Tiago Alcoforado Calhau

Investment Professional – Hospitality
Tiago has more than 20 year experience across multiple functions and industries and is a member of the Hospitality – Discovery Fund Team at Explorer, where he advises on strategy, asset management, deal execution and divestment initiatives across the portfolio.

EXPERIENCE

Previous experience includes 8 years at Sonae MC, where he led several businesses in the food retail and hospitality sector (General Manager of Go Natural), being also responsible for Health, Beauty and Wellness stock management and Head of Business Development & Analytics in this business area. Tiago was also International Strategy Manager for Sonae MC food retail business. Between 2012 and 2015, worked for the Boston Consulting Group as a consultant. His career began as a lawyer at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira.

EDUCATION

Tiago completed an MBA at Nova SBE-Católica in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management. He has an Executive Master’s in Tax Management from Indeg-ISCTE and a Postgraduation in Tax from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa. He also has a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Law from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.