OLBIOS CORRESPONDENT UK & BRASIL

Vitor Kneipp attended Law School in Brazil with a full scholarship. He followed the Corporate Law pathway for three years working on M&A, project finance and securitisation deals totaling in excess of $1bn. Aged 24 he left the legal practice to lead a team of seven more tenured professionals into developing the top educational provider in Brazilian shipping, founding an arbitration chamber on the way. Vitor is co-founder of Banco Maré, an award winning, tech-enabled start-up bringing banking and financial access to low income communities in Brazil. Vitor is currently active in building an international pipeline of investment into early-stage companies in frontier markets.