Pedro Ramos

Prior to starting Somar, Mr. Ramos was a Managing Director of Tremblant Capital from 2007 through 2015, during which time he oversaw the investment of a portion of Tremblant’s assets under management. He employed a rigorous investment process, with significant emphasis on proprietary research in the form of surveys, channel checks, and talent flow, and adhered to a strict risk/reward discipline for portfolio allocations. He managed the firm’s coverage of payments companies, built the e-commerce practice, and invested in non-bank financials, health care and business service companies. He developed active and open communications with portfolio company management. Prior to Tremblant, Mr. Ramos was a Vice-President, Private Equity at Kildare Enterprises from 2006 to 2007, where he negotiated and closed two private equity acquisitions and led a lean manufacturing initiative, saving a portfolio company a material portion of its labor costs. Before his tenure in private equity, Mr. Ramos was a Junior Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company in London from 2004 to 2006 and a Consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Lisbon and Madrid from 2000 to 2002. He led a European engagement team at McKinsey evaluating the acquisitions of a major European retailer. At BCG he estimated the cost-synergies for a significant pan-European merger. Mr. Ramos started his career at Banco Portugues de Investimento, Portugal, as an Investment Banker from 1998 to 2000, where he focused on M&A and debt and equity financing for clients in TMT, industrials, tourism and real estate. Mr. Ramos received an MBA with High Distinction, Baker Scholar, from Harvard Business School in 2004 and his degree in Economics tying the highest GPA ever from the Economics School of Universidade do Porto, Porto.