Brazil Country Head

Marcello Stewers is NYBAY’s representative in Brazil; he is based in Sao Paulo.  Marcello began his professional career in 1989, establishing his first factoring company, Finanperson Factoring Ltd., specializing in small and medium-sized receivables transactions.  He later acquired or founded several companies, including a benefit card company, another factoring company, Morita Factoring Ltda., and a trading company.

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Marcello spent 12 years at the head of one of the largest textile companies in the world, TEKA S.A., a publicly traded company listed on the Bovespa excahnge, operating in several countries.  He was a Board member, the CFO, and finally the CEO. 

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In 2014 he founded a financial consultancy, Cruz Alta Investimentos, with Brazilian bankers, specializing in corporate restructuring, which has accumulated more than 20 successful restructurings.  In addition, he participates as a shareholder in eight other family businesses in various fields of activity, including the Black River consultancy, with which he has carried out more than 90 restructurings with his team.

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Marcello has a degree in Mechanical Production Engineering from Universidade Vale dos Sinos, and another in Civil Engineering and Tourism from Blumenau Furb.