Partner and Head of Vinci SPS, Marcelo is a co-founder of SPS Capital, an independent Special Situations asset manager acquired by Vinci Compass in 2022, where he served as CEO and CIO. Prior to this, he was Head of Corporate Special Situations at BTG Pactual, responsible for investing the bank’s proprietary capital in complex situations through debt instruments. In addition to new investments in Special Situations, he was directly involved in distress cases within the group’s Credit and Private Equity portfolios. Earlier in his career, he led the proprietary trading desk for illiquid equities at Banco Santander, along with other proprietary investment units in fixed income and macro trading. Marcelo holds a degree in Production Engineering from the University of São Paulo (Poli-USP), an MBA from The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), and is a certified CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst).