António Rocha e Silva

Partner, Growth Capital
António is a Partner in the Private Equity – Growth business, with 20 years of experience spanning Strategic Consulting, Financial Management, and, over the last decade, a strong focus on Private Equity. He has been involved in more than 50 investments and over 20 exits, raised €400M across multiple funds, and actively supported portfolio companies across sectors and stages—from VC to large cap.

EXPERIENCE

He began his career in 2005 at Deloitte, within the Consulting Strategy and Operations department. For 7 years, he carried out several projects in different geographies and sectors (in the airline industry, energy, manufacturing, tourism and hotel management and retail) restructuring and reorganizing companies, reengineering and continuously improving processes, finance transformation and creating budgeting and reporting models. In 2012 he joined one of the largest Brazilian Media Groups (turnover +200M€) as Planning and Management Control Director.

EDUCATION

He has a degree in Engineering and Industrial Management from the Instituto Superior Técnico. He obtained a Certificate in Negotiation from Harvard Business School and a Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (short course for beginners).