Biography
Dr Fernando da Cruz Vasconcellos holds a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California-Santa Barbara, a MSc and a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering with an emphasis in Materials Science from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in a joint programme with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Post Doc at the University of Cambridge. He specialises in the valuation of portfolio companies, investment portfolios, alternative investments and ventures. He has extensive experience in the valuation for investment, share incentive schemes/growth shares, funding, M&A and Expert Witness. Fernando also advises investors and funds seeking to provide debt and equity, and to secure and monitor the performance of investments. He is a RICS Chartered Valuation Surveyor and Registered Business Valuer and a Chartered Engineer, with over 20 years of experience in the design, execution and management of projects, particularly in the technology and healthcare fields. In the UK, Europe, US, Brazil and UAE, he has worked on more than 100 projects involving valuation for investment purposes, assisting businesses with the maximisation of value from their assets, and successfully connecting Funds and investors with innovation driven business opportunities.
Fernando is an invited lecturer at the University of Cambridge and London Business School on topics related to innovation, entrepreneurship and valuation in Private Equity. He has broad international research and industry experience and has been Director and part of the founding team of three technology start-up companies, where he led consultancy services, finance, and strategy. Fernando has previously held the post of Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Fernando has also designed and led the delivery of a Master’s Programme and has acted as Academic Programme Director for an Executive Education Programme for the Cambridge Judge Business School. Fernando is a member of the Licensing Executives Society, and he is currently the Chair of the IA Management and IP Valuation Committee for LES Britain & Ireland and he teaches Valuation internationally.
He speaks English and Portuguese fluently and has high conversational proficiency in Spanish and French. Fernando enjoys teaching students with a hands-on and interactive approach, with practical examples, to encourage dynamic lectures where students actively participate and engage in the subject matter.