Rafael Karkle

Rafael Karkle is an accomplished finance professional currently serving as the Global CFO at Yalo.ai, where responsibilities encompass financial leadership across North America, Latin America, and EMEA. With a robust background in mergers and acquisitions, Rafael played a pivotal role as a Board Advisor at ESSS, successfully navigating a distressed market to lead the company’s exit to Ansys. Previously, as CFO at Neoway, Rafael orchestrated the sale of Brazil's largest Data Management SaaS to B3 for 1.8 billion. Rafael’s expertise includes financial planning and analysis gained during tenure at Unilever as Financial Director and Deputy CFO, along with leadership roles at Electrolux, PepsiCo, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Rafael holds an MBA from Hult Ashridge Executive Education and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Universidade Federal do Paraná.