Isabel was COO of CGD Securities in Sao Paulo from 2012 to May 2015.
From 2003 to 2012 Isabel worked at the Banif Group in Brazil, having coordinated with the Brazilian Central Bank the Group's restructuring in Brazil in 2004/05 that transformed the old brokerage firm in an investment bank and created a new brokerage firm. In 2008 she was appointed Managing Director of Banif Banco de Investimento (Brazil) and of its subsidiaries (Banif Securities, Banif Asset Management and Banif Private Equity) being responsible for compliance, risk, back- office, information technology, legal, human resources and accounting areas.
Isabel started her career at XRT in 1998, a French multinational company specialized in cash & risk management projects, where she stayed until 2003, and was responsible for the consulting team in Lisbon and later in São Paulo.
Isabel holds degree in Management and Business Administration from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.