Team
Camila de Faria Lima
CEO and Chief Economist
Camila joined Península (the company that originated Canvas) in 2012. She began her career as an economist at Rosenberg & Associados (1995-1997), followed by positions at Banco Santander Brasil (1997-2010) and Brevan Howard (2010-2012). Camila holds a degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics, Administration, and Accounting at the University of São Paulo (1990) and a master’s degree in Economics from FGV (1994).
Guilherme Gaertner
Co-manager – Macro Strategies
Guilherme joined Advis (the company that originated Canvas) in 2013. He began his career at Banco Itaú, followed by positions at HSCB Brasil and Banco Unibanco, where he was Head of Treasury (2001-2004), before becoming a partner and Head of FX at the proprietary desk of Itaú BBA (2005-2013). Guilherme holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from POLI-USP (1994) and an MBA from Insper (2004).
Francisco Funari
CIO – Systematic Strategies
Francisco joined Advis (the company that originated Canvas) in 2015. Having started his career at Schroders PLC (2006-2007) and Link Investimentos (2008), Francisco had his first tenure at Advis from 2009 to 2013, where he held the positions of partner and portfolio manager. He also served as a portfolio manager at Point Break Capital (2014). Francisco holds a degree in Administration from FEA-USP (2010) and FH Joanneum University, Austria, and is a CFA charterholder.
Pedro Nassar
Co-Manager – Systematic Strategies
Pedro joined Canvas in 2018. He began his career as a portfolio manager at Advis Investimentos (2010-2014), where he later became a partner, and worked at Carta LLC (2017-2018). Pedro holds a degree in Business Administration from FGV – EAESP (2010) and an MBA from the University of British Columbia (2016). Additionally, he holds Anbima’s CFG, CGA, and CGE certifications.
Leandro Souza
Director - Operations and Risk
Leandro joined Canvas in 2020. He began his career as an operations and risk analyst at Advis (2010-2016) and was Director of risk, compliance, AML, and operations at GateInvest (2017-2019). Leandro holds a degree in Mathematics from UNESP (2005) and a master’s degree in Statistics from UFSCAR (2009).
Thiago Nabuco
Investor Relations
Thiago joined Canvas in 2023. He began his career at Brainvest (2016) in the allocation team and worked in the equity research division at BRAM (2017) before becoming a trader in his first tenure at Canvas (2018-2021). He then served as a portfolio manager at Banco ABC (2021-2022), Porto Asset (2022), and Multiplica Capital (2023). Thiago holds a degree in Business Administration and Economics from Insper (2018).