Leadership

Patrick Funaro

Founder & Managing Partner

More than 34 years across global agribusiness, commodity markets and structured finance in South America — spanning risk management, derivatives, sales, trading and private equity. Former partner at FinEx Partners; Executive Director and Head of LATAM at Natixis; Head of Commodities at ICAP; founder of the Bioenergy Development Fund; and Head of LATAM at FIMAT / Société Générale. Co-founder of the Brazilian Sugar Club and a founding member of Capital for Climate Brazil Collaborative. Université Paris-Dauphine (Management; MSc in New Technologies).

Matias Eli

Managing Partner

Structured finance and agribusiness specialist with more than 34 years in risk management, hedging and structured finance, with experience at Bankers Trust, Louis Dreyfus and IBP. Former Global Head of OTC Sales at ED&F Man and LATAM Head of Commodities at Macquarie. Pontifícia Universidade Católica, São Paulo (Business Administration).

Diana Hempel

Finance & Operations

Leads finance and operations at EAT, supporting transaction execution, reporting and the firm's day-to-day operating discipline.

Átila Fernandes

Senior Credit Analyst

Senior Credit Analyst and economist (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2018), with eight years of experience across credit analysis, financial structuring, and the monitoring and reporting of collateral and payment flows.

José Luiz Maranhão

Analyst

Mechanical engineer (UFRJ). Evaluates new opportunities, conducts financial and industry analysis, performs due diligence, supports the structuring and execution of debt transactions, and monitors existing portfolio companies.

EAT is supported by a multidisciplinary team of professionals who have worked together since the firm's inception — combining expertise across agribusiness, structured credit, execution and risk management.