Andre Sales

Andre Franco Sales is a Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Patria’s Infrastructure division.  Mr. Sales is primarily responsible for leading the Infrastructure business unit of Patria, conducting infrastructure investment strategies in LatAm.  Before taking over as CEO and CIO for the Infrastructure business unit, Mr. Sales worked on numerous investments of Fund I, Fund II, Fund III and Fund IV.  Mr. Sales also served as a Director at Patria’s M&A Advisory division, and co-CEO of ERSA (Patria’s Infrastructure Fund I), a company that later became CPFL Renewables.  Prior to joining Patria, Mr. Sales was a Senior Manager in the energy arm of Vale, and a Senior Associate in the Infrastructure department of the BNDES – Brazilian National Development Bank.  Mr. Sales was co-founder of an internet community and marketplace, sold to Bradesco in 2000.  Mr. Sales also worked for 4 years at J.P. Morgan in São Paulo and New York in the M&A and Corporate Finance division.  Mr. Sales holds a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (USP).