Ana Paula Santos

Ana Paula Santos is a Partner and Head of Human Resources. Ms. Santos primarily responsibilities include supervising all HR teams and activities and to support the diversification, expansion and globalization of the firm businesses. Before taking over as Managing Director and Head of HR, Ms. Santos served as the Head of HR for the Private Equity business unit. Prior to joining Patria in 2020, Ms. Santos has acquired extensive experience in strategic management at Human Resources and have been a part of multinational companies from different market sectors such as: Coca-Cola, Schering-Plough; Abbott, Marfrig; Carrefour, Telefônica and, most recently, Walmart Brazil. In addition to her wide practice in the Brazilian market, Ms. Santos has also worked in the US and in France. Ms. Santos is a board member of Elfa Medicamentos and member of the People Committee from Hospital Oswaldo Cruz. Ms. Santos was a counselor member for VisaoPrev and Enactus Brazil. Ms. Santos holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from UFRJ and a post-graduation in Human Resources from PUC. She also has a specialization course from Stanford and an executive MBA from Coppead (UFRJ).