António Cortez

Private Equity | FO Principal

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

About

Experience

  • Corporate Development at Explorer
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Principal at Single Family Office
    Jun 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 1 mo

    Principal of a single family office with multi-generational industrial roots, operating between Santiago, Madrid and Lisbon. Over the past decade with the group, I have worked across the full investment spectrum — founding and building companies in food, agriculture, and herbal-based pharmaceuticals; investing in venture and private equity in sectors where we had operational conviction; advising on real estate; and supporting the family’s broader alternatives mandate. Following the group’s principal liquidity event, in which I led the operation, I took on responsibility for the overall investment approach, covering both alternative allocations and the management of public markets exposure. Today the focus is wealth preservation — building diversified asset exposure, structuring the portfolio for the next generation, and maintaining a targeted allocation to co-investments and direct positions where we see genuine opportunity.

  • Private Equity Associate at Atena Equity Partners
    Jul 2014 - Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Private Equity Analyst at Explorer Investments
    May 2014 - Jul 2014 · 3 mos