Barte hired Felipe Haidar as its first chief financial officer. The Brazilian fintech provides payments, financial infrastructure, and corporate banking services. It also plans to invest R$100 million in artificial intelligence by 2027.
CFO priorities
Haidar reports directly to CEO Caetano Lacerda. He will focus on maintaining breakeven, strengthening governance, and managing capital for new business lines. Those lines include credit and artificial intelligence services.
Executive background
Haidar previously served as CFO at RPE, a retail payments and credit company. He was also CFO and CHRO for Rocket Internet in Latin America. His past roles include ClickBus and Ada Tech.
What finance teams get
Barte sells cash organization, cost reduction, and predictability to CFOs. Its clients are finance teams. The company wants its internal controls to match the standard those clients expect.
In October, Barte hired Rodolfo Bizinoto Neto as strategy director. He co-founded Mercai and led product and technology there. The expanded leadership team supports Barte's push into credit and AI.
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