João Sousa Mendes
InvestorAssociate at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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About
Joined Abac Capital in 2026 after five years at Portuguese PE firm Iberis Capital and an internship at Société Générale in London. Holds degrees from Nova SBE and an MBA from INSEAD.
Experience
- Abac CapitalPE Vice-Presidentcurrent2025 — presentMadrid & Barcelona
- Universidad Pontificia ComillasTeachercurrent2022 — presentMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- Nazca CapitalDirector2022 — 2025Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- Monitor DeloitteM&A Manager2021 — 2022Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- KPMG EspañaManager M&A (TS)2018 — 2021Madrid Area, Spain
- KPMG AustraliaJunior Manager2017 — 2018Sydney, Australia
- KPMG AustraliaAssistant Manager2017Sydney
- KPMGSenior III Audit2014 — 2017
- BBVAFinancial Analyst Corporate Finance2013
- CMU San PabloMember of the Board of Directors2011 — 2012
- Ammo & CoAssistant2009Accounting and finance Department
Skills & more
Microsoft Office4Microsoft Excel4Análisis financiero11Elaboración de modelos financieros4Finanzas corporativas9Banca2Gestión de riesgos5Finanzas6Análisis de negocio2Tasación2Economía2Estrategia empresarial8
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Administración y dirección de empresasFinanceFinancial AnalysisLanguages Inglés
From João's professional profile.
Colleagues at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Ariadna Cuella
Office Manager at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Borja Martínez de la Rosa
Founding Partner at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Carol Codinas
Legal and Compliance Director at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Cristina Ramón
Controller at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Federico Conchillo
Partner at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Germán López
Partner at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Gonzalo de Saavedra
VP at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Ignacio Arenas
Associate at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,
Frequently asked questions
- Who is João Sousa Mendes?
- Joined Abac Capital in 2026 after five years at Portuguese PE firm Iberis Capital and an internship at Société Générale in London. Holds degrees from Nova SBE and an MBA from INSEAD.
- Where does João Sousa Mendes work?
- João Sousa Mendes is Associate at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,.
- Where did João Sousa Mendes go to school?
- João Sousa Mendes studied at Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Master en Auditoria de cuentas,contabilidad avanzada y habilidades directivas, Administración y gestión de empresas); Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (Derecho y Administración y Dirección de Empresas (E-3)); Marquette University (School of Law).
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