Gustavo Leal is a finance and technology executive with nine years of experience shaping asset-backed lending and private credit platforms from Singapore. As Deputy CEO of Kilde he helps oversee a fully licensed platform managing over US$120M AUM, translating institutional credit expertise into scalable fintech operations. His background blends hands-on investment leadership (CIO/Director roles) and client-facing wealth management for institutional and HNWI clients, supported by an MBA from IE Business School and postgraduate training in corporate finance. Earlier roles at IBM in credit and restructuring built deep credit risk and pricing foundations that inform his product and underwriting strategies today. An electronics engineer and habitual tinkerer by training, he brings technical curiosity to financial product design and platform engineering decisions. Fluent across LATAM and APAC markets, he pairs cross-border negotiation experience with a pragmatic drive to modernize capital deployment.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Elementary and High School, Elementary and High School at Colégio Santo Inácio Rio de Janeiro
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General at IE Business School
Exchange Student, Business Trends for Management in Asia, Exchange Student, Business Trends for Management in Asia at Singapore Management University
Postgraduate in Corporate Finance, Postgraduate in Corporate Finance at Fundação Getulio Vargas
Contributions:8 PRs, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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