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Clarity

Francisco Garnel

Lisbon

Senior executive and investor with 15+ years of experience across capital-intensive and regulated industries, including real estate investment & development, infrastructure & construction, industrial manufacturing, and retail & e-commerce operations.

Expertise spans the full real estate investment lifecycle (origination, underwriting, structuring, financing, licensing, development and commercialisation), corporate strategy, operational excellence, cost optimisation, M&A assessment, governance and transformation in complex organisations.

Former managing director of a €100M real estate investment platform, senior manager in a €1.6B industrial group (strategy & business development), and infrastructure project director managing large multidisciplinary teams and €150M+ contracts across Europe and Latin America.

Currently active as investor and advisor to private investors and management teams in real assets and growth-driven businesses.

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Infrastructure Development

Extensive leadership experience in large-scale transport infrastructure projects within capital-intensive and highly regulated environments across Europe and Latin America.

Managed multidisciplinary teams of up to 450 professionals in complex road infrastructure contracts, with full responsibility for planning, execution, cost control, contract management and delivery performance. Oversaw projects with a combined value exceeding €150M, consistently delivering results above commercial-phase forecasts.

Strong expertise in public procurement frameworks, EU regulatory compliance, construction risk management, claims management, margin protection, subcontractor coordination and stakeholder engagement with public authorities.

Deep understanding of infrastructure project economics, tender strategy, contract structuring, execution risk, cash-flow management, and operational performance drivers in long-cycle assets.

Experience operating in cross-border environments, aligning engineering execution with financial discipline and governance requirements.

Pulp & Paper

Senior management experience within a leading integrated pulp, paper and energy-intensive industrial group operating in highly capital-intensive and export-driven markets.

Involved in corporate strategy development and execution, including medium-term strategic planning, fixed-cost reduction programmes (~€50M scope), operational excellence initiatives and performance optimisation across industrial operations.

Led cross-functional transformation projects focused on cost structure redesign, productivity improvement, organisational restructuring and systems integration (HR and performance management platforms).

Experience in evaluating diversification opportunities, new business segments and potential M&A / joint ventures within industrial and adjacent sectors.

Strong exposure to industrial manufacturing economics, energy-intensive production environments, margin sensitivity to commodity cycles, capital allocation decisions and governance within regulated European industrial frameworks.

Real Estate Investment and Development

Extensive experience in real estate investment and development across residential, hospitality and mixed-use projects, operating within highly regulated Southern European markets.

Expertise covers the full investment and development lifecycle, including deal sourcing, feasibility analysis, underwriting, structuring (equity and debt), negotiation with banks and private investors, licensing and planning processes, construction oversight, commercialisation strategy and asset-level performance optimisation.

Led the scaling of a real estate investment platform to €100M+ assets under management, executing acquisitions, structuring financing solutions, managing multidisciplinary technical teams (architects, engineers, consultants and contractors), and navigating complex municipal and regional licensing frameworks.

Strong experience in urban planning processes, regulatory approvals, public affairs engagement, project risk management and governance in capital-intensive environments.

Additional advisory experience to private investors and management teams on real estate strategy, portfolio optimisation, capital allocation and platform building.

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