Mechanical engineer (UFRGS), with a master's and doctorate degree in business administration (UFRGS and FGV EAESP), with a focus on finance. He has international experience as a visiting scholar at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He works as a professor at FGV EAESP and as a strategic consultant at FGV Projetos, working in the field of valuation and restructuring of companies, economic and financial feasibility analysis of projects and has experience as a reviewer in sanctioning processes involving capital markets.