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Rui Rodrigues

Rui Rodrigues is a Partner at Índico Capital Partners, with over 15 years of institutional investment and corporate finance experience. Prior to joining Índico, Rui built a robust background in private equity, transaction advisory, and venture capital. He spent nearly five years in Madrid with PwC Spain, rising to Senior Manager in M&A where he advised on complex corporate and real estate transactions. Before that, he spent over six years at Caixa Capital in Lisbon as an Associate and Investment Analyst. Rui holds both a Master of Science in Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Management from ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.

André Santos

André Almeida Santos is an economist, investor, and Partner at Índico Capital Partners, where he leads investments in sustainability, regeneration, and the Blue Economy. With a 25-year international career spanning venture capital, economic policy, and academia across Europe, Africa, and North America, André backs entrepreneurs building ocean-tech and climate-resilient solutions. His background includes a decade at the African Development Bank driving green growth strategies, and participating in the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network. Holding a postgraduate degree in Finance from Universidade Católica and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, André combines deep financial expertise with systemic impact thinking.

André Penha

André Penha is a tech entrepreneur and the co-founder of QuintoAndar, a property technology unicorn that transformed Latin America's real estate market. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering and an MSc from Unicamp, having started his career in the gaming industry. A pivotal moment occurred during his MBA at Stanford in 2010, where he met his co-founder and launched QuintoAndar in 2012 to streamline rental processes. As CTO for nearly twelve years, he expanded the company into Mexico before becoming CEO and Board Member at Antiwire, a firm specializing in long-range wireless power transmission.

Gregory Bernard

Gregory Bernard is a serial entrepreneur and investor who leverages technology to unlock economic opportunity across Europe, Africa, and the U.S. As a founder, he built a 25-year software monopoly in the French talent market and scaled a social-telecom network in Angola that serves 800,000 monthly consumers via his fintech solution, TELOPAY. His track record in scaling ventures extends to the luxury and creative industries, where he transformed the Olympia Le-Tan brand into a global icon and produced award-winning cinema. Currently, he focuses on high-impact innovation that balances profitability with social and personal development.

Sonia Shah

Sonia Shah is a Principal at Faraday Partners with 10 years of experience in executive search and VC Talent for early and growth-stage US technology companies across B2B SaaS, AI/ML, Fintech, and Consumer. Having recently relocated from New York to Lisbon, Sonia is now applying this background as she expands her work across the European market.

Dan Pasko

Dan Pasko is the Managing Partner of Diligent Capital Partners, a EUR 250m AUM investment firm managing a number of funds across VC/PE, private debt, and public markets strategies focused on the technology and basic commodities sectors. He has been a professional investor for almost two decades after graduating from Harvard Business School with an MBA. His career highlights include the only IPO in the history of Moldova: Purcari Wineries, the only IPO of a Ukrainian company on NASDAQ: Kyivstar, and the first neobank to go public: Tinkoff Credit Systems, IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2013.

Barbara Lancastre

Barbara Beck Lancastre, CEO of Europe and Brazil at Affinitas Education, and founder and former CEO of PaRK International School. Barbara holds an MBA from Darden, University of Virginia. Barbara's passion for education extends beyond her professional life. She serves on the board of Teach for Portugal, Salta Group in Brazil and was on the board of the Private School Association in Portugal for four years.

Gifford Miller

Gifford Miller is a former NYC politician and real estate developer turned international investor who, after serving as Speaker of the New York City Council and developing over $1 billion in affordable housing, is now leveraging his expertise in urban transformation to lead Lisbon’s Atlético CP as President of the club.