Leandro Valmorbida

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? Instrumental in identifying new business opportunities for natural gas value chain, developing business modelling/valuation and conducting risk analysis of Greenfield projects including cogeneration, LNG receiving terminal, power plant and transmission/distribution pipelines ? Spearheaded market research, valuation and buy-side due diligence; maintained hands on involvement in M&A negotiations, tax structuring and post-merger integration of local distribution companies ? Directed strategic planning and development, and piloted the reporting/accountability system among subsidiaries, holding and HQ in Japan ? Presided over the deployment strategies for corporate finance and regulation on the company´s subsidiaries including optimization of capital structure, management of working capital and building of long-term business plan as well as tariff revision

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? Member of the senior board committee appointed by shareholders to have active oversight of financial reporting and continuous disclosure, as well as corporate reporting ? Fostered good governance through promotion of accountability of the key players and ensured that they work in the best interests of the organization and its shareholders to enhance shareholder value ? Served as member of audit committee in 5 local distribution companies Scgas, Copergas, Pbgas, Algas and Bahiagas and also in ABEGAS (Association of Local Distribution Companies of Natural Gas)

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? Reporting to the CFO of this local natural gas distribution company, played a key role in managing financial operations, treasury, economic planning and internal auditing ? Developed stakeholder management skills in managing expectations of financial institutions, regulatory agency and audit committee/Board of Directors and assuring the company?s compliance with internal rules, policies, budgetary planning and tariff revision

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? Engaged by this local natural gas distribution company to effectively manage tariff revision and contribution margin optimization, taking into account the competitiveness of several business segments and reported regularly to the Financial Manager and CFO ? Honed analytical skills further in assessing the company's economic-financial results; ensured accuracy and attention to details in preparing managerial reports as well as economic and sales forecasts ? Utilised contract management skills to optimize gas supply agreements and examined the economic-financial feasibility of potential expansions

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? Successfully started up and developed a consulting firm to provide bespoke consulting advice for Brazilian consulting firms to the sugar/alcohol and die casting aluminium industries on areas of corporate finance, projects feasibility and business restructuring ? Played lead role in providing consultation for SEBRAE/SC, the provider of economic and consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), on process optimization and cost analysis ? Worked in more than 50 SMEs in Santa Catarina state, south of Brazil, throughout the ?local productive arrangement?, a concept brought from the Italian cluster experience

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? Demonstrated business acumen in having structured company´s funding, developed economic-financial modelling and examined economic feasibility of potential business expansions; kept management and the Board of this local natural gas distribution company updated on a regular basis ? Used strong analytical skills in performing market research and studies of natural gas demand for the expansion of two new business segments namely retail (residential) and natural gas vehicular

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? Effectively deployed ERP within the civil construction industry and delivered training to ERP users in the system functionalities that facilitated efficient reorganization of companies information/process flow ? Successfully prospected a considerable number of new customers through persuasive presentations on advantages of ERP and its performance