Previously, Mr. Xavier served as CEO and Chairman of Bank of America Merrill Lynch Brazil from 2014 to 2017. From 2009 to 2014 he was a Founding Partner and Executive Committee member at Vinci Partners, a Brazilian alternative investment firm. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Xavier was CEO of UBS Pactual and Co-Head of UBS Global Asset Management for Latin America. He joined Banco Pactual in 1993, where he held a number of positions including Co-Head of Asset Management, Managing Partner of Pactual Capital Corporation in New York City and Head of Equity Sales and Trading. He became a Partner of Banco Pactual in 1997 and a member of its Executive Committee in 2003. In 2018, Mr. Xavier became a Fellow at Stanford’s Distinguished Career Institute and has since become an advisor in the topics of digital transformation, innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. Currently, Mr. Xavier is Co-Chairman of HPX Corp. and sits on the board of several nonprofits focused on development in Brazil.