BTG Hires in Brazil

BTG hired as partners Claudio Galeazzi, a restructuring expert who was chief executive of Pao de Acucar for almost 2 years, and Roberto Martins de Souza, former CFO of Lojas Americanas, a senior BTG source confirms. Galeazzi and Souza will work at BTG Pactual’s private equity and merchant banking unit, which is headed by Carlos Fonseca.