Francisco Lino is a Partner of Buenavista and a member of the Board of Directors of Buenavista Equity Partners Portugal.
Pursuing sustainability goals applied to a vision of companies’ strategic growth, he joined BV in 2021 to develop Venture Capital.
During his academic degree, he began his professional career due to family demands, where he had to assume leadership roles in a retail family group.
Francisco was marked by rewarding experiences in large companies such as SONAE (Worten) and Würth with ventures such as creating a tasting space or BigNew, a consulting firm dedicated to strategy, operations, and management in startups and small and medium-sized entities.
In 2020, Francisco was a partner and member of the Board of Directors, managing the areas of Investment Analysis, Portfolio Monitoring, Institutional Marketing, and Corporate Relations in a boutique Venture Capital.
He holds a degree in Economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and an MBA from Hult International Business School.