Rita Carles

Rita, a Portuguese national, posts a 25+-year career in capital markets and financial management. Her initial position was in equity research in Portuguese investment banking, first (1999) with Millennium BCP and later with Caixa BI (2001) and Banif Investimentos (2007). As usual with seasoned public equity analysts, she moved on to become investor relations officer with Euronext Lisbon-listed construction group Soares da Costa in 2010, and became Soares da Costa SGPS Finance Director in 2015. After a stint with property consultants CBRE from 2016 to 2018, she held Finance Director positions with IT consultants Multivision and workspace designers Fluxograma before joining FundBox as Chief Investment Officer – Private Equity in 2025.

Rita holds a BSc degree in Economics from the Portuguese Catholic University and a Masters degree in Finance from the Lisbon University Institute.