Partner, Head of new investments for Private Equity
Luis Felipe Cruz has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and is a partner at Pátria Investimentos and Head of new investments for Private Equity in Brazil. Mr. Cruz’s main responsibility is to manage and supervise the activities of new investments in the Private Equity business unit in Brazil. Mr. Cruz joined Pátria in 2008 and became a partner in 2019. Since joining Pátria, Mr. Cruz has been involved in several investments in different sectors. He started out as a member of the M&A team at Anhanguera, then became Business Development Director at Microlins until its sale in 2010. Since then, he has led the Private Equity investment team in more than 100 deals. He also serves as a board member of several portfolio companies, including Plurix, Atakarejo, Smartfit, SEK and Axia. He was also a member of the board of Alliar (now Aliança) from 2017 to 2018 and Chairman of the board of Alper Seguros from 2020 to 2023.
