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Catarina Pereira

CEO | Managing Director | AESE PADE

About Me

Senior Executive and experienced Executive Committee Member with over 20 years of international experience in Strategy, Transformation and Operations Management across the FMGC, Automotive, Retail, Mining, Services and M&A, including 4 years in international assignments in France, Switzerland and Italy. Led large-scale Change Management and Business Transformation Programs impacting over 10,000 employees across multiple geographies. Recognized as a strong leader and team player.

Jurisdiction

Portugal | Spain | France | Switzerland

Experience

Seniority LevelC-Suite
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
PartnerExcellence Upgrade
2024 - Present

• Strategic and Operations Advisor to Private Equity firms on M&A projects. • Participated in multiple investment projects, contributing to entry and expansion strategies in new markets, and advising on key decisions in several transactions valued up to €120M. • Identified and qualified high-potential targets, conducted due diligence processes and optimized the companies’ strategic positioning in sale processes

Chief Executive OfficerCleanline (rebranded as Claro Professional Laundry Services)
2024 - 2025

• Full portfolio P&L responsibility (from €4.5M to €10M) and leadership of a team of 110+ employees. • Led the strategy setting and execution, mainly focused on business and product development and operations rationalization, to achieve a 30% EBITDA target within 2 years (14pp increase). Qualified high-potential acquisition targets for investment

Regional General ManagerElis Portugal
2023 - 2024

Executive Director, member of the Executive Committee. • Full P&L responsibility (€18M) and leadership of a team of 270+ employees. • Improved EBITDA margin by 7.9pp to 30,4%, through productivity and cost optimization initiatives (organizational transformation and maintenance). • Drove revenue growth by 3.4% in 6 months through a new commercial approach. • Designed and led a strategic CAPEX optimization initiative to improve capital efficiency.

Director Strategy and Business DevelopmentSomincor – Lundin Mining Corporation
2021 - 2023

Executive Director, member of the Executive Committee. • Led strategy forums to identify growth opportunities and prepared pre-feasibility studies that enabled the extension of the Life of Mine (Semblana project, representing €156M investment for a total revenue of €864M and an estimated EBITDA of 38%). • Site Risk Manager. Established the new Risk Management framework and conducted the quarterly reviews with Corporate Risk Committee. • Led the annual Business Planning Cycle and Strategy Setting for fully budget integration

Director Operational ExcellenceSomincor – Lundin Mining Corporation
2018 - 2021

Executive Director, member of Executive Committee. • Full OE Budget responsibility (€4.5M) and leadership of a team of 9 employees. • Spearheaded a large-scale restructuring of the operational roster, impacting a workforce of 2000+ employees, creating €39M EBITDA opportunity. • Prepared Somincor Strategic Business Restructuring Plan with Boston Consulting Group to advise Lundin Mining Board of Directors on structural and high-impact opportunities. Potential €55-120M cash flow increase supported by 20% reduction of unit costs due to dilution and efficiency (e.g. workforce sizing, cost optimization, etc.). • Led the deployment of the Strategy approved and delivered €4.1M savings in 6 months with the insource of all mine production and maintenance works. • Developed company’s Operational KPIs Dashboard and drove performance optimization initiatives, like the drilling process improvement that generated €1.6M in 5 months.

Education

Diploma of PADE - Programa de Alta Direcção de Empresas (C-Suite Program)AESE Business School
2024 - 2025
Masters of Executive MBA - Industrial Management and Logistics SystemsÉcole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris
2006 - 2007
Degree of Mechanical EngineeringInstituto Superior Técnico
1999 - 2005

Skills

Core skills0
Languages5

Languages

English
French
Portuguese
Italian
Spanish