Ricardo Knoepfelmacher has 25 years of experience in operational and financial restructuring as an executive, consultant and Board Member.

During his career, he worked at Citigroup, Nutrimental Group and McKinsey & Co. until he set up his own company, MGDK & Associados, which specialized in restructuring and was later sold to Monitor Company. During this period, he worked in several efficiency gain, investment appraisal and M&A projects in companies including Elevadores Atlas (Atlas-Schindler), Acesita and Abril. MDGK also worked on interim management projects and he was Caloi’s CEO for two years, carrying out operational and financial restructuring.

He was also a partner at Monitor Company, which he left to become CEO of Pegasus Telecom, which was subsequently sold to the Telemar Group (currently Oi).

After the sale of Pegasus, he founded Angra Partners and worked in major projects, such as the restructuring and sale of Brasil Ferrovias and Brenco, among others. After Angra, he took over Fundo Investidores Institucionais, Mr. Knoepfelmacher was appointed CEO of Brasil Telecom, where he implemented a robust restructuring project that led to the company’s sale to the Telemar/Oi Group. After the end of the Brasil Telecom project, he participated in several restructuring projects through Angra, now RK Partners.

He holds a master’s degree in International Management from Thunderbird School and graduated in Economics from the University of Brasília (UnB).