Miguel Espirito Santo

The BF Group, founded in Toronto, Canada, in 1983, expanded its activities to Portugal, where it established a presence in 1989. Since then, it has diversified its operations across various sectors, including social responsibility, hospitality, senior living, real estate development, and direct sales. In pursuit of its strategic vision, the BF Group created VILLANOVA, a dedicated private equity fund to bring the group's vision for the senior living and hospitality sector. This strategic initiative reflects the group's commitment to strategic acquisitions and developing greenfield projects. The core objectives of the BF Group encompass establishing itself as a reference operator in senior living, hospitality, real estate, and direct sales.

Main Responsibilities & Projects developed: - Support the Executive Committee in the Group’ strategy and operational management in Portugal. - Involved in the conception and structuring of a licensing model for the use of the MALO CLINIC brand by international parties; - Together with the Executive Committee, I took part in the definition of the plans for developing the activity of own clinics in Poland and Angola and for the growth of the licensing model. - Manage the opening of new units in Portugal and abroad (Poland, Tokyo, Luanda); - Relationship manager with Financial Institutions (National and International) and Equity Investors. - Participate directly in debt restructuring processes; - M&A transaction, assets/business valuation, winding-up and sale of assets; - Supervision of the Group’s planning & control: budget, business planning, funding and capital plan. - Management functions in the Purchasing & Logistics, achieving 20% cost savings, and Information Systems department. Launch a package that allowed: automatic ordering of consumables for each doctor, cost analysis of each treatment and integration with the Company's financial ERP; - Led several company-wide initiatives on profitability improvement (P&L & Capex) and focus on cash flow.

Main responsibilities & Projects developed: - I managed a team with 8 people (4 financial directors from the sub-holding companies and 4 support staff); - Supervised the management of the Group’s treasury, financing operations with banks, external auditors, tax and legal advisers; - Work together with the Executive Committee in the definition and implementation of the group's expansion, with M&A operations, joint ventures and greenfield projects in multiple geographies; - Led M&A projects, of which I underline the acquisition and sale of wind farms, solar farms and steel structures companies (€ 3 Million to € 80 Million) in Portugal, Australia, Spain, France, Italy, USA, ... - Structured and negotiated financing strategies to fund the growth, raising debt in Portuguese banks (> € 60M) and in international markets ($ 50M), equity loans, capital using shareholders loans, bonds and commercial paper (> € 70M) and optimization of capital structures; - Supervised the Group’s strategic planning process: planning and control, budget, business-plans and monthly reports to the Board of Directors, shareholders and financial institutions.

Main responsibilities & Projects developed: During this period, I’ve gained large experience leading corporate finance transactions, namely M&As and LBO. I was also involved in several Valuations, Debt and Equity structures (€50M to €250M of Enterprise Value), Fund Raising and Debt Restructurings.

Main Responsibilities & Projects: Worked in several projects involving financial restructuring and M&A structures.

Main Responsibilities & Projects developed: Participate in the structuring and implementation of Assets Backed Secularization (ABS) programs and bonds loans to leading Dutch companies.