Our Team
Kendall brings together a team with a very diverse experience, drawing on the strengths of careers built in the areas of private equity, real estate, corporate finance, entrepreneurship and business development. The team combines over 50 years of experience in corporate transactions, with multiple sucessful exits. Having led the sucessful autonomization from BPP, the management team was able to lead Kendall out of the financial turmoil of 2008-2012, positioning it for a new investment cycle that started in 2013.
Hugo Gonçalves Pereira is an experienced private equity professional with over 13 years of experience in all stages of investment across multiple European countries. He has been the President of Kendall Develops since 2009. Before he spent 5 years in London working in two private equity funds. He is a graduate in management from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Jaime Antunes is an experienced investor having launched two economic newspapers which were later sold to a large media group, worked has an advisor to CEO's of large Portuguese companies and participated has shareholder and manager in several real estate development companies. Throughout his career he has also identified and completed the turnaround of several businesses. He holds a degree in Economics from ISEG and has a Post-Graduate course in Financial Markets from the Universidade Nova.
Joined Kendall in 2013 to be involved in the analysis of investment opportunities, support the board in the M&A process and monitor investments. Since 2008, Ricardo has been involved in Corporate Finance and Private Equity projects, including M&A transactions and a Tender Offer in the Strategic & Investment Planning of José de Mello. Started his career at Deloitte Corporate Finance in Lisbon. Graduated in Management at Nova School and holds a MSc in Corporate Finance at Católica Lisbon.