Hélio Novaes
Hélio Novaes is a Managing Director of the IG4 Operations Team. He has 11 years of experience in banking (both in Brazil as well as abroad), 19 years of experience as a Chief Financial Officer of large companies and 4 years as a Managing Director focused on financial advisory and special situations. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for numerous capital-raising, IPO, M&A, project financing, trade finance, restructuring and renegotiation transactions across various sectors and businesses.
Before joining IG4, Hélio was a partner at an international consulting firm, leading financial advisory initiatives and special situations. Prior to that, he was CFO of several large companies in Brazil, leading financial and administrative teams in sectors such as commodities, pulp, sugar and ethanol, real estate, petrochemicals, cosmetics and media. He focused on restructuring operations, processes, capital structure and debt portfolios, leading negotiations with banks, law firms, advisors and investors.
Throughout his career, Hélio has been responsible for several debt, equity and M&A transactions at the banks and companies at which he worked, raising funds from various sources, both within Brazil as well as externally. He played a relevant role in the combination of businesses in the Brazilian petrochemical sector (through the merger of five different companies) and in the sugar and ethanol sector (combining the operations of two large companies). He also led the growth and expansion strategies of two companies in the real estate sector. Additionally, Hélio was responsible for the financial and administrative teams at a large cosmetics company and at a media conglomerate, coordinating equity, debt, renegotiation, acquisitions and performance improvement at these companies. Hélio currently sits on the board of a Brazilian real estate company, leading its initiatives for insertion into the capital markets.
Hélio has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), with a postgraduate degree in Finance from Fundação Dom Cabral and a specialization in Advanced Management from Insead. Hélio also taught Finance classes at Insper (a renowned business school in São Paulo) and was a member of the Board of Instituto Ayrton Senna (a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of public education initiatives in Brazil).