Executive Management

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 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 is a British and Brazilian citizen and holds a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Haverford College and a master’s degree from the University of Oxford.

Carlos Menendez is a seasoned general manager with extensive global experience in creating and scaling businesses, known for his ability to construct successful business models with operational rigor.

He served as the President of the Global Commercialization Office at Mastercard, where he led the scaling and management of new global P&Ls, key initiatives, and drove growth across existing and emerging segments. During his 14 years at Mastercard, Carlos held various leadership roles, including Group Executive for Global Credit, Debit & Network Products, where he was responsible for building the company’s consumer products globally and deploying solutions at the local market level for billions of cardholders.

Before joining Mastercard, Carlos spent 14 years at Citi, where he held several senior roles, including COO of Western Europe Retail Banking, EMEA Bankcards Regional Director and CFO of Citibank USA. Carlos holds a BA in Economics from Harvard University, an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, and an MA in International Studies from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

With over 25 years of experience, Guillermo has developed his career in Finance and Payments at leading companies such as Visa and American Express. He served as Chief Financial Officer at Featurespace, a machine learning platform focused on fraud prevention, and was previously at Tink, a European Open Banking leader. His expertise also includes serving as CFO for Visa’s Continental Europe business and holding various leadership positions during his 13-year tenure at American Express.

John O'Brien is Chief Revenue Officer and is responsible for the management and growth of dLocal's revenue which includes sales, account management, customer success, technical account management, revenue operations, and marketing. Before dLocal, John worked in Worldpay's enterprise e-commerce division for 14 years, where he had a variety of 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.

Alberto Almeida is our Chief Technology Officer, bringing extensive technical experience to help dLocal expand its platform globally. Alberto previously worked with DLocal from December 2016 to September 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 from December 2019 to May 2022 before rejoining DLocal in June 2022.

Gabriela Vieira leads dLocal's Legal, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance Departments. Gabriela joined dLocal in 2021 and brings over 10 years of experience in Fintech Payments. Previously, Gabriela was the Global Director of Legal and Compliance at PrimeiroPay. Gabriela holds a Master Degree and a PhD in International Law from the University of São Paulo.