Miguel Jordao

Chief Business Officer

2025 - Current

Head of Strategy & Finance

2021 - 2025

Developing Gardin’s business strategy (business model, GTM, pricing, metrics) and optimising resource allocation (FP&A, fundraising, special projects).

Founder & Managing Partner

2022

Newland is an early stage investor in pan-European Food & AgTech companies. Backed by 80+ leading operators from the sector.

Member of The Supervisory Board

2023

I support APF's management team with strategic planning and execution of a welfare conscious, circular business model. The company IPO'd in the NASDAQ Baltics (Nov 2023).

Agrifood Startup Mentor

2023

StartLife (www.Start-life.nl) is Europe's longest running and leading agrifood accelerator. Its mission is to accelerate food and agtech startups shaping a sustainable food system. As a startup mentor I support in business strategy, scaling up and funding.

Visiting Growth Equity Investor

2021 - 2021

During my MBA, I was a visiting investor at LeadX - a firm making growth equity investments in European B2B companies that provide digital solutions to consumer-facing retail businesses.

Team Leader Business Development / Investment Specialist

2016 - 2020

Spearheaded the firm's growth strategy; managed team of 10 FTE's; Led due diligence processes for multiple tier one institutional mandates; AUM grew to all-time high (>$1Bn)

Analyst

2014 - 2016

Multi Asset Sales & Trading covering Pan European Family Offices, Foundations, Asset Managers and UHNWI

Analyst

2013 - 2014

Fund Distribution Strategy and Business Analysis