Our Team

Our team is our greatest asset. The determination and dedication of our partners and advisors generate security and long-term value for our clients. 

Executive Committee

CORRADO VAROLI

CORRADO VAROLI

Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder

Founding partner of G5 Partners. From 1999 to 2006, Corrado served as Partner, Managing Director and Head of America Latina at Goldman Sachs. From 1987 and 1999, he served as Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. 

RENATO KLARNET

RENATO KLARNET

Co-CEO e Co-Founder

Founding partner of G5 Partners. In 2005, Renato founded and was CEO of Tradewire Securities, a New York based brokerage house created to connect and provide Brazilian investors access to overseas investments. 

MARCELO LAJCHTER

MARCELO LAJCHTER

Co-CEO e Co-Founder

Founding partner of G5 Partners. From 1995 to 2007, Marcelo was Partner at Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados, one of the most prominent law firms in Brazil, specialized in corporate law, M&A and restructurings. He earned his Law degree from UERJ. 

ANDRÉ BENCHIMOL

ANDRÉ BENCHIMOL

Senior MD e Co-Founder

Founding partner of G5 Partners. From 2003 to 2006, André served as Private Banking Director at Banque Sadié. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Institutional Sales Director at Bank of America Asset Management. From 1998 to 2001, he served as Vice President of the high-income client division of ING Investment Management. André was also Partner at Tradewire Group, a company of DMA. He earned his Production Engineering degree from PUC-Rio. 

Multi-Family Office

CARLOS BELCHIOR

MD


Partner and Managing Director at G5 Partners. Belchoir serves as Co-Manager of variable income, fixed income, structured products and currency portfolios in Brazil and overseas. He has been a member of G5 Partners’ Risk Management Committee since 2010. 

 

RENAN REGO

MD


Partner and Managing Director of G5 Partners. From 2013 to 2017, Renan served as Vice President of the private credit fund division of Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Co-Manager and Partner of BRZ Investimentos, having worked in the private credit division, among other roles. He initiated his career as a Private Equity Infrastructure Analyst at Infra Asset (2008 and 2009).
He earned his Economics degree from FEA-USP.
 

MICHAEL GAGLIARDI, CFA®

MD


Partner and Managing Director of G5 Partners. From 2000 to 2008, Michael was Partner at Sagitta Investment Management, a family office focusing on alternative investments. From 1998 to 2000, he worked at Banco Icatu, in the macroeconomic research department and later joined the equity income operations team.
He earned his Economics degree from PUC-Rio and is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA).
 

EDUARDO WEISKOPF

MD


Partner of G5 Partners since August 2008. From 2007 to 2008, Weiskopf served as Risk Manager at Franklin Templeton Investments. From 2003 to 2007, he worked at Banco Itaú and also served as Senior Advisor at MSCI Barra, from 2000 to 2003. 

ROSANGELA RODRIGUES

Principal


Partner of G5 Partners, responsible for prospecting and maintaining high-income clients. Rosângela also advises clients on matters relating to tax planning and family succession through our wealth planning division. From 2012 to 2014, she was an Executive at GPS Planejamento Financeiro and Hunter, having worked in several wealth management segments in the domestic and international markets. 

FÁBIO FLEURY SOARES, CFP®

Principal


Partner and Principal of G5 Partners. Fábio has served as Executive of our multi-family office area since 2017. Previously, he had a career as a lawyer, always working in the financial market. He earned his Law degree from Mackenzie, a post-graduate degree from FGV and has been certified by CFP – Planejar since 2018. 

FERNANDO DONNAY, CFA®, CAIA®

Principal


Partner of G5 Partners’ investment team since 2016, Fernando Donnay has more than 15 years of experience in the financial market and is responsible for allocating local managers for the hedge funds, private equity and venture capital investment classes. Fernando is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst® (CAIA). 

Advisory

LEVINDO COELHO SANTOS

MD


Partner and Managing Director of G5 Partners. Levindo initiated his career as an auditor at Artur Andersen. He later held positions in several financial institutions, having served as Head of Investment Banking at HSBC Brazil and Executive Director of the M&A group at Morgan Stanley in New York.
He is a PhD student in Business Administration at Fundação Getulio Vargas (2024).
 

RODRIGO FRAGA

Principal


Partner and Principal of G5 Partners, focusing on the infrastructure and energy sector since October 2019. Rodrigo has over 20 years of experience in transactions involving M&A, debt and equity issuances, project & structured finance and restructurings, particularly in the energy, transportation, oil & gas, sanitation and mining industries. 

DANIEL LOMBARDI

Principal


Daniel has over 15 years of experience in M&A and strategic advisory, having worked on several highly complex transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and distress, partnerships and JVs, IPO advisory, having also provided advisory to boards of directors.
He initiated his career in strategic advisory at Kearny, where he worked for 5 years. He later became responsible for the investment activities at Iron House Real Estate. 
 

Institucional Relations

WAGNER AZEVEDO, CFA®

MD – Head of Operations


Managing Director and Partner of G5 Partners since 2010, Wagner is responsible for the administration and controllership area. Previously, he served as Risk and Compliance Officer of Ativa Corretora. He has a degree in Engineering, with a post-graduate degree in Financial Engineering from the Industrial Engineering Department of Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-SP). He also has a LLM in Corporate Law from IBMEC-RJ and is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA). 

ROBERTO FREITAS

MD – Head of Legal, Compliance and Wealth Planning


Partner and Head of Legal, Compliance and Wealth Planning at G5 Partners. Roberto earned his Law degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) and his LLM in Commercial Law from Centro de Estudios Guarrigues de Madri, Spain. 

EDUARDO CALDEIRA

MD – New Businesses


Parter of G5 Partners since 2018. Eduardo earned his Economics degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) and has been in the financial markets since 1975, having also worked overseas, where he served as Senior Vice President at Oppenheimer & Co. in New York. 

 

LUIS OTAVIO LEAL

Principal and Chief Economist


Chief Economist and Partner of G5 Partners since April 2023. Previously, Luis served as the Chief Economist of financial institutions ABC Brasil (from 2005 to 2020) and Alfa (from 2020 to 2023) and was also assistant professor of the Economics Department of PUC/RJ from 2001 to 2005. He earned his Economics degree from PUC-RJ. 

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