Osanan Barros

Osanan has had a distinguished international professional career, including working in Brazil, Holland, UK, USA and Australia. This has provided him with a thorough understanding of international markets and in-depth knowledge of diverse economic and cultural environments.

His experience includes serving as Managing Director, International Division for Banco do Brazil, one of Brazil’s largest banking groups. He was also regional Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, based in London. His responsibilities encompassed commercial banking, retail, investment banking, and international securities.

After settling in Australia, he was CFO for Australian Drilling associates and was involved in major activities such as expansion into Latin America, capital raising and due diligence for IPO preparations. He joined ADA International in Australia, at the invitation of John Bell. He subsequently established his own consultancy business, assisting energy and mining companies to expand into Latin America, with particular focus on Brazil.

Osanan is Honorary Vice-Consul of Brazil in Victoria, holds a number of non-executive directorships of Australian companies and is fluent in English and Portuguese