Estevan Taguchi Bio

Estevan Taguchi is a Managing Director at GEF Capital Partners. He is based in São Paulo, and joined GEF Capital Partners in 2019. Mr. Taguchi is responsible for sourcing, structuring and managing investments in Latin America. Prior to joining GEF Capital Partners, Mr. Taguchi was a partner responsible for sourcing and managing portfolio investments at Angra Partners. While at Angra, he led several M&A transactions and served on the board of directors of several of the firm’s portfolio companies, including Cattalini Terminais, Rocha Terminais, Estre Ambiental, Dock Brasil, LATTE and CBPB. Prior to joining Angra, Mr. Taguchi worked at Monsanto as product manager, at Value Partners as a management consultant and at Bank of America as a member of the Investment Banking team. Mr. Taguchi currently serves on the board of directors of ENC Brasil. Mr. Taguchi received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (POLI-USP) and completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.