Maria Ana Mesquita

Operations Manager

2023

Investment Associate & Platform Manager

2023 - 2023

- Interacted weekly with other funds and industry stakeholders to increase the pipeline and create investment opportunities to our PortCos. - Sat on 3 portfolio companies’ boards as an observer to help them in strategic decisions. - Reporting. - Defined the Platform & Community strategy, executed and delivered above the expectation - new partnerships and support of the PortCos. - Screening, sourcing and due diligence of investment opportunities in the Sustainability Vertical. Preparation of Investment Committee materials.

Investment Analyst

2021 - 2023

- Screened +100 potential investments per month and participated actively in +50 extensive business due diligences (financial, market & competition and legal), from which +10 converted into new investments. - Developed the Partnerships & Community initiative through the creation of a platform that connects Bynd’s community, the negotiation of +100 new partnerships and the active support of Partner and Portfolio relations.

Business Intern - GCS

2020 - 2020

- Managed a portfolio of 80 companies and supported their digital strategies with Google - Collaborated on the development of a verticalized approach to Finance Customers in Portugal through the creation of internal content, guidelines and narrative. Delivered a Webinar on trends and how to grow with Google to the top Portuguese Financial Clients. - Collaborated with the "A Few Clicks to..." project, an online educational platform to help advertisers at scale, by building dashboards and analytical tools.

Member

2019 - 2020

- Helped a Portuguese ONG to restructure and redesign their website in order to increase awareness of the organization. - Pitched projects to relevant stakeholders to gain traction and earn partnerships.

Senior Consultant

2019 - 2020

- Led a team of 4 people in a consultancy project for a Portuguese E-Commerce Start-up.

Business Manager Intern

2018 - 2019

- Running sales operations activities for SMB segment in Portugal: building target lists with high-potential prospective customers for cloud services, analyse sales cycles and strategies. - Helped 500+ partners achieve more alongside Microsoft by supporting and guiding them during their partnership acquisition and certification achievement. - Tech Academy: Co-led the creation of series of level 100 sessions for Microsoft employees about the technology we are passionate about and the foundations behind it. - Member of the Sustainability Community: advocating to reduce the office's plastic consumption by 90% and increasing environmental awareness of employees through workshops and informative sessions.

Member

2016 - 2018

Undergraduate Division - Wrote five articles for NIC Undergraduate Review, semi-annual, student-run magazine on economics, finance, and management. - Acted as a mentor for first-year members by reviewing their weekly market summaries, on topics such as currencies, earnings, equity & fixed income, and led the team of mentors reviewing the summaries.

IoT Sales Summer Intern

2018 - 2018

- Ran quality assurance for new IoT products before launch, such as help & monitoring device Safe Tracker. - Aligned with manufacturers on a daily basis to remove bugs, add new features. - Supported the launch of products by developing instruction manuals and marketing content.

Research, Strategic Financial Analysis and IR Intern

2017 - 2017

- Developed an economic model for the projection of Portuguese GDP per region. - Studied Government expenditure & Macroeconomic models and replicated them to rate their quality. - Built the 2nd Quarter Outlook deck which was review by peers and sent to key clients.

Store Assistant

2014 - 2017

- Responsible for stock organization, accounting, and customer service of decor store. - Collected and organized inventory data via spreadsheets to optimize customer service efficiency. - Promoted brand development campaigns, e.g. Vogue Fashion Night Out in Lisbon.