Raphael de Carvalho has built a 30+ year career in the financial services landscape as an executive and management consultant focused on the Latin American financial and professional services industries. A core member of Spencer Stuart’s Financial Services Practice, he is experienced in working with boards of directors, both as a member and as an executive officer. Raphael has led and advised turnaround and transformation programs with a sharp focus on talent management.
Financial services expertise blending consultancy and execution perspectives
- Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Raphael held senior leadership roles in the insurance industry, including CEO of IRB-Re, a leading Latin America reinsurer, and CEO of MetLife in Brazil and Colombia. In those positions, he led successful turnaround, transformation and capital-raise programs as well as developing business units from scratch.
- Raphael gained a deep understanding of the retail banking, payments and consumer finance industries during his tenure as a senior officer in leading financial institutions, including Itaú Unibanco and Visa.
- In the professional services segment, he previously worked for another leading executive search firm, where he was a member of their financial services practice.
- Earlier in his career, Raphael was a partner at Accenture, where he advised clients in the financial services industry.
Raphael has an M.B.A. from Rio de Janeiro Roman Catholic University and a math and computer science degree from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has completed executive programs at Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of Management, and speaks native Portuguese as well as fluent Spanish and English.