Jose Thompson

José Thompson is a director in the M&A Advisory practice of Kroll, based in the Sao Paulo, Brazil office. José has more than 22 years of corporate finance experience in both valuation and M&A assignments. His recent experience encompasses multiple industries, including chemicals, agribusiness, energy distribution, business process outsourcing, sugar and ethanol, logistics and IT, packaging and automotive.

José’s M&A background includes both origination and execution of buy and sell-side mandates for financial and strategic investors, as well as economic valuations (including purchase price allocation reports), dispute analyses and project finance.

Prior to Kroll, José was a director in the M&A practice of PwC, where he also gathered relevant due diligence experience as a manager in the Transaction Services team. 

José holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (EAESP-FGV) in São Paulo, and an MBA from INSPER (Ibmec) in São Paulo, with a specialization in finance.
 
José is fluent in English, in addition to his native language, Portuguese and he is proficient in German and Spanish.



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