Vallis Capital Partners is an independent holding company focused on managing Private Equity and investment funds, fully owned by the Founding Partners.
Vallis Capital Partners strategy is based on proactive ownership of its subsidiaries and a "hands on" approach, benefiting from an impressive track record of its management team and non-executive Directors.
Vallis Capital Partners believes in intrinsic long-term value based on the sustained growth of its portfolio companies.
Vallis Capital Partners stands for a comprehensive alignment with the interests of its Limited Partners, through the adoption of the best practices in governance for Private Equity. This alignment involves, among others, a long-term commitment to an active investor relationship and by assuming significant positions in the capital, through a General Partner.
The Executive Board members, who are also the Founding Partners of Vallis Capital Partners have over 70 years of combined professional experience, having known each other personally and professionally for over a decade.
The Executive Board members possess complementary skills in diverse areas, such as fixed income and equity capital markets, investors' relations, business development and entrepreneurship, family businesses, fund management and senior banking and, particularly, actual experience on senior management positions in various sectors and industries.
Vallis Capital Partners believes in the importance of a Non-Executive Member to complement and balance the skills and experience of the Executive Board, exposing its strategic orientations and critical management decisions to an independent opinion. The Non-Executive Members of the Board of Directors of Vallis Capital Partners comprises two senior professionals, publicly known by their competence and reputation.
He has over 30 years of professional experience in the banking sector, where he has performed technical, managerial and directorship functions. Between April 2012 and August 2016 he was an Executive Board Member of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, coordinating the commercial activity, credit recovery, specialized credit and real estate asset management. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of several companies of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Group, with emphasis on investment banking, insurance and specialized credit, and was responsible, as shareholder representative, of monitoring banks and branches of the Group in Spain, France, Luxembourg and Cape Verde. Between April 2012 and November 2013, on behalf of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, he was a non-executive director of Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA. He holds a degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto, where he was a guest assistant lecturer, currently integrating its Council of Representatives, as an external personality. He was also a member of the General and Supervisory Board of Porto Business School and is currently a visiting professor at the Catholic University of Luanda.
Senior Executive with over 25 years of experience in top management positions in sectors such as Transports, Infrastructures and Construction, leading various types of organizations - joint-ventures, state, publicly and privately-owned companies - with activities in several countries. Formerly the CEO leading the merging of four groups of construction companies into Elevo Group, having executed the fast implementation of a single and unified legal and economic structure, the launch of a new commercial "brand" and carrying on a deep process of turnaround, internationalization and organizational and cultural change. Previously he was CEO of Soares da Costa, one of the top 3 Portuguese construction and concessions groups. He led Soares da Costa in a turnaround process, mainly driven by the internationalization and diversification of the business. Former Executive Board Member of Somague Concessions. Formerly, member of the Board of Directors of Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.Law degree from Portuguese Catholic University, in Lisbon.
Vallis Capital Partners, being a Socially Responsible Investor, applies a "negative filter" when advising the funds under its management and potential investments by its subsidiaries, taking into account Environmental, Social and Governance criteria.
Vallis Capital Partners believes that a prudent and balanced management of these values is a key catalyzer to creating value in its investments because companies which are able to successfully mitigate these risks will deliver a better economic performance in the long term.
Vallis Capital Partners was the first Portuguese asset management company to have become a signatory of the "Principles for Responsible Investment" (PRI) of the United Nations and is committed to gradually enforce its adoption by its subsidiaries and by the companies forming part of its portfolio of Private Equity funds.
Vallis Capital Partners adopts a Responsible Investment Policy in line with our Values, the Concept of our Funds and the UNPRI.
The Private Equity industry had its origins after World War II, in the 40s and 50s. Yet the notable growth of this sector took place in the '80s, mainly in the USA and the UK.
Unlike a typical financial institution, the general manager of a Private Equity takes control of the investee, appointing directors and actively contributing to the definition of the strategy and business plan of the company. Its ultimate goal is to add medium and long-term value to the company, preparing an Exit after a settled period.
Private Equity Firms traditionally raise money for their investments from institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, investment banks and HNWI.
Investors are referred to as Limited Partners, while the management company is named General Partner.
The contribution of a Private Equity company, goes beyond the provision of financial resources, and it is based on structuring ideas for creating shareholder value, namely:
To learn more about Private Equity, we suggest the video "What is Private Equity" and the book "The Little Book of Private Equity" published by ECVA.
