Pontos
Aqua Holdings, LLC, (‘Pontos Aqua’) is pleased to announce the hiring
of Dr Francisco Saraiva Gomes as its Chief Executive Officer.
Dr
Saraiva Gomes is an executive specialising in the aquaculture industry.
Throughout his career, he has managed a variety of businesses across
aquaculture, both by species and geography. Dr Saraiva Gomes brings
Pontos Aqua unique strategic and operational insight into the industry’s
drivers and opportunities.
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| Dr Francisco Saraiva Gomes |
Prior
to joining Pontos Aqua, Dr Saraiva Gomes led the aquaculture business
at Novus International Inc, and he sits on the Board of Directors of the
World Aquaculture Society.
Dr Francisco Saraiva Gomes
Based
in New York, Pontos Aqua was formed in May 2014 to make and manage
investments in the global aquaculture and seafood industry. Certain
private investment partnerships advised by Tinicum Incorporated
(‘Tinicum’) have made an initial equity commitment to Pontos Aqua
totaling US$75 million.
Pontos
Aqua intends to invest in businesses that provide real and sustainable
value within the aquaculture and seafood supply chain, businesses that
can be enhanced by its operational, strategic and financial support.
Pontos Aqua is seeking investment opportunities in the range of US$5
million to US$75 million.
Richard
Dosik, a principal at Tinicum, said, “Aquaculture is a rapidly growing
industry with exciting global investment opportunities. We are thrilled
to partner with such an experienced and well regarded industry executive
as Dr Saraiva Gomes.”
“Our
goal is to invest in high quality businesses throughout the global
value chain. While benefiting from a flexible investment mandate, we
will focus on companies with solid management teams and growing revenue
streams that operate in bottleneck sectors of the industry.
“Raw
materials, equipment and services, animal health, feeds and selected
aspects of farming are some of the segments where we believe we can help
unlock operational value.”
About Tinicum Incorporated
Tinicum
is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in New York City with
over US$2.5 billion in assets under management and more than 25 years of
experience investing in public and private companies.
More information:
Dr Francisco Saraiva Gomes
Email: f.saraivagomes@pontosaqua.com
Tel: + 1 314 6032210
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