Pablo Terra
The move
Career arc
- Vice President – Group Head, Mergers & AcquisitionsJul 2018 — Mar 2022
ADNOC Group· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Vice President - Group Strategic InvestmentsJul 2018 — Present
ADNOC Group· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Executive Director • Senior Banker • Strategic Transaction Advisory2015 — 2018
Rabobank· Singapore - Principal, M&A Practice • Global Head of Renewables – Sugar, Ethanol/Biofuels2011 — 2014
Rabobank· São Paulo Area, Brazil - Director of Business DevelopmentJan 2008 — Oct 2008
Velcan Energy· São Paulo Area, Brazil
- Director of Business Development – Mergers & Acquisitions2008 — 2011
BP· São Paulo Area, Brazil - Senior Manager – Mergers & Acquisitions • Business Development • Finance2002 — 2007
ENGIE· Florianópolis Area, Brazil
- Senior Equity Analyst2000 — 2002
Itau BBA· São Paulo Area, Brazil
- Assistant to the CEO & Investment Officer1999 — 2000
Endesa· Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil
- Portfolio Manager – Corporate1998 — 1999
Endesa, Chile· Santiago Province, Chile
- Planning and Controller Officer1996 — 1998
Endesa· Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolAdvanced Management Program - AMP · BusinessAug 2021 — Feb 2022
- HEC ParisMaster of Business Administration - MBA · FinancePresent
- FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasMaster's · Project AnalysisPresent
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroBachelor of Science - BS · Civil and Commercial EngineeringPresent
- The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessExecutive Education · Leadership and ManagementPresent
Languages
- English
- French
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Top skills
About
WHO I AM: My name is Pablo Terra, I am a strategic C-suite investments executive with a distinguished history of creating shareholder value. Throughout my career I have headed both investment bank and corporate M&A organizations, with a primary expertise in the global energy, renewables and agribusiness sector. After growing up in Brazil, I started my career in finance; having lived in 7 cities in 5 countries across 4 continents. I serve as Vice President – Group Strategic Investments with ADNOC, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, a diversified and integrated group of energy companies and one of the world's largest firms by earnings. In this capacity, we deliver M&A, Structure Finance, Corporate Strategy, IPOs, PPP, transaction origination and execution, serving as an in-house invest