Ricardo Gentil
Commercial Director at re.green. With over 18 years of experience in business development in the energy and agricultural sectors, he has worked for companies such as Raizen, Monsanto, Novozymes, and most recently, the Capitale/ZEG Group, where he participated in the construction of ZEG Biogas, which has become one of the leaders in the biogas market in Brazil.
Researchers

Andre Nave

Fabiano Farah

Fernando Gardon
Fernando has a background in monitoring ecosystems under restoration and the resulting outcomes, especially carbon ecosystem services.
Previously developed research aiming to understand how the ecological restoration of degraded lands can provide co-benefits by contributing to hydrological processes, landscape connectivity, biodiversity conservation, and carbon sequestration.

Pedro Brancalion
Associate professor of tropical forestry at ESALQ/USP. Pedro coordinates large research and technology projects to develop cost-effective solutions to conserve and restore tropical forests, based on interdisciplinary research and co-production of knowledge with multiple stakeholders. He was included amongst the 20 academics of Brazil that received the 2021 Highly Cited Researcher award.

Sara Mortara
Experience in spatial and ecological modeling both in theoretical and applied fields. Previously have worked as a researcher in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden and the International Institute for Sustainability. Sara is na R programmer and active member of the R users’ community working on diversity initiatives to empower underrepresented groups.

Helena Neri
Research and development.
Board

Marcelo Medeiros
Founding partner at Lanx Capital, with a successful track record leading three private equity firms, including Cambuhy Investimentos in 2011. Member of the Board of Directors of Votorantim S.A, Eneva S.A and Alpargatas S.A, Marcelo was also a partner at Banco Garantia and served and managing director at Credit Suisse.

Ana Squadri
Ana joined Principia Capital Partners in February 2021, where she serves as a partner. She currently serves on the board of directors of Cellera Farma having previously served on the board of directors in industries such as education, digital marketing, healthcare, animal nutrition and retail. Previously, she has worked for H.I.G. Capital, and for Grupo Icatu, in the illiquid strategies group.

Arminio Fraga
Arminio is a founder of Gávea Investimentos, and Co-CIO of Hedge Funds and Private Equity. Prior to founding Gávea, Mr. Fraga served as Governor of Brazil’s Central Bank, from 1999 to 2002, and worked in various leadership positions at Soros Fund Management, Salomon Brothers and Banco Garantia. Mr. Fraga is a professor of Economics at Columbia, Wharton, PUC-Rio and FGV-Rio, and currently is a member of the Group of Thirty and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Bernardo Strassburg
Founder and Executive Director of the International institute for Sustainability, Professor at PUC-Rio. Co-developed Brazil’s National Restoration Plan, is a Scientific Board Member of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration; Led the development of the new global restoration target for the UN CBD and associated global priority regions for restoration.

João Moreira Salles
João is a documentary filmmaker and president of Instituto Moreira Salles. In 2006 he created revista piauí, where he serves as one of its editors. He has also taught at PUC-Rio and Princeton University.

Marcelo Barbará
Founding partner of two investment companies Lanx Capital and Cambuhy Investimentos, with investments spanning across public/private companies, venture capital, startups and real state. Previously, Marcelo was a partner at Banco Garantia, and served as managing director and head of fixed income for Latin America at Credit Suisse.
Battle-tested private equity investors
Lanx Capital
BW Capital Partners
Gávea Investimentos
Principia Capital Partners
Dynamo Gestora de Recursos
Parcerias
re.green team

