Our People are a reflection of our inclusive culture and the values we uphold.
We are a multidisciplinary team, consisting of approximately 430 employees, which seeks to give its best every day to ensure that we deliver the best solution to our customers and also ensure continuous innovation in our areas.
We are proud on the dedicated and resilient team we’ve built. Therefore, we believe that together we can build a better financial future.
Executive Committee
Marco Freire
Chief Executive Officer
Joined Whitestar in 2005 and is currently its CEO and a member of the ExCom Portugal.
Previously, he was Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Operational Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of Whitestar, as well as a Senior Auditor at Price Water House Coopers. He has also been a university professor at two institutions.
Marco is a Certified Accountant, with a degree in Management and a Master’s degree in Accounting.
Marco Freire
Chief Executive Officer
André David Nunes
Having more than 20 years of experience in the banking area, since 2018 he is the Chief Investment Officer of Whitestar, and in charge of developing the new business . With over 20 years of experience in investment banking, he spent most of his career between Lisbon, London, and Madrid.
His professional functions started at Banco Santander Negócios, having also worked for Deutsche Bank and Citigroup in their respective Fixed Income Departments. His last professional occupation was in investment banking as a Managing Director of UBS for the Portuguese market and in charge of all Capital Markets activity for the past 8 years. After returning to Portugal, and prior to joining Norfin, he founded Raven Capital, a financial boutique headquartered in Lisbon.
At Academic level, he holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University in Lisbon, Católica Lisbon Business & Economics.
André David Nunes
Chief Investment Officer
Inês Pimentel
Chief People Officer
Com mais de 12 anos de experiência profissional em ambientes multinacionais, entrou em 2018 na Whitestar para assumir o cargo de Reward & Performance Director. Em 2021, assume o cargo de Chief People Officer das empresas do Grupo Arrow Global em Portugal.
Anteriormente, exerceu cargos de Recursos Humanos em empresas como a L’Oréal, Novartis, Nokia Siemens e Vodafone.
É licenciada em Gestão de Empresas, pela Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, tendo também frequentado o Bacharelato em Relações Humanas e Comunicação no Trabalho pelo Instituto Politécnico de Leiria.
Inês Pimentel
Chief People Officer
Maria João Figueira
Transaction & Portfolio Management Director
Maria João joined Whitestar in 2006 and she is currently Transaction & Portfolio Management Director.
She started her career in Caixa Geral de Depósitos and subsequently in Citigroup as CRM. Also worked in Brazil in a financial startup company as Head of Operations and returned to Portugal do manage the Real Estate and NPL in Finsolutia.
Maria João holds a degree in Business and Administration from Portuguese Lusíada University and a specialization in Communication and Marketing and Management.
Maria João Figueira
Transaction & Portfolio Management Director
Susana Silva
Secured Loans Director
She joined Whitestar in 2006 as NPL Credit Manager. She is currently Secured Loans Director.
With 18 years of professional experience in the financial sector, mostly in management and team leadership, throughout her career she has held several positions such as Head of Asset Management, Head of Asset Management and Legal Management and Head of Secured Loans Department.
Susana has a degree in Solicitation from ISCAD – Instituto Superior de Ciências da Administração do Grupo Lusófona and an Executive master’s in business management from ISCTE.
Susana Silva
Secured Loans Director
Lucie Caroço
Business Support & Improvement Director
Lucie joined Whitestar in 2013 and is currently the Business Support & Improvement Director.
With 18 years of professional experience in finance, 13 of which in team management and leadership, she acted as Servicing Director, was also Head of Administrative Support and Head of Operations Support.
Prior to that, Lucie worked at GE Money, where she held roles in Customer Service, Contract Management and Collections.
She has a degree in Social Communication from Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, a post-graduation in Business Management, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and is finishing her Master’s in Business Management, also from ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.
Lucie Caroço
Business Support & Improvement Director
Fábio Grecco
Consumer Loans Director
With 16 years of experience in portfolio management, NPL, Sub-PL and Performing, he joined Whitestar in 2006 to manage unsecured loans assets.
Over the course of his career, he has assumed various positions such as managing the Unsecured area and heading the Portfolio Management & Reporting area, having as main responsibilities the implementation of strategies in the portfolios under management and reporting to our clients and investors.
Previously, he was at HipoGes as responsible for managing a very broad spectrum of assets, such as residential and corporate mortgages, Consumer Loans, SME and Large Corporate loans. In addition, he led the local Analytics department as well as the Closing and Document Registration Department.
He is currently pursuing a degree in Management at Atlântica – Instituto Universitário.
Fábio Grecco
Consumer Loans Director
Fernando Mouzinho
Planning & Treasury Director
With over 25 years of experience in the area, Fernando joined Whitestar in 2017 as Planning and Management Control Director. Currently helds the Planning & Treasury Director role. Before joining Whitestar, Fernando was Executive Director (as a CFO and Director of Management Control) in national and multinational companies, inside and outside Portugal.
A strategic Business Partner, with experience in team management, implementing the restructuring/transformation of several functional areas and organizational processes, which had a significant impact on the financial statements and business development.
In 2020 he joined the Norfin team, continuing the functions carried out at Whitestar Asset Solutions S.A., becoming the Director of Planning and Management Control of the Arrow Group Companies in Portugal.
He holds a Degree in Business Administration, a Postgraduate in Management Control and Performance and an MBA in Business Administration, both taught by the INDEG-ISCTE.
Fernando Mouzinho
Finance Director
Paulo Gonçalves
Real Estate Director
With over 25 years of experience in the Real Estate sector, specifically in property valuation and real estate asset management, he joined Whitestar in 2016 to assume the position of Director of the Real Estate Management area.
Previously, he was at the Department of Assets and Construction of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) and at the CGD’s Valuations Nucleus; at Finangeste, as Director of the Real Estate Management area and taught several Specialization Courses in Valuation and Real Estate Investment Analysis (Instituto Superior Técnico, ISEL, ISEP), all certified by CMVM. He has also published various academic manuals about Property Valuation.
He has a degree in Civil Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico and a Master’s in “Ingenieria de la Tasación y Valoración” from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Spain.
Paulo Gonçalves
Real Estate Director
Nuno Trezentos
Chief Risk Officer
Com 14 anos de experiência na Gestão de Risco, o Nuno é o Chief Risk Officer da Whitestar.
Nos últimos anos, liderou projetos e implementações importantes em diferentes geografias enquanto Risk Manager na GE Money, em Portugal; foi Portfolio Manager e Head de Credit Risk & Fraud na Wonga, no Reino Unido e Espanha, e, mais recentemente, trabalhou como Business Solutions Designer para os setores da Banca e Seguros na Equifax.
O Nuno é licenciado em Estatística e Gestão de Informação; tem uma pós-graduação em Gestão de Risco (ambas pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa) e um MBA da The Lisbon MBA (UNL/UCP).
Nuno Trezentos
Chief Risk Officer
João Machado
Corporate Counselling Director
With over 18 years of experience in corporate, tax and financial law, João leads the legal department of the Arrow Group in Portugal.
He started his professional career in the legal area at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), developed activity in international lawfirms and joined at Whitestar in 2013.
He holds a degree in Law from the Law School of the Portuguese Catholic University, and a postgraduate degree in Company Law from IDET – Instituto do Direito das Empresas e do Trabalho, of the University of Coimbra. He is a lawyer registered at Ordem dos Advogados.
João Machado
Corporate Counselling Director
Pedro Peleja
IT Director
Conta com mais de 20 anos de experiência em instituições financeiras nacionais e multinacionais, com presença em Portugal e outros países. Em 2022, assume o cargo de IT Director na Whitestar.
Anteriormente, trabalhou em diferentes empresas tais como a Daimler Chrysler, AXA, Açoreana, Tranquilidade e Una Seguros. Ao longo do seu percurso, assumiu funções de gestão de várias áreas relacionadas com sistemas de informação e liderou projetos e programas de transformação tecnológica em Portugal e em países Europeus e Africanos.
É licenciado em Informática e tem uma pós-graduação em Marketing e CRM. Adicionalmente, detém certificações em gestão de projetos e programas de transformação digital.
Pedro Peleja
IT Director
ExCom Portugal
João Bugalho
Managing Director Operations & Asset Servicing Southern Cluster Arrow Global
Joined Arrow Group in September 2016 and has nearly 30 years of experience in the financial sector.
Acted in FX, Derivatives, Leveraged Loans, High Yield Bonds and Portfolio Management in institutions like Citibank Portugal, Banco Central Hispano, Banco Santander Consumer Portugal, Millennium BCP London Branch, Santander Consumer Multirent, where he was the CEO for 6 years. Also worked in São Paulo, Brazil, for 3 years, as Head of Operational Leasing and Fleet Management of Volkswagen Financial Services Brazil.
Holds a degree in Business and Administration from the Portuguese Catholic University, and also attended the International Business Summer School in 2000, in Basel, Switzerland.
João Bugalho
Country CEO
Marco Freire
Chief Executive Officer
Marco joined Whitestar in 2005 and he is currently the company CEO.
Previously Marco was the Managing Director Commercial & Asset Management and a Board Member.
He also headed Whitestar Operations, including NPL Servicing and Real Estate. Was Whitestar CFO, Senior Auditor/Consultant at PriceWaterHouseCoopers, while simultaneously teaching in 2 universities.
Marco is a CPA, with a degree in Management and a master’s in accounting.
Marco Freire
Chief Executive Officer of Whitestar
Francisco Sottomayor
Chief Executive Officer of Norfin
Francisco Sottomayor joined Arrow Global Group in May 2020 and is Norfin’s CEO and Head of Real Estate of in Portugal.
With nearly 20 years of experience in the Real Estate sector, Francisco was responsible for Asset Management at Parque EXPO, the company responsible for the design and implementation of the largest integrated urban regeneration project in Lisbon, now known as ‘Parque das Nações’. For 10 years, worked at CBRE Portugal, where he was a member of the Executive Committee and responsible for the Development business, having been involved in the largest Portuguese real estate businesses of the last decade. Until April 2020, Francisco acted as Real Estate Director at Caixa Geral de Depósitos.
Holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Journalism from the Instituto Português de Estudos Superiores, having attended the Advanced Management Program for Executives at Católica Lisbon Business & Economics and is certified in Project Management by the Project Management Institute.
Francisco Sottomayor
Chief Executive Officer of Norfin
Paulo Barradas
Chief Executive Officer of the new Corporate Restructuring company of Arrow Group
With more than 20 years of experience in international investment banking, he has been Chief Transaction Officer of Norfin since 2021.
He was previously Head of M&A at Haitong Bank in London for 6 years, after 10 years at BES Investimento as Head of M&A of Real Estate Investment Banking and later Energy&Infrastructure.
Paulo has a degree in Management from Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão.
Paulo Barradas
Chief Executive Officer of Restart Capital
André David Nunes
Chief Investment Officer
Having more than 20 years of experience in the banking area, since 2018 he is the Chief Investment Officer of Whitestar, and in charge of developing the new business . With over 20 years of experience in investment banking, he spent most of his career between Lisbon, London, and Madrid.
His professional functions started at Banco Santander Negócios, having also worked for Deutsche Bank and Citigroup in their respective Fixed Income Departments. His last professional occupation was in the area of investment banking as a Managing Director of UBS for the Portuguese market and in charge of all Capital Markets activity for the past 8 years. After returning to Portugal, and prior to joining Norfin, he founded Raven Capital, a financial boutique headquartered in Lisbon.
At Academic level, he holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University in Lisbon, Católica Lisbon Business & Economics.
Andre David Nunes
Chief Investment Officer
Miguel Leónidas
Com experiência profissional de mais de três décadas em consultoria, integrou a Comissão Executiva da AGPT em 2023, tendo responsabilidades diretas sobre as áreas Financeira, Tecnológica e Legal. Até à sua entrada na AGPT, Miguel Leónidas Rocha foi partner da divisão de Tax da Deloitte, tendo assessorado, no passado, diversas aquisições realizadas no país.
Na sua experiência profissional anterior, centrou-se no planeamento de estratégias para a estruturação de grupos económicos, no cumprimento de obrigações fiscais e parafiscais, auditoria fiscal e aconselhamento fiscal a empresas, com especial predominância em instituições de crédito, sociedades financeiras e empresas de seguros.
É licenciado em Direito pela Universidade Católica de Lisboa (UCL), com pós-graduações em Estudos Europeus, também pela UCL, e em Gestão e Fiscalidade, pelo Instituto de Estudos Superiores Financeiros e Fiscais. Lecionou em cursos de pós-graduação do IDEFF – Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa e do PAFISC – Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Em 2023, foi agraciado com o prémio “Personalidade do Ano” pela AFFIPP e Jornal de Negócios, que lhe reconheceram uma carreira de serviços prestados à indústria da gestão de ativos.
Miguel Leónidas
Chief Operations Officer
Careers
At Whitestar, we create professional opportunities and boost personal and professional growth.
Our Employees are challenged every day to increase their quality level, always working as a Team. We base our success on open, innovative communication and integrity.
We are constantly looking for new talent. If you are interested in a challenging and stimulating career, send us your CV.
