Daniel Uzueli joined Astris in 2013 as Director based in São Paulo, coordinating Astris’ activities in Brazil. Daniel has over 15 years of experience in the Brazilian infrastructure industry.
Daniel began his career with the project finance team at Banco Votorantim (1998-2002). He then worked as an independent consultant and as Senior Strategic Manager at Alcoa (2002-2005), prior to joining Rio Bravo Infrastructure as a Senior Partner in 2005.
During his career, Daniel has been able to advise project developers in both M&A and project finance transactions. Daniel has had a lead role in securing financings for projects in a wide range of sectors including transportation (roads, subways, ports), power (thermal, wind, cogeneration, transmission lines, large hydro), sanitation, and accommodation PPPs (e.g World Cup Stadium PPP and Olympic Park PPP), among others.
At Rio Bravo, Daniel advised project sponsors in the context of several high profile tenders in Brazil, including the largest hydro projects (e.g the USD 15bn Belo Monte project, or the USD 5bn Jirau project), and participated in the preliminary studies of the USD 20bn RJ-SP High Speed Train.
Daniel holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo (Escola Politécnica) and a post-graduate degree in Business Administration by FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo. Since 2009, Daniel has been an instructor in the Project Finance program for MBA students at FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração in São Paulo.