Renato Mazzucchelli

Now based in São Paulo, Brazil, Renato Mazzucchelli began his career in the United States following completion of graduate school at Yale University, where he earned a Master of Business Administration. Upon moving to New York City in the late 1990s, Mr. Mazzucchelli joined Lehman Brothers as an Associate. He traded securities as part of the emerging markets group and held responsibility for a proprietary portfolio comprising local-currency securities. Renato Mazzucchelli subsequently accepted a position Barclays Capital as an Associate Director, performing similar duties to his initial post and overseeing a portfolio of structured credit transactions. At the start of the new millennium, Mr. Mazzucchelli began working with distressed debt. He became a Senior Vice President with Gramercy Advisors LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut, also acting as a Portfolio Manager. Concentrating on Latin America, Renato Mazzucchelli developed sourcing relationships and traded distressed debt investments, which generally stem from financially troubled firms or sectors. Through his efforts, Gramercy arose as a leader in Brazilian distressed debt. In 2003, Renato Mazzucchelli returned to Brazil on a permanent basis and founded his first firm, Multicred Investimentos Ltda., which acquired nonperforming loans and hired a team to collect payments. Multicred bought distressed loans from a variety of Brazilian retailers and leveraged technology to manage a volume of millions of loans. Five years later, Mr. Mazzucchelli established another company, RCB Investimentos S/A. As a founding Partner and Principal, he leads a team that strives to provide innovative investment options for a range of credit markets. The company led the way in creating funds comprising collections of nonperforming loans. Renato Mazzucchelli completed his undergraduate work at Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Management. An avid runner and squash enthusiast, he also enjoys travel in his free time.