Murillo Tavares is a member of Spencer Stuart’s Consumer, Industrial and Private Equity practices in EMEA and Latin America. He was previously country manager for Mexico and practice leader in Latin America. Based in Lisbon, he coordinates efforts to connect best teams and firm knowledge to serve leading Portuguese corporations globally.
Experienced adviser to leaders in transformation processes
- Before Spencer Stuart, Murillo served as NED and PE Advisory Board member for companies in retail, education and e-commerce, and was member of the investment committee for a successful venture capital firm in Latin America for a decade. He has advised private equity and venture capital firms about disruptive business models.
- Prior to that, he headed transformation programs for global beverage companies in Brazil, Mexico and China. He also managed the turnaround of a large convenience store chain in Mexico.
Murillo led the startup and consolidation of one of the earliest successful e-commerce companies across LATAM and Iberia. Since its IPO, he has been an angel investor and mentor to leaders of several innovative companies in the region.
- He started his management career at McKinsey & Company, serving clients in Brazil and Spain.
Murillo has a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from ITA (Brazil) and a M.S. in Management from MIT Sloan School. He has Executive Coaching certificates from Columbia Teacher’s College and INSEAD. A native Portuguese speaker, Murillo is also fluent in Spanish and English.