Before joining VALE, Sarah was an associate at Orrick Italy, where she focused on M&A, private equity, and venture capital deals. Before Orrick, Sarah trained at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Milan, in the corporate and M&A department. Sarah has extensive experience in private M&A, private equity, and venture capital transactions across several industries and different deal sizes. She holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Palermo, Italy, and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Prior to joining VALE in 2022, he was an account associate in PIMCO’s Miami office where he focused on institutional business development and client servicing in the Latin America region. Kevin also completed internships at MFS and Goldman Sachs. He holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Georgetown University.

Sam began her career as a police officer/detective with Kent Police before moving into finance, from there she has built expertise across the public sector and SME’s including an Insurance Compliance Consultancy. She specializes in end-to-end business finance, financial controls, compliance, and process improvement, with a strong focus on creating efficient, well-structured processes that support growth, governance and regulatory compliance.

Hortense completed a BSc in Economics and Management at Université Paris Dauphine before moving to the UK to complete the GDL and LPC at the University of Law in Manchester. She then joined Goldman Sachs as a contractor within a risk and regulatory team in London, where she gained experience assessing risk in trading agreements.