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Meet our team

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  Sebastián Kanovich - Co-Chief Executive Officer

  Sebastián is Co-Chief Executive Officer at dLocal and a pioneer in emerging market payments. He has led the company since its inception in January 2016, creating the only 360 payments technology company that handles pay-ins and pay-outs in emerging markets for some of the largest global eCommerce and marketplace companies. 

  Before dLocal, Sebastián was the CEO of AstroPay. He has also authored numerous bylines on cross-border payments in publications such as Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Paypers, PaymentsJournal, Entrepreneur, and Finance Magnates.

  Sebastián holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad ORT Uruguay. He also studied Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Management of Technology at Tel Aviv University and completed a prestigious Endeavor Innovation and Growth Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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  Pedro Arnt - Co-Chief Executive Officer

  Pedro Arnt has over 25 years of working experience in strategy, operations and finance. Before joining dLocal, Pedro served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Mercado Libre for more than twelve years. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Pedro served in various capacities since joining Mercado Libre in December 1999. Prior to joining Mercado Libre, Pedro worked for The Boston Consulting Group.
  Pedro Arnt also serves on the Board of Directors of Allegro.eu, a leading publicly traded European marketplace and payments company, and as an Executive Advisor to Riverwood Capital. He has received numerous accolades as a top TMT public company CFO in Latin America. Pedro holds a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Haverford College and a master’s degree from the University of Oxford.

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  Sergio Fogel - Co-President and Chief Strategy Officer

  Sergio co-founded dLocal in 2016 and was recently appointed Co-President and the Chief Strategy Officer. Additionally, Sergio is a member of our board of directors, an active angel investor, and has invested in over 15 technology startups. Sergio is a serial entrepreneur, having founded several other companies, such as ElAgora.com (a B2B marketplace), Uniotel (VoIP), and Astropay (a payments processor). 

  Sergio serves as Vice-President of Endeavor Uruguay and sits on the board of Impulso, a school serving underprivileged children in Montevideo, and REDALCO, an NGO that aims to reduce food insecurity sustainably. 

  Sergio holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science Summa Cum Laude, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.

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  Jacobo Singer - Co-President and Chief Operating Officer

  Jacobo is Co-President, Chief Operating Officer of dLocal, and a board of directors member. He leads a broad range of initiatives -- overseeing our operations, IT, and business systems, and is responsible for dLocal’s expansion efforts and compliance. 

  A vital member of the founding management team, he was previously dLocal’s Chief Technology Officer and has designed and built our payments platform from the ground up. Before dLocal, he led product and engineering teams at AstroPay. 

  Jacobo holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology from Universidad ORT Uruguay and completed the Endeavor Innovation and Growth Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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  Diego Cabrera Canay - Chief Financial Officer

  Diego is the Chief Financial Officer of dLocal. Diego oversees and manages the company’s financial planning and analysis, treasury, accounting, financial reporting, taxes, and auditing. 

  Before joining dLocal, he spent 12 years at MercadoLibre, with his last position as Finance Vice President, where he was responsible for the company’s overall financial and corporate strategy. Previously, Diego worked at PwC for twelve years, leading financial audits of private and public companies out of their Buenos Aires and New York offices.

  Diego holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires and an MBA from the IAE Business School. He also attended the Executive Program on Strategy and Organization at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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  John O'Brien - Chief Revenue Officer

  John is the Chief Revenue Officer of dLocal and is responsible for managing and growing dLocal’s revenue, including sales, account management, customer success, technical account management, revenue operations, and marketing. 

  Before dLocal, John worked in Worldpay’s enterprise eCommerce division for 14 years. He held various leadership roles across commercial and operational functions before joining the executive team in 2018.

  John completed a MA in International Management and Payment Ecosystems from Middlesex University in 2019.

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  Alberto Almeida - Chief Technology Officer

  Alberto is the Chief Technology Officer of dLocal. He brings extensive technical experience to expand the platform globally. 

  Alberto first worked with dLocal from 2016 to 2019, starting as a software engineer before rising to head of software development and then serving as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer. 

  He served as Engineering Manager of Zalando SE in Germany before rejoining dLocal in June 2022.

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  Gabriela Vieira - General Counsel

  Gabriela is General Counsel, responsible for the Legal and Compliance departments. She is overseeing Payment Regulations, Data Privacy, Ethics & Integrity, as well as Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Departments. Gabriela joined dLocal in 2021 as SVP of Compliance and brings over 10 years of experience in corporate law. Previously, Gabriela was the Global Director of Legal and Compliance at PrimeiroPay and prior to that was Senior Associate Lawyer at Amaral Lewandowski Advogados.

  Gabriela holds a bachelor's degree in law from the Federal University of Pernambuco, as well as a master’s degree and PhD in International Law from the University of São Paulo.