Partner at Patria and our Head of Private Equity M&A. Ms. Garrelhas is primarily responsible for the M&A projects at Patria’s invested companies and previously worked in new business developments.
Responsible also as investment leader of companies in Food & Beverage industry.
Board member of Frooty, Grancoffee, Superfrio, Icestar and Dellys.
Before joining Patria, Ms. Garrelhas worked at Banco Santander’s asset management division as an analyst. She was also the Chief Financial Officer of Junior Alimentos (portfolio company of Patria Private Equity Fund III), a financial manager and controller of Veloce (portfolio company of Patria Private Equity Fund III), a member of the M&A team of Anhanguera Educacional, and a business analyst at Anhembi Morumbi.
Ms. Garrelhas holds a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from both Universidade de São Paulo and École Centrale de Lyon.

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