Guilherme Schmidt

Mr. Schmidt is a founding Principal of Black River. He is Co-Chief Investment Officer of Black River's emerging markets hedge fund business overseeing corporate credit, fixed income, equities and currency markets-related trading and investing. Mr. Schmidt joined Cargill in 1989 as a junior trader in Cargill's Brazil office, trading local instruments. He moved to Minneapolis in 1991 as an emerging markets debt trader. He became the Brazil Local Markets Manager in 1993, head trader for Latin America Local Markets in 1996, and head trader for Global Local Markets in 1997. In 2004, Mr. Schmidt became one of the founding Principals of Black River. At Black River, Mr. Schmidt participated in the creation and development of the Black River private equity, commodities and emerging markets businesses, and is a member of the firm's executive management committee. Mr. Schmidt graduated from Fundação Armando Ávares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil in 1989 with a Bachelor's Degree in Finance and Management and from the University of Minnesota in 2000 with a Masters of Business Administration degree.